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the eye, level with it and below lateral line opposite first third in 

 pectoral. 



6811 [1728]. Gigoso Point, Quinapundan Bay, Samar. July 28, 1909. Length, 

 179 mm. Top of head smoky purple, side much paler and with numerous 

 rather obscure brownish spots; lower surface of head with dusky pink shades. 

 Side of body olive to gray; scale rows below lateral line under its arch each with 

 longitudinal pale streak, most distinct immediately behind depressed pectoral 

 tip and nearly reaches caudal. Spinous dorsal olive, mottled with paler 

 rounded spots, three on each membrane. Soft vertical fins vermilion, pale 

 spots crossing dorsal base obliquely downward and backward, about three 

 bars with last reaching bases of last rays and extending from outer half of 

 first ray. Spinous anal membranes with yellowish olive shades, rayed fin with 

 small blue white spots about yi to Yi size of spots on dorsal and confined to 

 basal and front portions of fin. Caudal without spots. Paired fins pale 

 vermilion, pectoral hyaline. 



9349. Murcielagos Bay, Mindanao. August 21, 1909. Length, 500 mm. 

 Body olive-gray, white below; scales above with dark olive margins, turning to 

 scarlet below; on nuchal region center of each scale more or less mottled with 

 dark brown or dusky; over side occasional orange blotches less than a scale in 

 size. Top of head dark smoky olive, becomes more or less slaty as reticulations 

 about orange or brownish spots on side of head; orange rather bright about eye 

 with reticulations purplish; lips and inside mouth bright scarlet; chin with pale 

 tip; mandible pale scarlet; iris duskj- and silvery, also with somewhat yellow- 

 ish shades. Spinous dorsal dusky scarlet, membranes crossed by four to six 

 slaty somewhat undulating oblique bars on each, though spines not marked 

 by bars; soft dorsal with narrow pale edge or tip to membranes after fourth and 

 fifth or somewhat anterior on fin, which bright scarlet and region basally about 

 half diameter of eye in extent with slaty bars. Anal like dorsal, bars on 

 membranes formed as cloudings and as few scattered spots at base of soft fin; 

 caudal bright scarlet; pectoral rays scarlet, membranes nearly clear; ventral 

 scarlet, with slaty shades on inner base. 



A1333. Tomahu Island, north end of Bouro Island. December 12, 1909. 

 Length, 310 mm. 



A1468. Kait Point, Libani Bay, Celebes. December 29, 1909. Length, 277 mm. 

 Head slaty, with reddish; side below eye stieaked with olive or slaty, forming 

 more or less of reticulation. Soft vertical fins bright scarlet in membranes, 

 rays more or less pale; dorsal mottled with white anteriorly and up to middle 

 of soft fin; anal with some mottling; caudal and paired fins without spots. 



22667. Labuandata Bay, Gulf of Boni, Celebes. December 18, 1909. Length, 

 120 mm. 



13512. Gomomo Island. December 3, 1909. Length, 206 mm. 



7515. Hong Kong market. August 13, 1908. Length, 193 mm. 



