FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 793 



shoulder, second above ventral, third above anal and fourth at caudal 

 base. Also below front of dorsal high on back and often another 

 on body close above front of anal base. All these markings very 

 variable, in young examples the medial row, are joined variously, 

 sometimes as a medial blackish lateral band. Dorsal, caudal, and 

 pectorals more or less brownish. Ventrals and anal whitish. 

 Malacca, Singapore, East Indies. 



21 examples. Bagaong River, 4 miles from mouth, Sablayan Bay, Mindoro. 



December 13, 1908. Length, 3o-63 mm. All with only black spot at caudal 



base, no other spots. 

 32 examples. Creek at Hacienda below Pancol, Malampaya Island, Palawan. 



December 26, 1908. Length, 38-160 mm. Most with large dark blotches. 



H.W.K 



PiGuitB 22. — Puntius Mnotatus (Valenciennes) : Variation; specimens from Malbato River, 



Busuanga. 



7109 to 7111, 7113, 7114, 10798 to 10801, 13961 to 13963. Isabela River, Basilan 

 Island. September 11, 1909. Length, 5a-198 mm. 40 examples. Dark 

 blotches all more or less distinct. 



5838 to 5841. Iwahig River, Puerta Princesa, Palawan. April 4, 1909. Length, 

 38-193 mm. 29 examples. All with distinct though variable large black 

 blotches, anal blotches sometimes small, indistinct or absent. 



62 examples. Lake Lanao, Vicar Landing, Mindanao. May 23, 1908. Length, 

 33-89 mm. All very similar and differ from all the other series in their 

 coloration, which more resembles Weber and Beaufort's figures. They usually 

 show a more or less underlaid or leaden streak from the suprascapula to the 

 caudal base medially, where always a blackish spot. In this line usually a 

 spot above pectoral ill defined, often as a horizontal bar, often 2 spots below 

 dorsal and frequently 2 behind dorsal. Spot at dorsal base and at anal base 

 not always present. The sjKJts all vary greatly, even on different sides of 

 same specimen. They seem to have a more or less uniform pattern and seem 

 different from the rest of my series. Known to the Moros as "Odan". 



