FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE SEAS AND ADJACENT WATERS 7 



p2. Body with longitudinal bands, sometimes 

 made up of spots, 

 si. Axial pale longitudinal band, an- 

 other parallel below ramak. 



s2. Five or six reddish or yeUow longi- 

 tudinal lateral bands 



erythrurus. 



s'. Three blue-violet parallel bands 



above lateral line, below each 



scale row with longitudinal brown 



line striatus. 



8*. Each scale of body with dark spot, 

 forming longitudinal series 



croceopterus. 

 o2. Head darker or greatly contrasted with 

 body. 



ii. Head with dark blotches. 



xanthochilus. 



t^. Head dark, except pale opercle; 



each scale above lateral line 



with dark streak__ carinatus. 



i*. Head uniformly dark, contrasted 



with body. 



wi. Depth 23^ to 2 J4; 5 scales above 



lateral line mahsena. 



V?. Depth 2^i to 2^; 6 scales above 



lateral line leutjanus. 



n^. Five obUque green bands on cheek, olivaceus. 

 m?. Bluish streaks before eye; pectoral 1% in 



head microdon. 



P. Snout short borbonicus. 



fc2. Black spot on temple caeruleus. 



j2. Second dorsal spine longest argenteus. 



