nSHES OF THE PHILIPPINE AND ADJACENT SEAS 355 



Cheilinus coccineus Ruppell, Atlas Reise Nordl. Afr. Fische, 1828, p. 23, 

 Djedda. 



Cheilinus radiatus (not Sparus radiatus Linnaeus) Gunther, Cat. Fish. 

 Brit. Mus., vol. 4, 1862, p. 131 (Moluccas, Amboina, northeast Australia, 

 Louisades). — Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N6erl., vol. 1, 1862, p. 68, pi. 26, 

 fig. 1 (Java, Bali, Cocos, Sumatra, Celebes, Halmahera, Ternate, Batjan, 

 Amboina). — Bleeker, Ned. Tijds. Dierk., vol. 1, 1863, p. 344 (Mada- 

 gascar). — GtJNTHER, Fishes of Zanzibar, 1866, p. 90 (Zanzibar). — Meyer, 

 An. Soc. Hist. Nat. Madrid, vol. 14, 1885, p. 35 (Rubi, New Guinea). — 

 Vinciguerra, Giorn. Romano Scienz. Biol., ser. 2, vol. 19, 1890, p. 486 

 (Zanzibar). — Borsieri, Ann. Mus. Civ. Geneva, ser. 3, vol. 1, 1904, p. 216 

 (Massaua and Dissei, Red Sea). 



Chilinus radiatus Gunther, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, vol. 7 (15), 1881, p. 247, 

 pi. 135, fig. A (Louisades, Fiji, Samoa, Pelew Islands). 



Depth 2% to 2^; head 2% to 2%, width 2% to 2%. Snout 

 2% to 2%; eye 5% to 6^, 2i^ to 2% in snout, 13^ to IJ^ m inter- 

 orbital; maxillary reaches J4 to eye, 2% to 2^ in head; interorbital 

 4 to 43/^, convex. Gill rakers 5 + 10, short, lanceolate. 



Scales in lateral line 15 or 16 + 6 or 7 + 2 or 3; 2 scales above 

 lateral line, 6 below, 4 or 5 predorsal. Scales with 14 or 15 basal 

 radiating striae, marginal and apical radiating striae 20 to 31, many 

 obsolete auxiliaries with age; circuli very fine. 



D. IX, 10, I, ninth spine 3 3^^ to 3% in total head length, eighth 

 ray 2ji to 3; A. Ill, 8, i, third spine S}4 to 3%, first ray 2^^ to 3; 

 caudal 1% to 13^, slightly double concave behind; least depth of 

 caudal peduncle 23^; pectoral 2% to 23^; ventral 23^ to 2%. 



Brownish generally, each scale with pale basal vertical streak. 

 Head and predorsal with buff spots and more or less longitudinal 

 lines, variously incomplete, on upper surface. Along under side of 

 head 8 or more blackish lines, parallel, and at opposite inclination 

 from pale lines on upper part of head. Dorsals with spinous fin 

 marbled with deep brown, soft fin with some pale greenish tints. 

 Caudal largely greenish. Anal like soft dorsal. Paired fins pale 

 brownish. 



Mauritius, Madagascar, East Africa, and the Red Sea to the 

 East Indies, Riu Kiu to Micronesia, Fiji, and Samoa. 



11287, 13502. Alimango Bay, Burias Island. March 5, 1909. Length, 108 



to 156 mm. 

 11062, 18724. Butauanan Island. June 13, 1909. Length, 154 to 190 mm. 

 11272, 21128, 21139, 21861. Biri Channel. June 1-2, 1909. Length, 84 to 



205 mm. 

 18792. Bolalo Bay, Palawan Island. December 21, 1908. Length, 124 mm. 

 17847. Bumbum Island. September 25, 1909. Length, 110 mm. 

 11049. Busin Harbor, Burias Island. March 8, 1909. Length, 205 mm. 

 15981. Busin Harbor. April 22, 1908. Length, 183 mm. 

 9348. Cayayan, Sulu Island. January 18, 1909. Length, 142 mm. 

 5890. Calangaman Island, between Leyte and Cebu. March 16, 1909. Length, 



165 mm. 

 16856. Cataingan Bay, Masbate. April 18, 1908. Length, 85 mm. 



