FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE AND ADJACENT SEAS 389 



5648. Busin Harbor, Burias Island. April 23, 1908. Length, 204 mm. (Canines, 

 upper, 1 — 1; lower, — 0.) Light dusky emerald, becoming paler to about 

 gray on breast; light reddish brown bar at bases of scales; top of head green, 

 with many irregular bars of reddish; teeth dusky, with very slight rosy shades; 

 lips narrowly pink (red before fading, perhaps) ; broad blue chin band becoming 

 green above; green band behind upper lip which joins bluish and green band of 

 front of interopercle and passes upward across preorbital under eye; red parallel 

 passes narrowly under ej'^e; another green bar across preorbital above red; 

 blue throat band; dash of blue on interopercle, behind front band, remainder 

 more or less lavender. Front and margin of dorsal narrowly dusky blue, 

 base brighter blue under scales, body of fin reddish and narrow blue band 

 through center above. Beginning at fourth spine row of round spots, becoming 

 diflFuse posteriorly. Caudal rays red, menibranes blue. Anal similar to dorsal, 

 central band not reaching last ray; last half -ray of both dorsal and ventral 

 blue from base. Ventral lavender reddish, front blue. Pectoral dusky, be- 

 coming orange, shades most prominent above; first ray dusky blue. Iris golden. 



5651. Same data. Length, 198 mm. Olivaceous gray, becoming somewhat 

 lavender below, with more reddish shades on breast; scales with broad claret 

 brown bar at base; top of head greenish, with reddish shades radiating about 

 top of eye; teeth uniform rosy; lips narrowly red; slaty blue stripe across top 

 of snout with orange shades behind; slaty band behind lip on chin, with back- 

 ward projection on median line and broadly red beliind. Pale slaty gray line 

 on throat, not connected with red band; chin otherwise reddish; slaty dash 

 on either side at interrupted band; these slaty areas defined from red by darker 

 line; interopercular region slaty, with suflFusion of reddish; reddish band across 

 preorbital from corner of mouth, extending lip colors to eye, and obscurely 

 under and behind eye, obscure red dash behind. Dorsal reddish, brightest 

 at base, front and margin narrowly slate, with diffuse dusky greenish band at 

 center. Caudal rays slightly reddish, tip and edges dusky. Anal reddish, 

 front tip and base slaty gray; diffuse dusky area through center. Paired fins 

 dusky reddish. Ventral and top of pectoral slaty. Iris golden. 



18767. Busin Harbor. March 7, 1909. Length, 165 mm. 



7193, 22784, 22785. Busin Harbor. March 8, 1909. Length, 180 to 190 mm. 

 (7193, canines, upper, 1 — 1; lower, — 0; 22784, canines, upper, 1 — 2; lower, 

 0—0.) 



22179. Butauanan Island, Jolo. February 14, 1908. Length, 117 mm. 



10597. Cabugan Island, Hinunangan Bay, Leyte Island. July, 1909. Length, 

 163 mm. [1771.] 



1114. Cabugan Island, Hinunangan Bay, Leyte. Length, 220 mm. [1769.] 

 Slaty stripes on dorsal distinct, outer one broken; anal similar, outer portion of 

 caudal peduncle and fin distinctly paler. 



19037 and 19039. Cagayan, Sulu Island. January 8, 1909. Length, 125 to 

 146 mm. [1072 to 1074.] Teeth white. Body smoky oHve. Fins uniform, 

 with purpUsh shades. 



5436 and 5437, 6271, 6275, 6281. Candaraman Island, Balabac. January 4, 

 1909. Length, 123 to 252 mm. (5436, canines, upper, 2—1; lower, — 0; 

 6271 [1031]; 6275 [1029]. [1031.] Teeth dusky, some reddish; red hps and chin 

 band; obscure reddish bar near margin and at base of dorsal; similar at anal; 

 general coloration when much faded grayish, probably dark brown in life. 

 [1025 to 1029.] Dark teeth rosy; upper lip, chin, and lower head more or less 

 scarlet. 



9241. Camp Overton, Mindanao. August 6, 1909. Length, 230 mm. (Canines, 

 upper, 2 — 1 ; lower, — 0.) Fins without slaty bands. Dorsal and anal reddish 

 to vinaceous, more intense near base and submarginaUy. Back with four or 

 five obscure dusky saddles, about equal or broader than interspaces. Pectoral 

 more intense above. 



