FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE AND ADJACENT SEAS 157 



12130, 12131, 12127. Malcochin. December 19, 1908. Length, 68 to 106 mm. 

 12128. Malcochin Harbor, Linapacan Island. Length, 105 mm. 

 12347. Mansalay, Mindoro. June 4, 1908. Length, 83 to 98 mm. 

 14701 and 14702. Matnog Bay. May 31, 1909. Length, 94 to 110 mm. 

 1 example, Mompog Island. March 3, 1909. Length, 103 mm. 



7 examples, Murcielagos Bay. August 9, 1909. Length, 93 to 112 mm. 

 1 example, Murcielagos Bay. August 21, 1909. Length, 10.5 mm. 



1 example, Nasugbu Cove, Luzon Island. January 16, 1908. Length, 90 mm. 

 [15.] Small specimen, with high soft verticals smoky. Tips of dorsal spines 

 and rays, and anals black. Black bar under edge of preopercle; tip of opercle 

 black; black spot at upper base of pectoral, with small orange spot just outside; 

 axilary region orange shades; ventrals black; lips pale. 



5 examples, Opol, Mindanao. August 4, 1909. Length, 96 to 117 mm. 



5 examples. Oyster Inlet, Ulugan Bay. December 28, 1908. Length, 104 to 

 123 mm. 



1 example, Pagapas Bay, Luzon. February 20, 1909. Length, 110 mm. 



282, 283, 11415. Paluan Bay, Mindoro. December 11, 1908. Length, 95 to 

 100 mm. General color Ijright cadmium j^ellow, shading toward lemon; 

 scales on lower half of body with purplish reflections; cheek and opercle spotted 

 with small irregular purplish specks; broken line of same under ej^e across pre- 

 orbital; lips bright cadmium; top of head and back with dusky. Dorsal 

 greenish-yellow, front of spines darkest; soft part bright lemon yellow, vertical 

 edge dusky hyaline. Caudal dusky hyaline in fork, edges of lobes brilliant 

 lemon-yellow. Anal bright cadmium. Ventral same. Pectoral pale lemon. 

 Iris greenish. [282.] 



3 examples, Philippines. Length, 100 to 103 mm. 



8 examples, Polloc, Mindanao. May 22, 1908. Length, 72 to 96 mm. 



1 exami^le, Porongpong Island, Palumbanes Group. June 11, 1909. Length, 

 97 mm. 



1 example. Port Caltom. December 15, 1908. Length, 105 mm. 



14953 and 14958. Port Ciego, Balabac Island. January 3, 1909. Length, 89 to 

 103 mm. 



2 examples, Port Jamelo, Luzon. July 13, 1908. Length, 96 to 98 mm. 



49, 52, 56, 59, 61. Port Langao, Palawan Island. April 8, 1909. Length, 

 68 to 93 mm. 



14 examples. Port Matalvi, Luzon Island. November 22, 1908. Length, 70 to 

 103 mm. 



14583 to 14586, 14588, 14594. Port Palapag. June 3, 1909. Length, 60 to 103 

 mm. 



10750 to 10752, 13195. Quinalasag Island, Masamat Bay. 23 examples. June 

 12, 1909. Length, 70 to 151 mm. 



2 examples, Romblon. March 26, 1908. Length, 75 to 105 mm. [469.] With 

 produced orange caudal; general-color slaty, becoming paler below and on 

 caudal peduncle, meeting yellow wash; sooty bar downward across cheek under 

 eye; another on front of opercle under posterior preopercle edge; tip of 

 opercle blackish. Scaled portion of dorsal body-color, tip of spines and incised 

 tips of membranes black; below dull orange; upper anterior edge of soft portion 

 with black line, posterior rays becoming bright cadmium orange distally; 

 caudal bright cadmium orange, edges of lobes dusky; front and anterior 

 outer edge of anal black; vertical edge and produced rays bright cadmium 

 orange; body of fin slate, washed with orange; ventral black; pectoral blackish 

 dusky, upper base black, with small yellow blotch behind. Iris dusky with 

 golden. [470.] Same as No. 409 but larger specimen; orange obscured by 

 dusky; obscure horizontal lines on middle of sides formed by darker portion 

 of centers of scales; orange at base of pectoral and in axil more pronounced; 

 slight orange shade at tip of maxillary. 



