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maxillary 2.85 in head; mandible 3; distal cud of maxillaiy not reaching to below anterior border of eye; 

 preorbital 3.75; bands of small teeth in jaws, with small canines anteriorly, and a row of slightly enlarged 

 curved teeth in each side; gillrakers represented by wide blunt knobs, 7 on lower limb; body i.vjvered by thin 

 delicate scales, 3 rows on cheek; preopercle entire; operclc with a single spine at posterior margin; origin of 

 dorsal on line with origin of pectoral, longest dorsal spine 2.1 in head, the longest ray 2.5; webs of dorsal fin 

 scarcely incised; origin of anal slightly nearer origin of ventral than base of caudal, its longest ray 3.25 in head; 

 base of anal 2.95 in base of dorsal; ventrals 1.4 in head, their origin belo.w pectoral, their tips not reaching vent; 

 pectoral 1.45 in head; caudal forked; none of the fins with elongate rays. 



Cdlor in spirits, yellowish white with slight tint of brown above; no stripes; a wide deep l^lack band entirely 

 encircling caudal peduncle, the black extending out slightly on upper and lower rays of caudal. 



Fig. 14- — Nrmiiitfru^ worccslrri Evermann A; Seale, new species. Tj-pe. 



One specimen (no. 4124; length S.5 in.), from Bacon, Sorsogon, P. I., type no. 55917, U. S. National 

 Museum; collector Charles J. Pierson. 



We take pleasure in naming this species for the Hon. Dean C. Worcester, of the Philippine Commission, 

 in recognition of his valuable work in promoting the study of the zoology of the Philippine Islands. 



142. Nemipterus tsemopterus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Baga. 



One specimen from San Fabian (no. 3512; length N in.). 



DenUx i^niopitrv!^ Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vl, 18.3 (210J, locality unlcnown. 

 Synagris tseniopterus, Gunther. Cat., i, :)74 (N. E. coast of .Australia; Molucca Sea). 



143. Nemipterus japonicus (Bloch). 



One specimen from San Fabian (no. 3436; length 7.5 in.). 



Sparus japonicus Bloch, Ichth., pi. rcLxxvii, fig. 1. 



Dinirr blochi Bleelter, .N'at. Tijds. X«d. Ind., n. iHr,\. 17(i, Batavia; Atlas, vin, 90, pi. cccxxx, fig. 4. 



Synagris japonicus, Giinther, Cat., i, 378; Day, Fishes India, 92, pi. xxiv, fig. 2. 



144. Nemipterus ovenii (Bleeker). 



Twn specimens from Bulan (no. 3371 and 3.372; length 6.25 and 7.5 in.). 



Denlex oicnii Blefkor, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind., vn, liij4, 246, Celebes; Atlas, viii, .^li, pi. cccxxviii, flg. 5. 

 Synagns ovenii, Giinther, Cat., ', 375. 



