FISHES OF THE I'HILIPl'INE ISLANDS. 



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12 on each side in each jaw; origin of dorsal in vortical above base of pectoral, tiie first spine 1.6 in snout, the 

 longest spine (the seventh) about e<|ual to snout and half diameter of eye, the last spine equal U, snout; origin 

 of anal under base of seventh dorsal spine; firs! anal spine slightly longer than lirst spine of dorsal, the fourth 

 spine slightly greater than snout; soft d<usul and soft anal pointed, the middle rays longest, about equal in 

 the 2 lins and equaling the snout; caudal moderately forked, the lobes equal (o snout and half eye; ventral 

 not reaching origin of anal. 



Color in alcohol, mottled brownish; snout, head and breast back to origin of dorsal and ventral fins rich 

 brownish black, extending on side in a broad eiu\-e to middle of pectoral; interorbital space and side of head 

 below eye paler; liist dorsal spine black, the others yellowish white; first ray of pectoral black, rays of fin 



Fig. 19. — Xo unimacu!alu--< Evermann c*,; Scale, new spccii 



Typi' 



whitish with some indistinct black blotches; skin of ventral spines blackish, rays of the fin white; soft dnrsal 

 and entire anal yellowish white, the spines of the latter with dark edges; caudal dusky along edges, otherwise 

 yellowish white; a large round brownish bla<'k spot one-half larger than eye on lateral line under base of last 3 

 dorsal spines and first dorsal ray. 



This species is related to Lo rulpiiiix (Sehlegel & Miiller), from which it differs in the more slender liody 

 and in the presence of the black lateral spot. 



Only one specimen obtained, the type, no. 5591.5, U. S. National ^luseum (original no. 3538), 7 5 inches 

 long, collected by Mr. Charles J. Pierson, at Bacon, Sorsogon, P. I. 



Family BALISTlDzil. 



254. Balistes niger Mungo Park. 



One specimen from Bacon (no. 3603; length 5.5 in.). 

 Balistes niger Mungo Park, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., ni, 1797, :j7, Sumatra; niinthcr, fat., vm, 21S; Dlecker, Atlas, v, pi. 

 ccxvi,flg. 1. 



255. Balistes flavlmarginatus Riippell. Pukul. 



One very large .specimen (no. 4154; length 15 in.) from Bacon. Head 3 in length; depth l.S; eye 5 in 

 head; snout 1.2; interorbital 2.8; first dorsal spine l.S; depth of caudal peduncle 3.5, its greatest width 5; 



