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Tubes in lateral line 19 to 21, pores in straight section 13 to 15-|-1 

 or 2 ; 4 or 5 scales above lateral line to spinous dorsal origin, 12 or 13 

 below, 28 to 30 predorsal forward to nostrils ; 4 rows of cheek scales ; 

 infraorbitals largely naked. Scales with 9 or 10 basal radiating 

 striae ; apical denticles 65 to 75 with 4 or 5 transverse series of basal 

 elements; circuli very fine. 



D. XVII, 15, 1 or 16, i, seventeenth spine li/4 to 1% in head, fourth 

 ray 3% to 3^4:5 sometimes first ray simple ; A. II, 16, i or 17, i, second 

 spine 1% to 1%, sixth ray 3% to 3% in combined head and body, 

 sometimes first ray simple ; caudal 2 to 21/4, sharply forked ; pectoral 

 214 to 2%; ventral 2% to 2%; least depth of caudal peduncle 1% 

 to 2 in head. 



Dusky to chestnut brown generally, scarcely lighter below. Body, 

 usually, head also, more or less variably blotched or mottled with 

 neutral dusky, less so over under surface of head, breast, and abdo- 

 men. Some examples show fewer mottlings, or may even be largely 

 uniform. Others often have rows of dark or blackish dots as paral- 

 lel lines along sides of abdomen. Some small examples with minute, 

 obscure, blue gray dots about bases of anal fins on tail and on caudal 

 peduncle. Iris deep brown. Fins dusky or deeper than body color, 

 usually obscurel}'' with scattered mottling of darker or with spots of 

 blackish. Small dusky spot, ill defined, at pectoral origin. Some 

 small examples nearly uniform. 



East Indies and Melanesia. We fail to find any reliable charac- 

 ters to distinguish the nominal species included above, as described 

 by De Vis and Seale. 



3 examples, Bolalo Bay, Palawan. December 21, 1908. Length, 77 to 115 mm. 

 10325 and 10327. Balikias, Lubang Island. July 17, 1908. Length, 122 to 

 125 mm. 



3 examples, Bugsuk Island, Balabac. January 5, 1909. Length, 80 to 100 mm. 

 24 examples, Candaraman Island, Balabac. January 4, 1909. Length, 79 to 



110 mm. 

 12572. 2 examples, Caxisigan Island. January 2, 1909. Length, 122 to 127 mm. 

 7429 and 7430. Dalaganem Island. April 8, 1909. Length, 125 to 130 mm. 

 1 example, Doworra Island. December 2, 1909. Length, 122 mm. 



4 examples, Endeavor Strait. December 22, 1908. Length, 103 to 115 mm. 

 3 examples, Galera Bay, Mindoro. June 9, 1908. Length, 126 to 128 mm. 

 13080 and 13082. Kapoposang Island. December 28, 1909. 3 examples. 



Length, 104 to 118 mm. 

 14729, 14730, 14734. Kayoa Island. November 29, 1909. Length, 80 to 135 mm. 

 14991 and 14998. Makesi Island, Palawan. April 5, 1909. Length, 117 to 



120 mm. 

 12348. Mansulay. Mindoro. February 20, 1909. Length, 120 mm. 

 11375. Maricaban Island, Luzon. January 20, 1908. Length, 125 mm. 

 21442. Maitara Island. November 26, 1909. Length, 64 to 120 mm. 4 



examples. 

 1 example, Oyster Inlet, Ulugan Bay. December 28, 1908. Length. 102 mm 



