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8065. Mompog Island. March 3, 1909. Length, 250 mm. 



7975. Pagapas Bay. February 20, 1908. Length, 263 mm. 



5747. Capimuypugan Point, Generale Island, east coast of Mindanao. May 10, 

 1908. Length, 298 mm. 



5293. Romblon Harbor, Romblon. March 25, 1908. Length, 223 mm. Back 

 light hooker green; orange-brown spot on central posterior portion of each 

 scale, form as 4 rows above lateral line, more diffuse below lateral line and on 

 hind part of body, giving rise to 4 broad cross bars grounded in dusky of which 

 2 on caudal peduncle; on lower portion of body some of scales tipped with red- 

 dish; breast and belly dusky; lower sides dusky and silvery in blotches. Head 

 dusky green; orange stripe from eye across preorbital to premaxillary, diffusing 

 across nose; interorbital region with orange brown spots; bright yellow blotch 

 behind eye, color continued across forehead brownish; opercle flap with brown- 

 ish; end of premaxillary and mouth angle scarlet; inside mouth posterior and 

 upper portions scarlet to brown, side variously crossed by dusky transverse 

 bars. Fins all vinaceous-red. Pectoral axil brown, also reddish blotch below axil. 



5725. Surigao, Mindanao. May 8, 1908. Length, 335 mm. 



4911. Tataan, Simaluc Island, Tawitawi Group. February 19, 1908. Length, 

 280 mm. 



5818, 5819. Tataidaga Point, Pujada Bay, Mindanao. May 15, 1908. Length, 

 235 to 259 mm. Back generally yellowish green; scales bordered with ochra- 

 ceous-brown, become paler below, almost white on breast with some yellowish 

 siiades. Variable blackish bars cross sides of body with centers of scales nearly 

 sepia. Bronze behind and over eye. Brown occipital crescent. Forehead 

 and snout with orange spots. Preorbital with reddish bar. Cheek bluish, 

 mottled with yellowish green. Fins vermilion. 



LETHRINUS KETICULATUS Valenciennes 



Lethrinus reliculatus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, p. 298, 1830 (type 

 locality: New Guinea). — Gxjnther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, p. 457 

 (compiled), 1859. — Martens, Preuss. Exped. Ost-Asien, p. 387, 1876 (Laren- 

 tuka, Flores). — Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N6erland., vol. 8, p. 116, pi. (52) 

 330, fig. 1, 1876-1877 (Celebes, Ternate, Batjan, Amboina, Banda, New 

 Guinea). — Klunzinger, Sitz. Ber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, math.-nat. Kl., vol. 80, 

 pt. 1, p. 357, 1879 (Endeavor River, Port Denison). — Meyer, Anal. See. 

 Espan. Hist. Nat., Madrid, vol. 14, p. 19, 1885 (Kordo, Mysore). — Fowler, 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1927, p. 281 (San Fernando, Orion, 

 Philippines); Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. 32, No. 4, p. 709, 1928 

 (Ceylon); Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, p. 213, 1928 (Guam, Moen, Suva); 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1929 (1930), p. 609 (Hong Kong), p. 642 

 (Guam); Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 11, No. 5, p. 334 (reference), 1931. 



Lethrinus moensii Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 9, p. 435, 1855 

 (type locality: Obi Major, Batjan). — GtiNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 

 1, p. 455, 1859 (Copang, Louisiades); Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, vol. 2-3, pts. 

 5-6, p. 64, pi. 46A, 1874 (Paumotu, Society, Friendly, Samoa, Hervey, Kings- 

 mills, Pelew, Louisiades, Molucca Islands).— Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. 

 Nderland., vol. 8, p. 115, pi. (19)297, fig. 3, 1876-1877 (Batjan, Obi Major, 

 Timor) .—ScHMELTz, Cat. Mus. Godeffroy, No. 6, p. 12, 1877 (Pelew Is- 

 lands).— Pohl, Cat. Mus. Godeffroy, No. 9, p. 29, 1884 (Pelew Islands).— 

 Meyer, Anal. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat., Madrid, vol. 14, p. 19, 1885 (Kordo, 

 Mysore).— EvERMANN and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 26, p. 86, 1906 

 (1907) (Bacon); Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 31, p. 509, 1906 (Jolo).— Jordan 

 and Richardson, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 27, p. 259, 1907 (1908) (Calayan).— 

 Kendall and Goldsborough, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 26, p. 290, 



