FISHES OF THE PHILLIPINE SEAS AND ADJACENT WATEKS 269 



6836. Tataan, Simulac Island, Tawitawi Group. February 19, 1908. Length, 

 170 mm. 



4978. Tataan. February 21, 1908. Length, 262 mm. Lower gill rakers 17. 

 Very pale olive above, scales bordered with dark green and an indistinct 

 brownish line through centers of each to form irregular longitudinal stripes; 

 supra-axial sulphur-yellow band from behind eye to upper part of caudal 

 peduncle. Top of head olive-green, sides variously striped and marked with 

 sulphur-yeUow; lower parts white; lower lip and chin flushed with pink. 

 Spinous dorsal clear citron-yellow; soft dorsal clear, rays slightly more green- 

 ish. Anal clear pink. Caudal washed citron-yeUow. Pectoral pink, first 

 ray washed yellow. 



6659. Varadero Bay, Mindoro. July 23, 1908. Length, 289 mm. Lower gill 

 rakers 18. Golden lateral longitudinal band. Barbels white. Dorsals clear, 

 with slight tinge of lemon-yellow. 



6018. Zamboanga market. May 27, 1908. Length, 310 mm. Reddish, with 

 sulphur-yeUow lateral band. Barbels pale. Vertical fins yellow. Pectoral 

 pink. Ventral yeUow. 



8360. Reef in Apra Bay, Guam. November 19 to 21, 1907. Length, 155 mm. 

 Lower gill rakers 20. 



4416. Midway Islands, Oceania. November 7 to 18, 1907. Length, 203 mm. 

 Lower giU rakers 20. 



A1439, A1440, A1497. Kait Point, Libani Bay, Celebes, Dutch East Indies. 

 December 29, 1909. Length, 238 to 290 mm. Four examples. Lower gill 

 rakers 15 to 17. 



A1316, A1317. Tifu Bay, Bouro Island. December 10, 1909. Length, 260 to 

 285 mm. Lower giU rakers 15. 



All 14. Makyan Island. November 28, 1909. Length, 258 mm. Lower gill 

 rakers 18. 



13645, 13646. Makyan Island. November 29, 1909. Length, 165 to 230 mm. 



A1118 to A1123. Powati, Makyan Island. November 29, 1909. Length, 253 

 to 273 mm. Lower gill rakers 16 to 18. [All 18 to A1120.] Back pale olive- 

 yeUow, centers of scales becoming grayish on second and third rows below 

 dorsal base, each scale with narrow red stripe through its middle giving rise 

 to lines on back; sulphur-yellow band wide as pupil extends from hind eye 

 edge and lost in yellow of caudal peduncle, crosses lateral line below second 

 dorsal; below general color rosy, with few smaU washes of yellow. Snout 

 bright vermilion; side of head rosy, sometimes darker, yellowish about edges 

 of scales and below orbit; narrow blue line below hind lower orbital edge. 

 First dorsal clear sulphur, front edge washed more or less vermiUon. Second 

 dorsal sulphur, with vermilion tinge. Caudal and anal similar. Pectoral pale 

 clear pink. Ventral sulphur, tinged with vermilion. [A1121 to A1123.1 

 Dusky olive generally, with reddish stripes through scales. Sulphur band 

 from postocular region to caudal base, scarcely wide as pupil; below gray, 

 scales edged dusky and lower surfaces white. Dorsal and caudal more or less 

 dusky. Anal clear, rays somewhat pinkish. Pectoral dusky olive. Ventral 

 clear pink. Barbels white. 



A840. Talisse Island. November 9, 1909. Length, 260 mm. Lower gill 

 rakers 20. 



6783. Tictauan Island, east of Zamboanga. September 8, 1909. Length, 278 

 mm. Lower gill rakers 17. 



19780. Gomomo Island, Pitt Passage. December 3, 1909. Length, 129 mm. 



U.S.N. M. No. 6575. Bonin Islands. William Stimpson. Length, 115 mm. 



U.S.N.M. No. 19239. Fanning Islands. Dr. T. H. Streets. Length, 260 mm. 



U.S.N.M. No. 29662. Johnston Island. Length, 360 mm. Type of Upeneus 

 preorbitalis. 



