. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. FAMILY SERRANIDAE—SCHULTZ 359 spines; second anal spine strongest, usually slightly projecting past tip of third when depressed; gill rakers short, thick; maxillary reaches a little beyond a vertical line through rear of eye; angle of profile of snout 12 degrees to 15 degrees steeper than that of head from behind orbits to dorsal fin origin. Color in alcohol.—Background color light tan or gray with hex- agonal brownish spots on sides, these most uniform caudally and dor- sally, where they are separated by a narrow whitish line, ventrally the
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. FAMILY SERRANIDAE—SCHULTZ 359 spines; second anal spine strongest, usually slightly projecting past tip of third when depressed; gill rakers short, thick; maxillary reaches a little beyond a vertical line through rear of eye; angle of profile of snout 12 degrees to 15 degrees steeper than that of head from behind orbits to dorsal fin origin. Color in alcohol.—Background color light tan or gray with hex- agonal brownish spots on sides, these most uniform caudally and dor- sally, where they are separated by a narrow whitish line, ventrally these roundish in shape and separated by white interspaces. No triangular tiny white specks anywhere; pectoral, pelvic, and anal fins with brown spots, posterior margins of all fins white edged, inside the white edge on anal a submarginal dusky streak, and on ventral. Figure 57.—Young specimen of Epinepkelus spilotoceps, new species, from the Philippine Islands. (Drawing by H. W. Fowler.) side of caudal fin a little dusky submarginally but not notably so as in hexagonatus; centers of brown spots on fins without pale centers; two to four intensely black blotches on back, first largest, equal to eye, most intensely colored, and extending on basal third of dorsal fin between spines VIII and XI; along base of soft dorsal two smaller black spots, the last often absent on half-grown specimens, both may be lacking on those shorter than 100 mm.; last blotch intensely black on dorsal edge of caudal peduncle, lacking on specimens shorter than 50 mm.; a black spot near tips of dorsal spines, with the tip white; most characteristic color markings are the scattered but numerous small black or brown spots on dorsal surface of snout and sometimes on interorbital space and on sides of head below eye, these occurring in specimens as small as 30 mm. in standard length. Remarks.—This new species is closest to hexagonatus^ with which it has been confused, but differs in the presence of the tw
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