NEW PHILIPPINE FISHES — FOWLER 77

61/5; pectoral I14 to II/3, rays n, 14, ix; ventral rays I, 5, fin 21^

to 21/2 in total head.

Pale brownish, nearly uniform, fins all paler or nearly whitish.

Iris light grayish.

Peritoneum

blackish.

Type.—

V.S.N.

M.

no. 98890. D. 5518. Point Tagolo Light, S.

64° W., 8.7 miles (lat.8°48' N.,long. 123°31'E.), northern

Mindanao and

vicinity. In 200 fathoms.

August

9, 1909.

Length

169

mm.

Alsoaseries

from

the Philippines in162to 226fathoms.

(pallidus, pale.)

H.W.RdeL

FiGDEE 33.

—

Maciovcorpius pnUidus, new genus, new species. Type.

PTEROPELOR,

new genus Type.

—

PteropeloT noi^oiihai.,

new

species.

Body

well compressed, ovate.

Head

large, well compressed, with prominentcranialridge.

Snout

compressed, deeplyconcaveinprofile,

moderate.

Eye

moderate, elevated, well impinging

on upper

profile, elevated, little advanced in head.

Mouth

^large, lower

jaw

protrud- ing. Maxillary reaches belovv- eye.

Cranium

with deep pit behind eyes. Spinesofhead distinct,not especially prominent. ^Gill opening wide,

membranes

only narrowly connected. Gill rakers tuberculate.

Scales rather large, deciduous, cycloid. Lateral line distinct only anteriorly.

Long

supraorbital flap. Dorsals deeply notched

and

spinous fin higher

and

well set off

from

^{soft fin;} each

membrane

of spinous dorsal atleast halfnotched terminally.

Anal

like soft dorsal.

Caudal elongate, rounded. Pectoral moderate, reaches into anal fin.

Ventral ^small,inserted well before ^pectoral, only reaches half

way

in pectoral.

Somewhat

with the aspect of

Tmmicus and

also seems closer to Pterodlchthys,

from which

^{it differs in its incised spinous dorsa!}

membranes,

absence ofbarbels,

and

large scales.

{wTepov, G.n-\-Pelor.)

78 PROCEEDINGS

OF

THE NATIONAL MUSEUM

^vol.85

PTEROPELOR NORONHAI, new species

Figure 34

Depth 2%

to 3; head 2^8 ^to 21/^,width 2. Snout 3 to 3i/io in

head from

snout tip; eye 41/4 to

4%, 1%

^{to II/2 in snout, greatly exceeds}

interorbital; maxilhiry _{reaches y^} to

%

^{in eye, expansion 11/2, length}

2 in head

from

snout tip; bands of minute villiform teeth in jaws,

and

triangularpatch on vomer, none on palatines; interorbital6 to _7, deeply concave. Gill rakers

6+12,

though only G lower developed, others asrudiments; length

%

^{ofgill filaments,}

^which

2 V2 hi ^eye.

Pairof small nasal spines; 3pairs of supraorbital spines, as antero- supraorbital pair,

and

2 elevatedpostero-supraorbital pairs, of

which

posterior

much

larger; very small pair of coronal spines,then pair of occipital

and

nuchal spines close;

row

of 3 postocular spines, fol-

H.W.^Fidel.

Figure ^34.-

—

Pteropelor noronhai, new genus, new species. Type.

lowed

by

suprascapular spine; preorbital spine directed little back-

ward;

suborbital stay with 3 spines, preceded

by median

preorbital spine; 4 distinct spines

on

preopercle edge, second below end of preorbital stay largest; 2 divergent opercular spines, opposite one another; strong

humeral

spine.

Scales 25

+

3 along course of lateral line (as

computed

to caudal base) ; lateral line of only 5 or 6 scales anteriorly, sloping

down

axially

and

tubes long, slender,

and

well exposed; 4 or 5 scales above, 7 below.

Head

naked. Chest, breast,

and

prepectoral region naked.

Scales small

on

belly. Nasal tentacle long as eye^; supraorbital ten- tacle nearly twice long ^as eye; several filaments on each

mandibular

ramus, anterior longest; longflap to preorbitalspine.

NEW

PHILIPPINE FISHES

FOWLER 79

D.

XII,

9, ^I, fifth spine

1%

^{ii^ total}

^head

^{length, third ray}

1%

to 2; A. Ill, _5, I, third spine _'dYs to Sy^, tliird ray

1%

to 2; caudal ll^ to 11/^, infraniedian rays longest; least depth of caudal peduncle

4%

^to

4%

^{; pectoral I34, rays 15, all simple,}

and membranes

deeply incised terminally; ventral with spine

and

5 rays, fin

1%

^to2 in total

head

length.

Brown,

obscurely clouded darker

on

head above

and

below each dorsal on back. Spinous dorsal with

membranes

dark gray termi- nally

and

darkblotches ^basally. Soft dorsal with dark gray

median

blotch

and

terminally blackish gray. Pectoral with 2 dark

brown

blotches. Other fins

more

or less gray black terminally.

Type.—V.S.^M.

^{no. 98892. D. 5310.} Lat. 21°33' N., long. 116°13' E.,

China

Sea, vicinity of

Hong Kong.

In 100 fathoms.

November

4, 1908.

Length

44

mm.

(688.)

Paratype.—V.S.^M.

no. 99009. D. 5310.

Same

^data.

Length

48

mm.

(ForDr.

Adolf

o Cesardi Noronha, ofMadeira.)

BRACHYPTEROIS,

new genus Type.

— B

rachypterois serndifer.,

new

species.

Known by

its short dorsal sphies, shorter than soft dorsal rays.

Caudal long

and

pointed.

Long

pectoral reaches near caudal base.

Ventral half long as pectoral. Preorbital deptli half ofeye. Ridges of head serrulate, including mandible.

Eye

greatly longer than snout.

No

flaps or cirri.

Differs

from

Ehosia^ to

which

it is related, in its entirely different physiognomy.

{^pdxvs, short

+

Pferois; with referencetothe short dorsal spines.) BRACHYPTEROISSERRULIFER, new species

FiGUKE 35

Depth 2%;

^{head 21/3, width 2.}

^Snout

^{4X3 in}

^{head from}

^{snout tip;}

eye

3%, much

^{greater than snout or} interorbital; maxillary reaches

%

^{in eye, expansion ly^, length 2 in}

^{head from}

^{snout tip;}

^bands

^of

very minute, fine, villiform teeth in jaws, also small patch each side of

head

of vomer,

and

palatines toothless; interorbital _7, concave, with rather deep

median

longitudinal groove. Gill rakers 5+11, with 3 above

and

below rudiments; length equals gill filaments or

1/3 ofeye.

No

nasal spines; supraorbital ridge finely serrated; parietal occi- pital ridge continuous, edge finely serrated; postocular ridge high,

its edge serrated; lower edge of preorbital with 5 spines all directed

down;

ridge of suborbital stay serrated its whole length; preoper- cular edge with 5 rather prominent denticles,

upper

2 directed

back

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