62 BULLETIN" 100, UNITED STATES NATION'AL MUSEUM 



maxillary not to front pupil edge, 214^ to 2% in head; teeth small, 

 conic, well spaced, short, mostly uniserial with 2 short canines in 

 front; inside front of each jaw row of small inconspicuous teeth; 

 front edge of lower jaw with 6 short conic teeth externally, all 

 directed outward; interorbital 2% to 3, well convex; infraorbital 

 not free below and behind eye. Gill rakers 9+21, lanceolate, 

 moderate. 



Tubes in lateral line 15 or 16, pores in straight section 9 or 10 + 

 1 or 2; 1 scale above lateral line, T or 8 below, 2.5 to 28 predorsal 

 forward to snout tip; dorsals and annls naked, except very few in- 

 conspicuous basal scales; 4 rows of cheek scales. Scales with 6 

 basal radiating striae; apical denticles 78 to 130, with 1 to 4 trans- 

 verse series of basal elements; circuli fine. 



D. XII, 9 or 10, third spine 1% to 1% in head, fourth ray 1^5 to 

 11/4; A. II, 9, 1, second spine 21/3 to 2%, fourth ray 1% to 1%: least 

 depth of caudal peduncle 2 to 2i/4 ; caudal 3V(^ to 3% in combined 

 head and body, forked, lobes slender and end in filaments; pectoral 



I to 1-iV iri head: ventral 1 to iy<i. 



Pale gray-blue generally, fading brownish on back in alcohol, 

 paler to whitish below. Above, each scale with slightly darker 

 center. Edge and base of spinous dorsal dusky, otherwise vertical 

 fins slightly dusky. Pectoral and ventral pale, with front edge of 

 latter whitish. Pectoral axil often very slightlj'^ duslty. 



Red kSea, Zanzibar, Mauritius, East Indies, Melanesia, Micronesia, 

 Polynesia. 



II examples, Alimango Bay, Burias Island. March 5, 1909. Length, 57 to 

 92 mm. 



1 example, Bolalo Bay, Palawan. December 21. 1908. Length, 73 mm. 



1 example, Balikias Buy, Lubang Island. July 17, 1908. Length, 37 mm. 

 3 examples, Biri Channel. June 1, 1909. Length 81 to 83 mm. 



2 examples, Bongao Anchorage. February 22, 1908. Length, 33 to 40 mm. 

 10 examples, Bubuan Island, Jolo. February 14, 1908. Length, 51 to 81 mm. 



2 examples, Bulan Island, Samales Group. September 13, 1909. Length, 60 



to 64 mm. 

 15 examples, Caumahala Bay, Ragay Gulf. March 11. 1909. Length, 47 to 



80 mm. 

 8 examples, Candaraman Island, Balabac. January 4. 1909. Length, 67 to 



77 mm. 



2 examples, Cataingan Bay. Masbate Island. November 14. 1909. Length, 70 

 to 75 mm. 



15 examples, Dauawan Island and Si Amil Island. September 27. 1909, 

 Length, 50 to 65 mm. 



3 examples, Galera Bay, Mindoro. June 9, 1908, Length, 50 to 64 mm. 

 1 example, Guntao Island. December 20, 1908. Length, 70 mm. 



1 example, Inamucan Bay, Mindanao. August 9, 1909. Length, 40 mm. 

 8 examples, Langao Point, Luzon. June 24, 1907, Length, 62 to 88 mm, 

 12969, 14686. 14G87. Langao Point, Luzon. June 24. 1909. Length, 65 to 104 

 mm. 



