FISHES OF THE PHHiIPPINE AND ADJACENT! SEAS 119 



teeth uniserial, compressed, truncate incisors; interorbital Si/g to 

 314 in head, broadly convex; suborbital and hind preopercle edge 

 denticulate. Gill rakers 10+13, lanceolate. 



Tubes in lateral line 18 or 19, pores in straight section 8 or 9 

 obsolete to caudal base; 3 scales above lateral line, 8 below, 27 to 29 

 predorsal extending slightly forward to nostril; soft vertical fins 

 finely scaled and on soft dorsal scales extended far out on fin. Scales 

 with 8 or 9 short basal radiating striae; apical denticles minute, 

 feeble, 142 to 150, with single row of basal elements ; circuli fine. 



D. XII, 16 or 17, seventeenth spine 1% in head, fourth ray 1 to 

 11/4; A. II, 13, second spine 1% to 1%, first ray 1% to 1%; caudal 



1 to 1 iV, emarginate ; least depth of caudal peduncle 2 ; pectoral ll^ 

 to 114 7 ventral 1 to IxV- 



Dull olive generally, scarcely paler or with only slightly clouded 

 brownish tinge below. Suborbitals conspicuously grayish. Fins 

 brown. Ventrals tinged with more or less dusky. Small blackish 

 spot at pectoral axil less than pupil in size. Another, slightly larger 

 than pupil, at bases of last dorsal rays. 



East Indies, China, Kiu Kiu, Fiji. Distinguished by its color pat- 

 tern, with the gray suborbitals and small black spot at pectoral 

 origin and at bases of last dorsal rays. 



14775. Bagacay Bay, Escai-pada Island. March 13, 1909. Length, 150 mm. 



2 examples, Butauanan Island. June 13, 1909. Length, 104 to 108 mm. 

 14800. Bugsuk Island. Balabac. January 5, 1909. Length, 130 mm. 

 15042. Calangaman Island. March 16, 1909. Length, 137 mm. 



1 example, Candaraman Island, Balabac. January 4, 1909. Length, 104 mm. 



2 examples, Casogoran, Malhon Island. July 27, 1909. Length, 108 to 128 

 mm. [1711.]. Blackish with purplish shades above anal; fins black, except 

 spinous dorsal membranes, which have an olive shade ; pectoral membranes 

 hyaline, black spot showing on upper base ; ventrals fading to olive and gray. 



3 examples, Casogoran. July 27, 1909. Length 110 to 127 mm. [1723.] 

 Dusky brownish or slaty. Blackish at bases of last dorsal rays and at 

 pectoral bases. Fins darker than body. 



21854. Canmahala Bay, Ragay Gulf. Marcli 11, 1909. Length, 124 mm. 

 1 example, Galera Bay, Mindoro. June 9, 1908. Length, 60 mm. 



1 example, Kapoposang Island. December 28, 1909. Length, 110 mm. 



149, 17838 and 17839. Langao Point, Luzon. June 24, 1909. Length 110 to 

 145 mm. Central region of scales light, almost drab in some specimens, 

 with distinct purplish shades on posterior half ; narrow purple line under the 

 eye on preorbital, orbital rim orange above and posteriorly; tips of spinous 

 dorsal membrane paler than the rest of the fin ; anal spines and rays with 

 distinct purplish reflections. 



12967. Langao Point. July 13, 1908. Length, 150 mm. 



14693. Maculabo Island. June 13, 1909. Length, 115 mm. 



14566. Maculabo Island. June 14, 1909. 2 examples. Length, 102 to 118 mm. 



7317. Mantacao Island, west coast of Bohol. April 8, 1908. Length, 122 mm. 



2 examples, Nabatas Point, Damar. July 24, 1909. Length, 105 to 113 mm. 

 18. Pandanon Island. March 23, 1909. Length, 119 mm. 



1 example, Philippines. Length, 116 mm. 



