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6534. Maricaban Island. July 21, 1908. Length, 205 mm. Teeth white; 

 upper lip narrowly red; nose, lower lip, and chin blue; from corner of mouth 

 to eye greenish; greenish bar from eye toward base of pectoral, center yellow; 

 dorsal similar to adjacent bodj^, with orange central bar split posteriorly by 

 greenish; caudal and distal three-fifths of anal bright green; body anteriorly 

 green, posteriorly modified by reddish base and margin of scales; pectoral 

 greenish with purplish center; ventral green. 



5564. Masbate Reef. April 20, 1908. Length, 232 mm. 



18612. Mompog Island. March 3, 1909. Length, 195 mm. 



7957. Pagapas Bay, Luzon. February 20, 1909. Length, 280 mm. General 

 color blue, posterior half to caudal tip green, smoky above. Top of head 

 from above middle of ej'e to above mouth corner smokj' brown. Teeth 

 white. Lips and chin blue. Irregular bar of smoky brown from eye to above 

 pectorals. Caudal greenish, with few dusky lavender spots at base. Most 

 of terminal part of anal green, with lilac band above green base. Ventral 

 green at base. 



5882. PoUoc. May 22, 1908. Length, 250 mm. Snout to chin bluish green, 

 upper lip narrowly orange; green of chin extends under eye obliquely across 

 opercle under slaty purple bar. Teeth whitish. 



8179. Port Busin, Burias Island. March 7, 1909. Length, 235 mm. (Pre- 

 opercle scales 2 — 2.) 



11015 and 11035. Port Maricaban. July 21, 1908. Length, 178 to 190 mm. 



7252. Port Matalvi. November 23, 1908. Length, 208 mm. Teeth white. 

 Snout and chin blue. Top of head slaty and stripe through eye to point of 

 opercle. Dorsal edge blue, body of fin purplish and blue green central bar. 



7276. Same data. Length, 260 mm. Teeth white. Snout and chin blue or 

 green, top of head and bar through eye smokv purple. Dorsal with blue edge 

 and purple body, with green central bar, base blue. Pectoral green, purple 

 stripe through center. 



5797. Pujada Bay. May 15, 1908. Length, 250 mm. Teeth white; upper lip 

 ochraceous, continuing into slaty forehead above green preorbital bar; tip of 

 snout greenish blue; chin, throat and front of interopercle bright blue; dash of 

 ochraceous below corner of mouth; preorbital bar continued posteriorly across 

 opercle; broad postorbital bar above to tip of opercle; cheeks olivaceous gray 

 with dull yellowish shades; occipital region and back green; sides green with 

 margins of scales dull reddish; smaller specimens with much yellowish wash 

 obliterating green; about 5 obscure dark saddles under dorsal and on caudal 

 peduncle; dorsal front and edge blue; body of fin purplish with green central 

 bar; caudal greenish blue, centrally with more or less orange on membranes; 

 anal front and distal half greenish blue, base purplish; ventral blue; pectoral 

 blue, with purjjlish central area, sometimes rather yellowish; in larger speci- 

 mens an area from above eyes to above tip of pectoral extended uniform greenish 

 blue; margins of scales posteriorly pale reddish, base with vertical bar, giving 

 scales entire outline of about heliotrope. Postorbital green bar with orange 

 blotches and spot of green just behind eye in purplish postorbital bar. 



4889. Ragay River, in fresh water. March 10, 1909. Length, 253 mm 



5275. Romblon. March 25, 1908. Length, 2 IS mm. Back anteriorly and 

 nape emerald green, more dusky posteriorly, scales margined with purplish 

 claret; purplish below; nose and chin bright beryl blue; between nose and 

 middle of interorbital region from lower edge of eye slaty purple; similar bar 

 from behind eye to opercle, below bright green stripe; cheek below dull purplish 

 and orange; upper lip narrowly pink; teeth white. Dorsal margined by line of 

 green, central portion occupied by 2 purplish bars and a bluish bar between. 

 Caudal dusky grass green with dashes of dull purplish, bluish at tips of rays. 



