FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE AND ADJACENT SEAS 405 



4971 and 4972. Ragay River, fresh-water. Length, 218 to 240 mm. (4971, 

 canines, upper, 2 — 2; lower, — 0.) Sca]es dull green with vertical pinkish- 

 red bars across each; top of head reddish brown; grass green Unes through 

 eye and purplish bar through lower part of eye to snout; cheek peach red, 

 divided from upper part of head by wavy bright green line, becoming beryl 

 as it crosses snout; upper lip pinkish; lower lip same, with blue mottlings across 

 to angle of mouth and chin. Teeth very pale green. Dorsal dull orange 

 through middle, green at base; front and edge broadly dusky blue, which ex- 

 tends down vertical margin. Caudal pale indigo, with dashes of purple and 

 green on central rays. Distal half and front of anal bluish green, base peach 

 pink, and blue on last ray. Ventral pale green, edge blue. Pectoral pale 

 green, with short stripe of peach red in upper half. (4972, canines, upper, 

 1 — 2; lower, — 0.) Green teeth; upper and lower Hps pale geranium red, 

 bluish green around corners of mouth and across snout above, running back 

 under eye; chin greenish blue. 

 7297, 7298, 7320, 7326. Sablayan, Mindoro. December 12, 1908. Length, 

 230 to 262 mm. (7297, canines, upper, 1 — 1; lower, — 0; var. bowersi; 7298, 

 canines, upper, 1 — 0; lower — 0; 7320, canines, upper, 1 — 1; lower — 0; 

 7326, canines, upper, 1 — 1; lower, — 0.) 

 5576. San Miguel. April 21, 1908. Length, 222 mm. (Canines, upper, 0—1; 

 lower, — 0.) Teeth white on edge, orange at base; lower lip bright blue, 

 upper same, becoming orange at corner; lower head heliotrope; cheek greenish 

 yellow, bordered with emerald, shading into darker green against other color; 

 top of head hooker green; stripe of same through upper eye; pale geranium 

 stripe across preorbital to corner of mouth; dash of blue behind chin and line 

 along throat area above base of pectoral with an orange greenish cast; posterior 

 portion of body light hooker green, bases of scales with vertical geranium red 

 bar; lower parts shading into lilac. Base of dorsal same, front and margin 

 blue, body of fin orange; green on and under scales at base, and pale green bar 

 through center; last raj' green. Caudal with green edges and center, bluish 

 at tips, with a purple stripe through each lobe ending in orange. Anal front 

 and margin blue, center heliotrope, base and last ray green. Ventral yellowish, 

 more or less lavender below. Pectoral Antwerp blue, upper half with duU 

 Chinese orange stripe, greenish and hyaline below; base pale. Iris golden. 

 5589. San Miguel. April 21, 1908. Length, 234 mm. (Canines, upper, 1 — 1; 

 lower, — 0.) Cheeks yellowish green. Lips green or blue. Teeth pale. 

 5681. Santa Cruz. April 24, 1908. Top of head along base of dorsal and body 

 above and scales emerald; area behind shoulder pinkish orange; bars on pos- 

 terior scales geranium; teeth pale green at edge, slightly rosy at base; lips 

 blue, corners slightly edged with orange lavender; round spot of same in 

 middle of lower lip; lower head and breast with lilac shades; throat line blue; 

 dash of same color on front of interopercle; band behind upper lip and area above 

 eye somewhat purplish; preorbital stripe purple, turning under eye back to 

 opercle suffusing postorbital; cheek buff green, edged with emerald and dark 

 green. 

 A. 621 and A. 617. Simaluc Island. September 22, 1909. Length, 240 to 252 

 mm. (A. 621, canines, upper, 3 — 3; lower, — 0.) (A. 617, canines, upper, 

 1 — 1; lower, — 0, var. pyrrhurus.) Teeth dusky rose, upper lip and lower 

 head with little crimson. Caudal pale crimson, no evidence of dark blotch. 

 Dorsal with obscure basal and inframarginal reddish bar. Pectorals pale 

 purplish at base and on upper three or four rays, latter blackish at tip, terminal 

 portion of remaining fin yellow. 

 A. 550. Sulade Island. September 17, 1909. Length, 262 mm. (Canines, upper, 

 2—0; lower, 0—0.) 



