878 
Depth 27; head 9 2/5, 5 2/3 to vent, v/idth 4 In its length; 
combined head and trunk 1 2/3 in tail. Snout 5 1/3 in head; eye 
7 3/4, 1 1/3 in snout, equals interorbital; mouth cleft extends 
1/3 eye diameter behind eye, length 2 3/4 in head; teeth conic, 
slender, pointed, uniserial in Jaws and on vomer, 2 rows on pre¬ 
maxillary; Interorbital 7 l/8, convex. Gill opening 9 4/5, 1 3/4 
in Interspace, 
Lateral line distinct, complete. 
Dorsal origin eye diameter before gill opening, fin height 
4 in head; anal fin height 5 2/5, pectoral 2 2/5, 
Uniform brown largely. Under surface of head and region be¬ 
low pectoral pale or brownish white, leaving pharynx brown below. 
Pores on head dusky. Iris brown. Vertical fins brownish basally, 
broadly dusky to blackish terminally. Pectoral neutral black. 
Previously only known from the type obtained at Macassar, 
Celebes, The species is readily known by its very high dorsal 
fin beginning before the gill opening, 
8322, Bagacay Bay, Escarpada Island, between Samar and Mas- 
bate. March 12, 1909, Length 719 mm. 
