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speckled, or mottled coloration. The young are quite like the adults, 

 only with few dark blotches on the fins which break into the numerous 

 bands with age. Some small examples paler, less mottled, paired 

 fins nearly uniform, but lower caudal lobe with seven blackish blotches 

 and upper lobe with but 4 or 5 of which outer well spaced. 



In the very young white spinous dorsal has large black apical 

 blotch and 1 or 2 horizontal dusky bands. Soft dorsal white, with 

 rather large anterior subterminal black blotch. White caudal with 3 

 black blotches on each lobe and several small median black spots. 

 Anal white, with small blackish brown subterminal blotch. Ventral 

 whitish, with 3 or 4 dusky cross bands. Black lateral band present 

 and greatly contrasted. 



6477. Beach at village near Chase Head, Endeavor Strait, Palawan. December 

 22, 1908. Length, 90 mm. 



20734. Balayau Bay, Taal. January 19, 1908. Length, 54 mm. 



12450. Bugsuk Island, Balabac. January 5, 1909. Length, 190 mm. 



22587. Caiholo River, Ulugan Bay, Palawan. December 29, 1908. Length, 80 mm. 



6283. Candaraman Island, Balabac. January 4, 1909. Length, 225 mm. 



17472 [1325], 22389. Canmahala Bay, Ragay Gulf, Luzon. March 11, 1909. 

 Length, 95 to 190 mm. (1325.) Top of head and back with olive shades 

 speckled with reddish brown; similar color beneath lateral line but much 

 paler, spots larger and more distinct; median lateral longitudinal band brown- 

 ish. Barbels orange. Dorsals tipped reddish brown, with clouds of same on 

 basal portion, extreme tips of rayed fin yellowish. Caudal with diagonal brown 

 or blackish bars. Lower fins very pale lemon. 



20270. Cataingan Bay, east of Masbate. April 18, 1908. Length, 150 mm. 



8846, 21191. Catbalogan, Samar. April 15, 1908. Length, 37 to 139 mm. 

 Seven examples. 



22611. Catbalogan. April 16, 1908. Length, 104 mm. 



18366. Cebu market. April 4, 1908. Length, 152 mm. 



21956, 21957. Cuyo Island. April 9, 1909. Length, 70 to 79 mm. 



Seven examples. Davao, Mindanao. May 16, 1908. Length, 37 to 128 mm. 



Two examples. Hinunangan Beach, Leyte. July 30, 1909. Length, 82 to 127 mm. 



4944. Iloilo market. March 29, 1908. Length, 140 mm. 



6103. Iloilo market. May 31, 1908. Length, 228 mm. Blackish ohve, more or 

 less mottled with paler on scales of back and top of iiead, dark spots on lateral 

 line, below paler and under surfaces whitish. Barbels bright orange. Iris 

 more or less silvery. Spinous dorsal dusky olive mottled with yeUow medially, 

 obscure orange tovv-ard tip. Soft dorsal dusky basally, rays yellowish, ter- 

 minally dark brown and yellow. Anal and ventral yeUow, broken with brown 

 bars. Caudal body color or more brownish, upper lobe lighter and both lobes 

 crossed by many oblique yellow bars. Pectoral very pale orange with many 

 smaU dark spots. 



5190 Jolo. March 7, 1908. Length, 290 mm. 



20269, 21167. Malcochin Harbor, Linacapan Island. December 19, 1908. 

 Length, 33 to 121 mm. Four examples. 



19898. Manila Harbor. December 30, 1907. Length, 60 mm. 



Three examples. Manila Harbor. March 16, 1908. Length, 86 to 88 mm. 



7293. Mansalay, Mindoro, June 4, 1908. Length, 89 to 123 mm. Two examples. 



22009, 22011. Mariveles Bay, Manila Bay. January 27, 1909. Length, 81 to 

 103 mm. 



