FISHES OF THE PHH.IPPINB AND ADJACENT SEAS 29 



12852, 12853, 12855, 14287. Pagapas Bay, Luzon. February 20, 1909. Length, 

 120 to 130 mm. 



2 examples. Pagapas Bay. February 26, 1909. Length, 127 to 130 mm. 

 11410, 11412,- 11416. Paluan Bay, Mindoro. December 11, 1908. Length, 125 



to 140 mm. 

 1 example, Panpan, Tara Island. September 20, 1909. Length, 122 mm. 

 9 examples, Philippines. Length, 64 to 142 mm. 



12 examples, PoUoc, Mindanao. May 22, 1908. Length, 98 to 132 mm. 



3 examples, Port Caltom. December 15, 1908. Length, 83 to 130 mm. 



13096. 7 examples, Port Galera, Mindoro. June 9, 1908. Length, 65 to 140 mm. 



1 example, Port Galera. October 27, 1909. Length 128 mm. 



2 examples, Port Jamelo, Luzon. July 13, 1908. Length, 300 to 125 mm. 

 10471. 23 examples. Port Maricaban. July 21, 1908. Length, SO to 178 mm. 

 1 example, Port Uson, west of Pinas Island. December 17, 1908. Length, 



93 mm. 



12186. Powati Harbor, Makyan Island. November 28, 1909. Length. 132 mm. 

 14164, 14165. Pujada Bay, East Mindoro. May 15, 1908. Length, 90 to 120 

 mm. 7 examples. 



4 examples, Sablayan, Mindoro. December 12, 1908. Length, 100 to 115 mm. 

 11192. Siasi market, Siasi Island. February 17, 1908. Length, 130 mm. 



[116.] General color seal-brown, darkest in irregular mottlings; very little 

 lighter below. Dorsal almost black, most nearly so at edge of spinous part 

 and posteriorly. Caudal irregularly mottled with white and dark areas. 

 Anal almost black. Ventrals mottled, produced ray black at tip. Pectoral 

 dusky, group of small blacker spots on upper half near base. Iris very 

 dark. 

 19208, 19210, 19211, 19216, 19209. Tapiantana Island. September 13, 1909. 

 Length 120 to 132 mm. 



6 examples, Tara Island. December 14, 1908. Length, 114 to 116 mm. 



3 examples, Tara Island. December 15, 1908. Length, 100 to 123 mm. 



3 examples, Tataan Island. February 2, 1908. Length, 89 to 94 mm. 

 7351 to 7359. Tataan Island. February 19, 1908. Length, 100 to 120 mm. 



13 examples, Tataan Island. February 20, 1908. Length, 83 to 102 mm. 

 1 example, Tilig, Lubang. July 15, 1908. Length, 123 mm. 



4 examples, Tulayan Island. September 15, 1909. Length, 124 to 125 mm. 



7 examples, Tumindao Island, reefs of south lagoon. February 26, 1908, 

 Length, 90 to 104 mm. 



20335. Tutu Bay, Jolo Island, first anchorage. September 19, 1909. Length, 



100 to 125 mm. 

 19082, 19083, 19085, 19086. Varadero Bay, Mindoro. July 23, 1908. Length, 



94 to 134 mm. 



1 example, Cape Kait, Libani Bay, Celebes. December 29, 1909. Length, 



110 mm. 

 1 example, Gane Road, Gillolo Island, Moluccas. December 1, 3909. Length, 



58 mm. 

 13340, 13341, 14647. Tidore Island, south of Ternate. November 24, 1909. 6 



examples. Length, 122 to 130 mm. 



Genus CHROMIS Cuvier 



C'hromis Cuvier, Bull. Soc. Philomath. Paris, 1814, p. 68. Type Sparus 

 chromis Linnaeus, monotypic (not Chroniis Plumier 1803). 



Heliases Cuviee, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 5, 1830, p. 494. Type HeUa8e$ 

 in.Holatus Cutier, designated by Jordan and Evebmann, Genera of 

 Fishes, vol. 1, 1917, p. 128. 



