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hind nostril greatly larger than front one, nearly equals pupil; inter- 

 orbital 3^4 to 4, broadly convex. Gill rakers 8 + 14, firm, short, in 

 lower branch broadly and transversely triangular. 



Scales in lateral line 17 to 19 + 5 or 6 + 2; 2 scales above lateral 

 line, 7 below, 7 predorsal; cheek with 3 rows of small scales, leaving 

 suborbitals and preorbital, also preopercular flange broadly naked. 

 Scales with 63 to 65 basal radiating striae; apical 24 to 27, obsolete, 

 imperfect; circuli fine. 



D. IX, 9, I or 10, I, ninth spine 33^ to 3% in head, first ray 2% 

 to 3; A. Ill, 9, I, third spine 33^ to 4%, first ray 33^ to 33^; caudal 

 134 to 13^^, deeply emarginate, tips exserted; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 23^ to 2%; pectoral 13^ to 1^; ventral 2 to 2}^. 



Brown, generally little paler below. Each scale on back and entire 

 upper half of head till level with pale line from rictus horizontally to 

 pectoral origin, covered with small, close-set, round, gray spots, 

 each with dark bordering line; spots on muzzle small and rather 

 sparse, larger, irregular and closer on interorbital. Iris orange 

 buff. Dorsals neutral brown, border paler, also some pale spots on 

 hind portion of soft fin basally. Anal grayish, base and border paler. 

 Caudal pale brown, with round basal grayish spots. Pectoral 

 dusk}^ brown, with few pale gray scattered spots. Ventral pale 

 brownish. 



Red Sea to the East Indies and Micronesia. 



7450. Bolalo Bay. December 21, 1908. Length, 558 mm. 



7543. Endeavor Strait. December 23, 1908. Length, 506 mm. 



8514. Makesi Island, Palawan. April 5, 1909. Length, 506 mm. 



8750. Porongpong Island. June 10, 1909. Length, 530 mm. 



7250. Port Matalvi. November 25, 1908. Length, 473 mm. Teeth white. 

 General color green; upper lip, chin, lower head, breast, and belly geranium 

 red to pale coral; bases of posterior scales red, entirely bordering scales on tail 

 and caudal peduncle; upper head, anterior back, and side with numerous 

 orange vermilion spots about one-fourth diameter of pupil, fine to broad reticu- 

 lating lines on top of head; orange of upper lip extends at irregular line to 

 pectoral base. Dorsal green, edged blue, elliptical or irregular blotch of red 

 on lower half of each membrane, and last two rays largeh^ orange. Anal with 

 orange vermilion base and green terminal two-fifths, divided by blue, and 

 fin front and edge blue. Caudal lobes edged blue, orange vermilion through 

 center, uniting at base of fin; medial crescent yellow green centrally, blue at 

 edges, and posterior orange band or crescent, also within inner fork of fin blue. 

 Pectoral royal purple, with line of bright blue spots; edge of fin dusky, and 

 axil yellow, with orange stripe across outer base. Ventral front pale blue, 

 bod}' lemon yellow. 



A. 604. Singaan Island. September 21, 1909. Length, 394 mm. 



A. 856. Limbe Strait, Celebes. September 9, 1909. Length, 503 mm. 



