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18777, 18918, 18919 [1909]. Tictuan Island. September 8, 1909. Length, 110 

 to 224 mm. (1909.) Body with scales edged olive, centers more or less bluish 

 and show as rounded spots on region of caudal peduncle; lower surface white 

 with more or less yellowish wash; broad yellow blotch on caudal peduncle above. 

 Three or four narrow blue stripes through eye; barbels tipped with yellow. 

 Spinous dorsal membranes olive, spines purj^lish; soft dorsal yellow, with 6 

 oblique purple bars. Anal like dorsals, but paler and stripes broader. Caudal 

 rays more or less yellowish, membranes purplish. Pectoral with very pale 

 clear pink rays. Ventral with yellow membranes. 



6148. Tonquil Island, east of Gumila Reef. September 14, 1909. Length, 

 82 mm. 



6934, 5935. Zamboanga market. May 25, 1908. Length, 284 to 365 mm. 



12856 [2122]. Tifu Bay, Bouro Island, Dutch East Indies. December 10, 1909. 

 Length, 208 mm. Very pale olive-gray, with dull or pale purplish spot in 

 base of each scale, become obsolete and surface whitish with brassy wash 

 below; large yellow blotch in axil of dorsal. Alternate lines of yellow and 

 purplish through and under eye; barbels yellow at tip. Dorsal spines purplish, 

 membranes olive-yeUow. Soft dorsal alternately barred with yellow and 

 purplish crossing obliquely. Anal similar, purple tints paler. Caudal dusky, 

 scales somewhat smoky purple. Paired fins very pale yellow, pectorals some- 

 what pink on first ray. 



4318. Sta. 5060. October 13, 1906. Length, 240 mm. (Possibly error in 

 locality?.) 



U.S.N. M. No. 6254. Bonin Islands. William Stimpson. Length, 250 mm, 



U.S.N. M. No. 34803. Tahiti. Dr. W. H. Jones. June 12-15, 1883. Length, 

 195 mm. 



U.S.N. M. No. 34816. Tempe, Marquesas Islands. Dr. W. H. Jones. June 

 23, 1883. Length, 288 mm. 



U.S.N.M. No. 52201. Apia. Bureau of Fisheries. Length, 230 mm. 



U.S.N.M. No. 52375. Samoa. Bureau of Fisheries. Length, 289 mm. 



U.S.N.M. No. 55510. Hawaiian Islands. Bureau of Fisheries (No. 2621). 

 Length, 176 mm. As Pseudupeneus multijasciatus. 



U.S.N.M. No. 52665. Hawaiian Islands. Bureau of Fisheries (No. 03850). 

 Length, 295 mm. 



U.S.N.M. No. 71651. Nafa, Okinawa, Riu Kiu. Albatross collection, 1906. 

 Length, 165 mm. 



U.S.N.M. No. 78082. No locality. Bureau of Fisheries. Length, 164 mm. 



A.N.S.P. No. 29690. Honolulu. Stanford University, In exchange. 



The following specimens, largely uniform light brown in alcohol, 

 with long barbels, eye 4 to 5 in head or 1% to 2% in snout, gill 

 rakers 5+19, are probably the present species: 



2168 [1409]. D. 5623. Point Tagolo Light, S. 48°, W. 6.7 miles (lat. 8° 48' 44" 

 N., long. 123° 27' 36" E.), northern Mindanao. August 10, 1909. Length, 

 114 mm. General shades red, paler or yellowish stripes on middle of side. 

 Lower head, breast, and belly whitish, with lilac shades. Spinous dorsal red- 

 dish, without bars. Soft dorsal with very obscure yellowish bars. Anal with- 

 out bars or with single obscure central bar. Caudal somewhat yellowish. 

 Paired fins pale pink. 



7697, 12270, 12271. Ulugan Bay, south end of Rita Island, Palawan. December 

 29, 1908. Length, 200 to 250 mm. (7697.) General color of back coral-red. 

 lighter and more yellowish on back of caudal peduncle; 4 distinct stripes along 

 back and upper part of sides formed by series of light purple spots, one to a 



