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9272. Murcielagos Bay. August 9, 1909. Length, 270 mm. (Canines, upper, 

 1—2; lower, 0—0.) 



5911. Parang, Mindanao. May 23, 1908. Length, 227 mm. Teeth, blue. 

 Side of body above olive yellow to cadmium, more or less soiled dusky; back 

 anteriorly dusky yellowish green, becoming viridian on front interorbital. 

 Lilac stripe below eye covering most of preorbital, meeting opposite one on 

 snout. Cheek greenish buflf, separated from lilac stripe by green stripe dividing 

 behind mouth corner, one branch passing across nose, other branch below 

 mouth corner and across chin. Lips pink, except corner of lower invaded by 

 ^reen. Breast green. Lower head purplish blue. Throat bluish. Ab- 

 dominal region and above ventral pink, more or less obscurely striped and 

 washed blue. Front and edge of dorsal green, body with blue shades, base 

 green and includes last ray. Caudal indigo, dashed with pinkish basally. 

 Anal green terminally, bluish pink basally, front and tips of rays blue, and blue 

 separating green from pink, base and last half ray blue. Ventrals very pale 

 greenish, fronts more distinctly green. Pectorals green, dash of red in center 

 of upper part, lower membranes hyaline terminallj'. Iris silver}^ 



5884. Polloc. May 22, 190S. Length, 223 mm. (Canines, upper, 1—1; lower, 

 — 0.) Edges of teeth slightly greenish, base reddish; lips narrowly pale 

 orange; snout and chin barred with green or blue. Cheeks greenish yellow, 

 broadly margined with green. 



7994. Port Banalacan, Marinduque Island. February 23, 1909. Length, 288 

 mm. (Canines, upper, 1 — 2; lower, — 0.) Teeth pale greenish; top of head 

 emerald, more or less reddish blotches above eye; both lips broadly blue, very 

 narrowly margined toward corner of mouth with lavender purple; scales of 

 back and side dark green with broad magenta bases; more or less of an orange 

 wash on anterior back to terminal third of pectoral ; magenta stripe from above 

 corner of mouth to eye, passing under and backward above green of cheek and 

 opercle; another branch from behind middle of eye upward to shoulder. Front 

 and margin of dorsal and anal blue, base green; body of dorsal purphsh orange 

 with narrow green bar through center originating behind third spine; magenta 

 bar through center of anal; caudal very dark green with narrow magenta bar 

 from each lobe; ventral fronts blue, remainder of fin with slight purplish shade 

 and occasional streak of blue; pectoral green with narrow stripe of purplish 

 in upper half reaching neither base nor tip. 



7277. Port Matalvi. November 23, 1908. Length, 245 mm. (Canines, upper,. 

 2 — 0; lower, — 0.) Teeth pale green or indigo. General color green, becom- 

 ing lemon on side under soft dorsal. Lower surfaces with blue lilac shades. 

 Upper lip lilac, same except at corners, from which green stripe forms similar 

 stripe across snout, both joining and passing backward under eye. Snout 

 behind latter stripe smoky purplish fading to lilac, short bar of same under eye 

 and dash behind eye. Throat line blue. Dorsal green, becoming dark 

 indigo at extreme margin and front; irregular bar of purplish and orange shades 

 through body of fin, somewhat below center, with few green posterior spots. 

 Caudal bright blue, darker to purplish basally and green in center of rays. Anal 

 base lilac, forms narrow bar wide on pupil scarcely reaching first spine, rest of 

 fin with last ray green. Ventral pale green. Pectoral bright green, with only 

 light trace of purple in upper half. 



7400, 7403, 7404. Port Uson, west of Pinas Island. December 17, 1908. Length, 

 220 to 230 mm. (All have canines, upper, 1 — 1; lower, — 0; 7400 var. 

 bowersi.) (7400.) Teeth pale rosy. Side of head green with reddish median 

 shades. Large orange area above pectoral. Lips narrowly geranium, bright 

 blue bands posterior. (7403 and 7404.) Teeth pale greenish at edge, rosy at 

 base. Ground colors brilliant viridesceut green. Lips reddish, with blue 

 semicircum oral bars. 



