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1 example, Cataingan Bay, Dumurug Point, Masbate. April 19, 1908. Length, 



104 mm. 



16092. Cataingan Bay. May 14, 1909. Length, 98 mm. 



7591 and 7592. Catbalogan, Samar. April 14, 1908. Length, 141 to 143 mm. 



8242 and 13010. Catbalogan. April 15, 1908. Length, 116 to 145 mm. 



5 examples, Catbalogan. April 16, 1908. Length, 94 to 131 mm, 



19123. Chase Head, Endeavor Strait, Palawan. December 22, 1908. Length, 



105 mm. 



15735. Endeavor Strait, northwest coast of Palawan. December 23, 1908. 



Length, 99 mm. 

 14098 and 14099. Endeavor Strait. December 24, 1908. Length, 83 to 113 mm. 

 31 examples, Great Tobea Island. December 15, 1909. Length, 30 to 107 mm. 



1 example, Jolo market. March 6 to 7, 1908. Length, 96 mm. 

 143. Langao Point, Luzon. June 24, 1909. Length, 114 mm. 



2 examples, Malcochin Harbor, Linapacan Island. December 18, 1908. Length, 



70 to 85 mm. 

 2 examples, Malcochin Harbor. December 19, 1908. Length, 46 to 61 mm. 

 6715. Mansalay, Mindoro. June 4, 1908. Length, 116 mm. 

 15961 and 15962. Masbate reef. April 20, 1908. Length, 85 to 93 mm. 

 1 example, north end of Palawan, Endeavor Strait, northwest coast. December 



22, 1908. 

 22705. Port Caltom. December 15, 1908. Length, 49 to 118 mm. 6 examples. 

 4 examples, Ragay Bay, Ragay Gulf. March 10, 1909. Length, 54 to 60 mm. 

 18647 to 18649. Ragay Gulf. March 10, 1909. Length, 89 to 100 mm. 

 18879. Tilig, Lubang. July 15, 1908. Length, 128 mm. 

 4 examples, Tobea Island. December 15, 1909. Length, 44 to 73 mm. 

 20129. Ulugan Bay, near Baheli River mouth. December 28, 1908. Length, 



74 mm. 

 235. Ulugan Bay, Palawan. December 29, 1908. Length, 110 mm. 

 1 example, Gane Road, Gillolo Island, Moluccas, Dutch East Indies. December 



1, 1909. Length, 94 mm. 

 72277 U.S.N.M. Cuyo, Philippines. R. C. McGregor. Length, 75 mm. 



HALICHOERES PODOSTIGMA (Bleeker) 



Julis (Halichoeres) podostigma Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Indie, vol. 6, 1864, 



p. 332. Larantuka, Flores. 

 Halichoeres podostigma Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N^erl., vol. 1, 1862, 



p. 126, pi. 32, fig. 4 (Araboina, Buru, Flores). 

 Platyglossus podostigma Gunther, Cat. Fish, Brit. Mus., vol. 4, 1862, p. 160 



(East Indies). — Meyer, An. Soc. Hist. Nat. Madrid, vol. 14, 1885, p. 37 



(North Celebes). 



Depth 2}4 to 3>^; head 33^ to 3}4, width 2^ to 23^. Snout 

 2^ to 3; eye 4^^ to 63^, Ij^ to 2^ in snout, 1 to 1% ^ interorbital ; 

 maxillary reaches 3^ to % to eye, 3J^ to 43^6 in head; interorbital 

 43^ to 5, convex. Gill rakers 7 + 8, lanceolate, short. 



Scales in lateral line 22, 4 + 2; 4 scales above lateral line, 10 below, 

 10 or 11 predorsal. Scales with 35 to 44 basal radiating striae, 

 apical 29 to 48; circuli fine, 



D. IX, 12, I, ninth spine 33^ to 33^ in head, first ray 2% to 2^; 

 A. Ill, 12, I, third spine 33^ to 43/g, first ray 2% to 2%; caudal 1^ 

 to 13^, slightly convex behind; least depth of caudal peduncle 

 IK to 2j^; pectoral 13/^ to 1%; ventral 1^ to IJ^. 

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