17S 
A, N, S. P., nos. 48853 to 48858. Philippines. Commercial 
Museum of Philadelphia. Length 135 to 149 mm. 
A. N. S. P., nos. 33271 to 33275. Tarlac, Bacon, Luzon, 
G. 1. Pierson. Bureau of Fisheries. Length 74 to 140 ram. 
A 
_Z^iia^hopi^i^s basud^nsi^ new species 
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Depth 8i to 8-3/5; head 2-i to 2-1/3, head from 
snout tip 2-4/5 to 2-7/8, width 2-2/3 to 2-4/5. Snout 
2- 7/8 to 3 in head from snout tip; eye 4-1/5 to 4i, 1-1/3 
to I'l^ in snout, 1-1/5 to 1^ in interorbitftl; maxillary 
reaches 7/8 to eye, length 3-1/8 to 3-1/3 in head from 
snout tip; interorbital 3^ to 3-2/5, low, only very slightly 
convex. Gill rakers 3 13, lanceolate, strong, 2/5 of 
gill filaments, which 1-2/3 in eye. 
Scales 53 to 64 in axial lateral series and 
5 or 6 more on latter; 6 above lateral line to dorsal' 
origin, 3 below, 32 or 33 predorsal forward to occiput. 
Scales with 6 short marginal slightly radiating basal 
striae; circuli fine, largely basal. 
D. 1, 1 12, fifth branched ray in male prolonged 
or not quite reaching back far as tip of tenth branched 
ray when depressed or to end of last ray length 3 - 7/8 to 
4 in total head length; A. I, 11 or I, 12, sixth ray in 
male expanded though not quite long as first or anterior lobe, 
which 4-4 to 5-1/3 in total head, posterior lobe shortest; caudal 
3, very slightly concave obliquely, when expanded obliquely 
truncate; least depth of caudal peduncle 8 -I /5 to 9-i; pectoral 
3- 1/3; ventral dl to 6i, inserted much nearer caudal base than 
pectoral base. 
