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7439. Guntao Island. December 20, 1908. Length, 292 mm. 



6109. Iloilo market. June 1, 1908. Length, 270 mm. Obscure transverse 

 bronzed stripes on side. Crimson streak across top of eyeball, on opercle 

 flap and behind preopercle. Dorsals and caudal more or less vermilion. Anal 

 and pectorals pale orange. 



6036 to 6038. Little Santa Cruz Island. May 28, 1908. Length, 287 to 310 mm. 



8366, 8372. Malapascua Island. March 16, 1908. Length, 284 to 288 mm. 

 Side of head and body above with brassy shades extending over olive-green, 

 which fades entirely after death but remains on head. No stripes on head, 

 mouth membranes and inner surfaces scarlet, not extending to gill openings. 

 Red tinge between temporal bands of scales. Dorsals bright scarlet or vermilion 

 terminally and posteriorly. Anal vermilion. Caudal mostly yellow, vermilion 

 at tips. Pectoral rays bright vermilion, membranes mostly transparent. 

 Ventrals very pale, slightly reddish on rays. 



6179, 16402, 16403. Mansalay, Mindoro. June 4, 1908. Length, 102 to 269 mm. 



7225, 7226. Masinloc Bay, Port Matalvi, Zambales. November 22-23, 1908. 

 Length, 227 to 277 mm. Dusky yellowish shades above, fading to more or 

 less brassy, most distinct in smaller example. Broad scarlet or bronze stripe 

 across preorbital, from eye to snout, below nostril. Bronze and orange mark- 

 ings around and behind eye. Inside mouth, also maxillary membranes, scarlet. 

 Irregular transverse obscure bars of vermilion on sides, only last three, or one 

 from dorsal to anal axis and two on caudal peduncle, distinct; on side of body 

 bars more or less fusing and extend very little below axial line. Fins vermilion. 



4566, 11354, 16901. Mompog Island. March 3, 1909. Length, 140 to 227 mm. 

 Young with seven ill-defined dark vertical bands, often more intense or deeply 

 tinted second band as dark blotch below lateral line above depressed pectoral. 

 Whole body with more or less pale or light spots, one at base of each scale. 



6231, 6232. Medio Island, Galera Bay, Mindoro. June 9, 1908. Length, 285 to 

 288 mm. Bronze or crimson preorbital bar. Orange postocular shade. Fins 

 more or less crimson. 



22604. Observatory Island. December 19, 1908. Length, 55 mm. 



5892, 7945, 9614, 14290 [1149], 19968, 22080, 22081. Pagapas Bay, Luzon. 

 February 20, 1909. Length, 122 to 250 mm. [1149.] Back dark, smoky olive, 

 forming seven indistinct bars over upper side and upper part of caudal pe- 

 duncle. Mouth angle scarlet. Postocular portion of preopercle yellowish. 

 Hind opercle edge orange. Margins of soft dorsal and anal, and caudal tips, 

 vermilion. Caudal dusky vermilion largely, fading pure hyaline on inner mar- 

 gin. Pectorals orange, axil scarlet, and tips of outer rays bluish white. 



5891 or 5892. PoUoc, Mindanao. May 22, 1908. Length, 243 to 248 mm. 



8005, 8006, 8019. Port Banalacan, Marinduque. February 23, 1909. Length 

 210 to 270 mm. 



8199. Port Busin, Burias Island. March 8, 1909. Length, 222 to 253 mm. 

 Two examples. 



7385. Port Caltom, Busuanga Island. December 15, 1908. Length, 283 mm. 



6333, 6344. Port Jamelo. July 13, 1908. Length, 233 to 300 mm. [6833.] 

 Back olivaceous, lower parts dusky silvery; sides tinged with reddish bronze, 

 forming three transverse bars across caudal peduncle. Occipital V, at supra- 

 orbital and postorbital regions, orange. Bronze red bar across preorbital. 

 Inside mouth and premaxillary membranes scarlet. Fins vermilion. Pectoral 

 axil bright vermilion. [6344.] Olivaceous above, dark silvery below, and side 

 more or less washed brassy with six transverse bronze orange bands. Supraor- 

 bital and suborbital regions somewhat crimson. Preopercle and opercular 

 margins crimson. Head with yellowish shades below. Dorsal and caudal ver- 



