LIST OF FISHES COLLECTED BY DR. BASHFORD DEAN ON THE ISLAND OF N EUROS, PHILIPPINES. By David Starr eloRDAX aud Alvin Seale, Of tSlanford LhiU'ersiiy. Li the winter of 1900 and litol Dr. Bashford Dean visited the Piiilippine Archipelago. On the southern shore of the island of Negros he made a considerable collection of the small tishes of the reefs, this collection being sent b}' him to the United States National Museum. The present paper contains a list of the species (111 in all) obtained by Dr. Dean. Plates of the new species were prepared by Chloe Lesley Starks and William Sackston Atkinson, with one each by Mr. Robert L. Hudson, Miss Frances Lauderlmch, and Mr. Sekko Shimada. This collection shows that the fish fauna along the shores of tlie Philippines is essentially identical with that of the East Indies, most of the species being figured in Bleeker's Atlas. A few species belong-to the fauna of India proper, and a few of the distinctive species of the South seas are included. The collection is especially rich in small fishes, the species usually overlooked by collectors. For this reason no doubt the number of new species is greater than would have been expected, and larger than a collection made in the market would show. We are indebted to Dr. Charles H. Gilbert for material assistance in the comparison of specimens. The following species seem to be new to science: Eleria phUippina. Caranx [C'itida) deani. Amia gilberli. Mionorus mydrus. Fua fo. Pomacent'^us delurus. Ha lick ceres cym atogra mmus. StelJtqjvUs zatlma. Sebastapistes n ivifer. Prosopodasys gorjorzx. Bulls h'ucurus. Gna thole p is ca II iu rus. Drombns ])alackyi. Glossogobius aglestes. Salarias deani. Salarias undeciiiiiUis. Petroscirtes eretes. Hypleurodt ihis lo.iias. Proceedings U. S. National Museum, Vol XXVIII-No. 1407. 769
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