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Scales in lateral line 45 + 1; 5 scales above lateral line, 11 below, 

 10 predorsal. Scales with 31 to 35 basal radiating striae; apical 

 53 to 72, obsolete; circuli, fine. 



D. IX, 13, I, ninth spine 4 to 4}^ in head, first branched ray 3^4 

 to 4; A. Ill, 12, I, third spine 4:}i to 5, first branched ray 33^ to 4; 

 caudal P/e to 2]/^, convex behind; least depth of caudal peduncle 

 4 to 4}i ; pectoral 2% to 23>^; ventral 4 to 4%. 



Back and upper surface brown, sides and below whitish. Along 

 middle of side 6 dusky or blackish spots, sometimes same as small 

 clusters of 1 to 3 small blackish spots. Fins dull brown. 



Red Sea, East Africa and Mauritius to the East Indies, Australia, 

 Formosa, Riu Kiu and Hawaii. Reaches 400 mm. in length. In life 

 quite variable in color, from olive to orange or yellowish. 



7819. Bugsuk Island. January 5, 1909. Length, 275 mm. 



21695 and 21696. Cabugao Bay, Catanduanes Island. June 9, 1909. Length, 

 65 to 130 mm. [1624.] 3 examples. 



21050. Capunuypugan, Mindanao. May 9, 1908. Length, 203 mm. 



21762. Cebu market. March 20, 1909. Length, 215 mm. 



5336 to 5338, 18365. Cebu market. April 4, 1908. Length, 194 to 330 mm. 



21656. Cebu market. August 28, 1909. Length, 180 mm. 



A599. Gondra Island. September 20, 1909. Length, 265 mm. 



6353. Inamucan Bay, Mindanao. August 8, 1909. Length 233 mm. 



4851. Jolo market, Jolo. February 11, 1908. Length, 270 mm. 



7753. Jolo market, Jolo. February 12, 1908. Length, 240 mm. 



5173. Jolo. March 7, 1908. Length, 261 mm. Back dark oUve green, edges 

 of scales paler, becoming paler below; buff on lower head, slight yellowish 

 wash on breast and belh^; centers of scales in lower sides bluish, edges with 

 brownish shade becoming nearly orange under pectoral base; black blotch 

 mainly under lateral line just beyond pectoral tip and few small black blotches 

 on lateral line posteriorly; narrow orange line from mouth angle nearly to 

 preopercle angle, bluish stripe below to under subopercle edge pale with narrow 

 brownish anterior shade and another behind on opercle; small indistinct 

 blotch near opercle tip. Rays of vertical fins like body color. Caudal mem- 

 branes with very indistinct markings. Dorsal and anal recticulated and 

 barred with narrow orange brown lines. Paired fins very pale, shghtly green- 

 ish; pectoral wath brown bluish line at base. 



19200. Maagnas, Lagonoy Gulf, Luzon. June 7, 1909. Length, 210 mm. 



16948. Mahinog, Camiguin Island. August 3, 1909. Length, 208 mm. 



18688. Port Jamelo, Luzon. July 13, 1908. Length, 236 mm. 



6543. Port Maricaban. July 21, 1908. Length, 133 mm. 



15837. Sitanki Reef. September 24, 1909. Length, 144 mm. 



2 examples, Tara Island. December 15, 1908. Length, 54 to 59 mm. 



18920. Tictuan Island. September 8, 1909. Length, 194 mm. 



9151. Varadero Bay, Mindoro. July 23, 1908. Length, 207 mm. 



A797. Zamboanga market. October 6, 1909. Length, 374 mm. 



A1619. Nafa, Loo Choo market. February 7, 1910. Length, 270 mm, 



17977 U.S.N.M. Honolulu. Dr. T. H. Streets. 4 examples. Length, 157 to 

 166 mm. 



51044 U.S.N.M. Hawaiian Islands. U. S. Fish Comm. 1 example. Length, 

 272 mm. 



52045 U.S.N.M. Negros. Dr. B. Dean. 2 examples. Length, 101 to 244 mm. 



