. The fishery resources of the Philippine Islands with descriptions of new species . Fishes; Fishery resources. 62 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. and ending under anterior third of eye, its distal end formed by the supplemental bone, pointed and dueeted slightly upward; base of mandible under middle of eye; teeth in jaws in a single row, rather strong, triangular, about 14 to 17 on each side; minute teetli on vomer, palatines, and tongue; gillrakers rather bluntly pointed, 15 on lower limb, the longest 3 in snout; opercle and preoperole entire, the posterior margin of preopercle with a w
. The fishery resources of the Philippine Islands with descriptions of new species . Fishes; Fishery resources. 62 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. and ending under anterior third of eye, its distal end formed by the supplemental bone, pointed and dueeted slightly upward; base of mandible under middle of eye; teeth in jaws in a single row, rather strong, triangular, about 14 to 17 on each side; minute teetli on vomer, palatines, and tongue; gillrakers rather bluntly pointed, 15 on lower limb, the longest 3 in snout; opercle and preoperole entire, the posterior margin of preopercle with a wide anterior curve in its middle portion; cheek and opercle with fine scales; body entirely covered with fine, thin deciduous scales; lateral lines 2, the upper beginning at upper edge of opercular opening and running approximately parallel with the back to below the sixth dorsal finlet, where it curves downward and unites with the lower branch; lower branch originating under base of third dorsal spine, running nearly vertically downward to level of lower edge of pectoral, where it curves backward and extends along lower third of side to middle of caudal peduncle, where it again unites with the upper branch; no corselet; breast scaled; caudal peduncle with a median keel and a smaller one above and below Fig. 3.—Nesogrammus piersoni Evermann & Seale, new species. Type. Origin of spinous dorsal midway between tip of snout and third ray of soft dorsal; dorsal spines connected, except the 2 posterior ones, which do not protrude, the longest spine in head, the 2 dorsals entirely separate; origin of soft dorsal slightly in advance of vent, its longest ray in head; dorsal finlets 7; origin of anal midway between base of caudal and origin of ventrals, its longest ray in head; anal finlets 7; no free spines in front of anal; origin of ventrals below axil of pectoral, their lengths in head; caudal deeply forked. Color in spirits, brownish above, silvery below;
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