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backward under eye and fading across opercle; double green stripe behind 

 eye above; chin band of green; throat and median breast with blue stripe 

 extending to anal fin; greenish of abdomen falling into stripes through scale 

 rows. Front and margins of dorsal and anal and edges of caudal lobes blue; 

 body of dorsal purplish, wath slight orange shade distally and anteriorly, 

 irregular green blotches through center of membranes except first; anal similar 

 but more generally bluish, central spots nearly blue; caudal similar, with about 

 three broken bars of green across center; anal front and posterior rays blue, 

 membranes and second raj' blue; pectoral hyaline with rosy purple shade, 

 greenish at base and first ray; two yellow bars on back, first under last three 

 spines, second under third to fourth soft rays, extending slightly below lateral 

 line. 



8664. Same data. Length, 180 mm. Slaty gray to purplish; teeth dusky; dull 

 greenish stripe across snout and preopercle to eye; similar stripe across chin; 

 side shows two or three paler bars posteriorly; margin of caudal slaty; body 

 reddish, with median obscure bar; caudal tipped with blackish; body of fin 

 reddish, with one or two pale bars near base; median bar in anal scarcely 

 apparent. 



12093. Capunuypugan Port, Mindanao. May 10, 1908. Length, 146 mm. 

 (Preopercle — 0.) An unusuall}^ swarthy example. 



6248. Galera Bay. June 9, 1908. Length, 228 mm. Teeth dusky, pinkish at 

 base. Lower lips and chin band slate. Dorsals and caudal with reddish 

 shades, with central bronzed area. 



8226. Galvaney Island, Ragay Gulf, Luzon. March 9, 1909. Length, 24.3 mm. 

 (Canines, upper, 2 — 1; lower, 1 — 1.) 



4580. Grande Island Reef, Subig Bay. January 8, 1908. Length, 245 mm. 



5178. Jolo. March 7, 1908. Length, 172 mm. 



9012. Langao Point, extreme south of Luzon. June 24, 1909. Length, 252 

 mm. (Canines, upper, 3 — 3; lower, 1 — 0.) Alternate pale and dark bars on 

 side; caudal dark red brown, slaty bars across its middle and pale spots below 

 and basally; dorsal edged slaty, greenish bar through center on membranes, 

 reddish above and below; anal similar but less pronounced; reddish about 

 nose and chin, with slatj^ bands; top of head more or less mottled on fading. 



9000. Same data. Length, 234 mm. (Canines, upper, — 1; lower, — 0.) 



6074. Little Santa Cruz Island. May 28, 1908. Length, 260 mm. (Canines, 

 upper, 2 — 1; lower, 1 — 1.) 



14691. Maculabo Island. June 13, 1909. Length, 219 mm. (Canines, upper, 

 1—1; lower, 0—0.) 



7879, 14574, 14578, 16367, 16369. Maculabo Island. June 14, 1909. Length, 

 153 to 218 mm. (14574, preopercle, 0—0.) 



9273. Murcielagos Bay, Mindanao. August 9, 1909. Length, 213 mm. 



9355. Murcielagos Bay. August 21, 1909. Length, 270 mm. 



6189 and 17325. Palag Bay vicinity, Luzon. June 16, 1909. Length, 205 to 

 222 mm. (6189, canines, upper, 1 — 1; lower, 1 — 1.) 



10742. Port Ciego, Balabac. June 3, 1909. Length, 200 mm. 



6945. Port Galera, Mindoro. June 9, 1908. Length, 178 mm. (Preopercle, 

 0—0.) 



8982. Porongpong Island, Palumbanes Group. June 10, 1909. Length, 170 mm. 



8964, 8965. Rapurapu Island and Strait. June 22, 1909. Length, 254 to 

 262 mm. (8964, canines, upper, 1 — 1; lower, — 0; 8965, canines, upper 

 2—2; lower, 1—0.) 



9305. Silino Island. August 10, 1909. Length, 255 mm. (Canines, upper, 

 2 — 2; lower, — 0.) Teeth dusky; lips slaty, chin dusky orange, with broad 

 slaty bar; dusk}' greenish bar across snout joins color of lower lip at angle of 



