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Neutral brown generally, below pale to whitish. Head with lower 

 sides grayish and traces of gray band on side of snout and 2 postocular. 

 About 6 ill-defined dusky blotches on back. Iris pale yellowish 

 white. Dorsals neutral dusky, with black blotch at front of spinous 

 fin, another at front of soft fin and third at bases of last rays, fin other- 

 wise clouded with darker basally; soft dorsal with narrow gray border. 

 Anal dark gray, with subbasal longitudinal neutral dusky band and 

 2 submarginally, edge narrowly whitish. Caudal grayish, with 

 dusky spot basally. Paired fins gray white, with neutral spot at 

 pectoral origin. 



East Indies. Though reported by Elera we have but a single 

 example from the Philippines. 



20113 Ulugan Bay, near mouth of Baheli River, Palawan. December 28, 1908. 

 Length, 67 mm. 



THALASSOMA LUNARE (Linnaeus) 



Labrus lunaris Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1758, p. 283. In Indiis. 



Julis lunaris Ruppell, Neue Wirbelth. Fische., 1835, p. 11 (Red Sea). — 

 Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 13, 1837, p. 409 (Massuah, Siau). — 

 Peters, Arch. Naturg., 1855, p. 263 (Mozambique). — Bleeker, Atlas 

 Ichth. Ind. Neerl., vol. 1, 1862, p. 90, pi. 33, fig. 5 (Java, Duizend Islands, 

 Bawean, Sumatra, Nias, Singapore, Bintang, Biliton, Celebes, Sangi, 

 Timor, Flores, Solor, Ternate, Batjan, Buru, Amboina, Haruko, Ceram, 

 Goram, Banda). — GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 4, 1862, p. 181 

 (Mozambique, Ceylon, type of Jidis poi-phyrocephala, Amboina, Moluccas, 

 China, Hong Kong, Aneiteum). — Kner, Reise Novara Fische, vol. 2, 1865, 

 p. 256 (Java and Hong Kong). — Gunther, Fishes of Zanzibar, 1866, p. 97 

 (Aden, Zanzibar, Seychelles). — Steindachner, Sitzs. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 

 vol. 53 (1), 1866, p. 463 (Port Jackson). — Klunzinger, Verh. zool. bot. 

 Ges. Wien, vol. 21, 1871, p. 535 (Koseir, Red Sea). — Capello, Jorn. Sci. 

 Math. Lisboa, 1872, p. 83 (Mozambique). — Gijnther, Cruise of Curacoa, 

 Brenchley, 1873, p. 410 (Solomons). — Bleeker, Poiss. Madagascar, 

 Reunion, 1874, p. 65. — Martens, Preuss. Exp. Ost Asien, 1876, p. 397 

 (Ceram and Amboina River). — Kossmann and Rayber, Zool. Ergebn. K. 

 Acad. Wiss. Berlin, vol. 1, 1877, p. 25 (Red Sea). — Day, Fishes of India, 

 pt. 3, 1877, p. 403, pi. 86, fig. 1 (Andamans).— Karoli, Termesz. Fiizetek 

 Budapest, vol. 5, 1881, p. 175 (Aden).— Meyer, An. Soc. Hist. Nat. 

 Madrid, vol. 14, 1885, p. 37 (Ternate and Mysore). — Giglioli, Ann. Mus. 

 Civ. Geneva, vol. 26, 1888, p. 71 (Assab). — Day, Fauna British India, 

 vol. 2, 1889, p. 413. — Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1889, p. 240 

 (Muscat). — Picaglia, Atti. Soc. Nat. Modena, ser. 2, vol. 12, 1893, p. 33 

 (Red Sea, Aden, Massaua). — Kent, Great Barrier Reef, 1893, p. 296, pi. 16, 

 fig. 13 (Cape Flattery, Queensland). — Elera, Cat. Fauna Filip., vol. 1, 

 1895, p. 555 (Luzon, Manila, Cebu). — Weber, Zool. Forsch. Austral. Ritter 

 Semon, vol. 5, 1895, p. 272 (Ambon). — Steindachner, Abhandl. Sencken- 

 berg. Gesell., vol. 25, 1900, p. 442 (Ternate and Batjan) ; Denks. Akad. 

 Wiss. Wien, vol. 71 (1), 1907, p. 150 (Gischin).— Regan, Ann. Natal 

 Mus., vol. 1, 1908, p. 246 (Kosi Bay). — Gilchrist and Thompson, Ann. 

 S. Afr. Mus., vol. 6, 1908-1911, p. 198 (Durban).— Gunther, Journ. Mus. 

 Godeflfroy, vol. 8 (16), 1909, p. 287 (South Sea, Hawaiian Islands).— 

 Pellegrin, Ann. Z. Mus. Napoli, n. s. 3, No. 27, 1912, p. 8 (Red Sea). — 

 Weber, Siboga Exp., vol. 57, Fische, 1913, p. 378 (Banda, Timor, Postillion 

 Islands). — Regan, Ann. Durban Mus., vol. 1, 1914-1917, p. 170 (Durban). 



