. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Figure 4.—Xenodermichthys funebris, new species: Type ( No. 99534). Body scaleless. Lateral line axial along side, 55 pores from preo-percle to hind end of caudal squamation and 6 or more continued outon middle rays of caudal. D. 20, 1, well postmedian, sixth ray 3% in head; A. 19, origin littlebehind dorsal origin, seventh ray 5 in head; caudal I14, fin forked,with broad lobes; least depth of caudal peduncle 31/3; pectoral small,short, low, rays 1, 8, fin 3% in head; ventral 6y10, rays 1, 5. Color in alcohol uniform velvety black, little pal
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Figure 4.—Xenodermichthys funebris, new species: Type ( No. 99534). Body scaleless. Lateral line axial along side, 55 pores from preo-percle to hind end of caudal squamation and 6 or more continued outon middle rays of caudal. D. 20, 1, well postmedian, sixth ray 3% in head; A. 19, origin littlebehind dorsal origin, seventh ray 5 in head; caudal I14, fin forked,with broad lobes; least depth of caudal peduncle 31/3; pectoral small,short, low, rays 1, 8, fin 3% in head; ventral 6y10, rays 1, 5. Color in alcohol uniform velvety black, little paler around dorsaland anal bases narrowly. Fins all blackish, like body. Type.— No. 99534. D. 5348. Point Tabonan, S. 90° E., miles (lat. 10°5745 N., long 118°3815 E.), Palawan 375 fathoms. December 27, 1903. No. 3534. Length 188 end of broken caudal. NEW PHILIPPINE FISHES—FOWLER 55 A species resembling Xenodermichthys squamilaterus Alcock s butdiffering from that species in proportions, smaller head, de
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