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caudal 1 to IjV, broad, slightly emarginate; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 1% to 2; pectoral IjV to 1%; ventral Ij^o to IVg. 



Brownish generally, paler to whitish below. At occiput whitish 

 band, 2 or 3 scales in width, down vertically to lower edge of gill- 

 opening, entirely behind eye and below and behind preopercle angle. 

 Second white band from front of spinous dorsal down till little 

 behind pectoral base. Third white band from bases of last dorsal 

 spines and fourth on front of caudal behind soft dorsal base or 

 sometimes including few of last dorsal rays. Iris yellowish. Gray 

 line from side of snout in front to eye. Gray bar on infraorbital 

 fading behind. Scales on cheek and opercle all with traces of gray 

 spot. At suprascapular and for several rows of scales posteriorly 

 on upper costal region, duskj' black spot at base of each scale. Dor- 

 sals largely brownish, with broad submarginal whitish band on 

 spinous fin. Anals deep brown to dusky marginally and ill-defined 

 pale submarginal streak or band. Caudal pale brown, often little 

 darker terminally and upper edge frequently diilused whitish. 

 Pectoral brown. Ventral dusky brown, paler basally. 



East Indian region. 



24 examples. Batan Island. July 22, 1909. Length, 40 to 50 mm. 



10 examples, Canimo Island, near Daet. June 15, 1909. Length, 24 to 100 mm. 



2 examples, Cebu Island, reef opposite Cebu. April 5, 1908. Length, 39 to 55 

 mm. [504.] Black and sulphur-yellow, soft dorsal and ventral with pale 

 orange wash. 



3 examples, Cebu, reef opposite. April 7, 1908. Length, 35 to 43 mm. 



41 examples. Great Tobea Island. December 15, 1909. Length, 18 to 117 mm. 



12532. Jolo market. February 13, 1908. Length, 120 mm. 



19323 and 19324. Jolo market. March 6, 1908. Length, 87 to 99 mm. 



11 examples, Pilas Island. September 12, 1909. Length, 9 to 54 mm. 

 22700. Port Caltom. December 15, 1908. Length, 78 mm. 



20325. San Pascual, Burias Island. March 8, 1909. Length, 104 mm. 



19678. Santa Cruz Island, Marinduque. April 5, 1909. Length, 95 mm. 



5 examples, Simaluc, Bisibisi Island. September 23, 1909. Length, 65 to 



86 mm. 

 1 example, Sirinao Island. December 31, 1908. Length, 38? mm. 



1 example, Surigao, Mindanao. May 8, 1908. Length, 20 mm. 



2 examples, Tataan, Simaluc Island. February 18, 1908. Length. 39 to 93 mm. 

 2 examples, Tataan. February 20, 1908. Length 90 to 115 mm. 



20 examples, Tobea Island. December 15, 1909. Length. 21 to 56 mm. 



POMACENTRUS OVOIDES Cartier 



Pomaccntrus ovoides Caktier. Verb. Ges. Wiiiv.burg, vol. 5, 1874, p. 98. 



Bohol and Cavite, Philippines. — Elera, Cat. Fauna Filip., vol. 1, 1895, 



p. 544 (Luzon, Cavite, Santa Cruz, and Bohol). 

 Pomarentrus philippinus En^ebmann and Seaxe, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 



26, 1906 (1907), p. 91, fig. 18 (Bacon, Sorsogon). 



Depth 2 to 21/8 ; head 3i/4 to 4, width 1% to 1%. Snout 4 to 4i/8; 

 eye 2% to 3, 1^^ in interorbital, greater than snout or interorbital 



