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6519 to 6521. Alibijaban Island, Ragay Gulf, Luzon. March 6, 1909. Length, 



205 to 208 mm. 

 9840 to 9843. Cagayan, Jolo Island. January 8, 1909. Length, 163 to 198 mm. 

 8973. Murcielagos Bay, Mindanao. August 20, 1909. Length, 200 mm. 

 5785 [1984]. Simaluc Island. September 22, 1909. Length, 223 mm. Pale 



yeUow band from maxillary to lower eye edge and then from lower eye edge to 



pectoral base. 

 P. 9839 [1081]. Cagayan, Jolo Island. January 8, 1909. Length, 225 mm. 

 12515. PoUoc, Mindanao. May 22, 1908. Length, 180 mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 68247. Naha, Okinawa, Riu Kiu. Albatross collection, 1906. 



Length, 222 mm. Type of Pentapus formosulus Snyder. 



PENTAPODUS HELLMUTim (Bleeker) 



Heterognathodon hellmuthii Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 5, p. 75, 



1853 (type locality: Lawajong, Solor).— Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., 



vol. 1, p. 364, 1859 (compiled). 

 Pentapus hellmuthi Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N6erland., vol. 8, p. 102, pi. 



(67) 345, fig. 1, 1876-1877 (Banka, Solor). 

 Pentapus hellmuthii Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, p. 218, 1928 (copied 



Bleeker). 

 Pentapodus hellmuthii Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 11, No. 5, p. 335, 1931 



(reference) . 



Depth Z%; head 3% to 3%. Snout 3% in head; eye 3%, IKo in snout, 

 little greater to equal to interorbital ; maxillary reaches % to eye; ex- 

 pansion 2K in eye, length 3% in head; 2 or 3 small curved upper front 

 canines; interorbital low; preopercle edge entire; suborbital depth 

 2% in eye. 



Scales 50 in lateral line; 3 above, 15 below, 7 rows on cheek of which 

 3 on preopercle flange, predorsal scales extend forward till opposite 

 eye center. 



D. X, 9 or 10, fourth spine 2% in head, seventh ray 1%; A. Ill, 7 or 

 8, third spine 2%, first ray 2%; caudal 1}^, emarginate, lobes pointed; 

 least depth of caudal peduncle 2%; pectoral 1%', ventral 1, first ray 

 ends in short filament. 



Brown or rosy above, below rosy or silvery. Iris yellow or rosy. 

 Broad median lateral band from snout tip through eye to caudal base, 

 above brownish and below golden, edged narrowly pale both above 

 and below. Blue dots along lateral line. Spinous dorsal margined 

 golden. Length, 148 mm. (Bleeker.) 



East Indies. 



PENTAPODUS PERONH (Valenciennes) 



Pentapus peronii Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, p. 268, 1830 (no 

 locality). — Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, p. 381, 1859 (compiled). 



Snout obtuse, blunt at tip. Eye small. Lips very thick. Teeth 

 small. Cheeks somewhat swollen; suborbitals somewhat emarginate, 

 with large pore on hind border. Scales of body very small and 

 smooth, 50 in lateral line. Preopercle limb naked. Pectoral short. 



