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5786, 9452, 9454. Simaluc Island. September 22, 1909. 4 examples. Length, 



90 to 177 mm. 

 9400. Surigao, Mindanao. May 8, 1908. Length, 118 mm. 

 22733. Talisse Island. November 9, 1909. Length, 163 mm. 

 19015 and 19016. Tapiantana Island. September 13, 1909. Length, 125 to 



130 mm. 

 12901. Tobea Island. December 14, 1909. Length, 130 mm. 

 45. Tulnalutan Island. September 9, 1909. Length, 174 mm. 

 18256. Tomahu Island. December 11, 1909. Length, 138 mm. 

 13149 and 13152. Tumindao Island. February 26, 1908. Length, 106 to 122 



mm. [329.] 

 7666. Ulugan Bay, Palawan. December 17, 1908. Length, 128 mm. 

 20121. Ulugan Bay, near mouth of Baheli River, Palawan. December 28, 1908. 



Length, 175 mm. 

 21332. Bira Birahan Island, off Borneo. December, 1909. Length, 175 mm. 

 13490. Basa Reef, Gulf of Boni, Celebes. December 17, 1909. Length, 147 mm. 

 13224. Doworra Island, Dutch East Indies. December 2, 1909. Length, 134 



mm. 

 4802. Limbe Strait, Celebes. November 10, 1909. Length, 188 mm. 

 19489. Tana Keke Island, Celebes. December 21, 1909. Length, 142 mm. 

 18323. West of Malibagu Point, Celebes. November 21, 1909. Length, 140 mm. 

 13077. Makassar market. December 24, 1909. Length, 145 mm. 

 12938. Tidore Island, south of Ternate. November 25, 1909. Length, 165 mm. 

 18530. Tidore Island. November 24, 1909. Length, 97 mm. 

 71696 U.S.N. M. Nafa, Okinawa. Albatross collection. Length, 133 to 178 



mm. 4 examples. 

 52403 U.S.N. M. Apia, Samoa. Bureau of Fisheries. Length, 74 to 169 mm. 



7 examples. 

 31062 and 31063 A.N.S.P. Apia. Bureau of Fisheries. Length, 97 to 153 mm. 

 27724 A.N.S.P. Padang, Sumatra. Messrs. Harrison and Hiller. Tj'pe of 



Thalassoma melanochir. 



THALASSOMA SCHWANEFELDI (Bleeker) 



Julis (Julis) schwanenfeldi Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Indie, vol. 4, 1853, 



p. 288. Cauer, Sumatra. 

 Julis schwanefeldi Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N^erl., vol. 1, 1862, p. 95, 



pi. 33, fig. 7 (Java and Sumatra). 

 Julis schwanefeldii Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 4, 1862, p. 191 



(Sumatra). — Elera, Cat. Fauna Filip., vol. 1, 1895, p. 556 (Luzon, 



Batangas, Nasugbu, Cebu). — Regan, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, (2) Zool., 



vol. 12, 1907, p. 230 (Maldives, Mulaku). 



Depth 3^; head 3, width 2^4. Snout 3}^; eye 4^, 1}4 in 

 snout, IK ill interorbital; maxillary reaches % to eye, 4}i in head; 

 interorbital 4}4, broadly convex. Gill rakers 6 + 10, lanceolate, 

 short. 



Scales in lateral line 21, 4 + 1, tubes trifid; 2 scales above lateral 

 line, 8 below, 5 predorsal; single scale on opercle above. Scales with 

 21 to 24 basal radiating striae, apical 19 or 20; circuli fine. 



D. VIII, 13, I, eighth spine sji in head, first ray 22^; A. Ill, 11, i, 

 third spine 2^, first ray 2}4', caudal IK, truncate; least depth of 

 caudal peduncle 2; pectoral 1%; ventral 23/8- 



