FISHKS OF THE I'HlLIl'l'lNE ISLANDS. 



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longest 2.5 in eye; 2 oi' 'A rows of .sruli's on check; body and licad rally scidi'd; liilcral lino with Ijiit 16 dislin<l 

 tubules: about 20 seiies of scales in front of doisal; orif^in of dorsal on a line with axil of peii(irnl, the spines 

 gradually iiicreasini; in length, the last being longest, 1 ,.'i in head, the anterior spine scarcely equal to eye; 

 webs of spinous doi'sal vlceply incised; middle soft dorsal ray the longest, 1.2.'') in liciul. origiTi of anal below 

 base of eleventh dorenl spine, its base 1.1 in head, its longest ra\ 1.8, the second spine I fv-i; viTlieal fins with 

 deep scaly sheath; ventral slightly neaier origin of anal lin than tii tip of snout, its tip reaching vent; pec- 

 toral equal to length of bead; caudal cinarginate, the lubes pointed, length greater than head. 



Color in spirits, dull yellowish, shading gradually into a soft brown on upper anterior portion of body and 

 head; a large, deep, black spot covering entire base and axil of pectoral fin; some slight indications of very 

 indistinct yellow longitudinal lines on side; spinous dorsal brownish, with duskymargin extending along upper 

 edge of soft doi'sal; soft dorsal becoming yellow on posterior half; anal yellow, the marginal third dusky; caudal 

 yellow; \entrals with slight tint of dusky; pectoral yellow-. 



Seven .specimens from Bacon (no. '.VM) and 3905; length 3.25 to 3.5 in.). Type, no. 5.5919, U. S. National 

 Musemn, from Bacon, Soreogon, P. I., length 3.5 in., collected by ilr. (."harles J. Piei'son. Of the e<jtypes one 



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Fig. n.—Pomacentrus aleiandcni Evermann \ .Scale, new species. Type. 



(Bureau of Fisheries, no. 3<.HW| is no. 20(105, Stanford University Mnseum: another is no. 4.540, U. S. Bureau of 

 Fisheries, and there is one each in the museum at Manila, Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, U. S. 

 National Museum, and Indiana Univereity Museum. 



Named for Miss Annie M. Alexander, of Oakland. California, in recognition of her interest and work in 

 zoology. 



199. Pomacentrus philippinus Evermann i.^b Scale, new species. 



Head 3.35 in length; depth 2; eye 3 in head; snout 4.1; interorbital 2.75; dorsal xiii, 14; anal ii, 14; 



scales 4-20-9, -18 tubes. 



Body oblong, compressed ; depth of caudal pedumle 1 .75 in head ; anterior profile evenly rounded ; jaws equal ; 

 maxillary scarcely equal to diameter of eye, its distal end under anterior margin of eye ; mandible 3 in head ; small 

 teeth in jaws in single series, none on vomer or palatines; giUrakers slim, sharp-pointed, 12 on lower hmb, the 

 longest about equal to pupil; preorbital with 2 or 3 small denticulations, greatest width of preorbital 3 m eye; 

 preopercle distinctly denticulate ; opercle with a single spine on p. .sterior border; body and head fully scaled, ,. 

 single row on preorbital, 2 rows on cheek, a single r..w nn lower limb of preopercle; very fine scales on top of 

 head, about 23 series in front of dorsal; origin of dorsal above axil of pectoral; distance between origm of dorsal 

 and tip of snout 1.25 in depth offish; longest dorsal spine 1.75 in l.ca.l, length of anterior spmes 4.75; middle ray 

 of dorsal longest, equal to head, its tip slightly produced; webs of spinous dorsal uieisi'd; origin of anal nearer 

 base of ventral than base of caudal, the second spine the longest, 2.45 in head; middle ray of anal longest, about 



