FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE AND ADJACENT SEAS 431 



riorly; body of anal lilac orange; ventrals pale orange, with blue fronts; 

 pectorals grass green, with dull orange half stripe in upper portion at base. 



8361. Buang Bay, Talajit Island. March 15, 1909. Length, 318 mm. (Canines, 

 upper, 2 — 2; lower, 2 — 1.) 



7811. Bugsuk Island. January 5, 1909. Length, 335 mm. (Canines, upper, 

 2 — 2; lower, 2 — 2.) Teeth dusky rose; front of head with orange brown 

 merging into purplish olive on top, much vermiculated with broad green lines; 

 ground color green; base of each scale with umber brown vertical bar or blotch; 

 front and margin of dorsal blue, body orange, base with bluish or greenish 

 blotches on rays, through center of orange body large green blotches, fusing 

 more or less anteriorly; caudal blue, with orange blotches and stripes; front 

 and margin of anal blue, body olive yellow, green at bases of rays; pectoral 

 apple green, short half stripe of brown at base. 



9140. Cabugan, Chico Island. July 30, 1909. Length, 290 mm. (Canines, 

 upper, 2—2; lov.er, 2—2.) 



7861. Cagayan, Sulu. January 8, 1908. Length, 296 mm. Teeth white; 

 front of head vermiculated green and red; lower portion of opercle and hinder 

 part of cheek with pale orange shades. 



8289. Canmahala Bay, Luzon. March 11, 1909. Length, 270 mm. (Canines, 

 upper, 2 — 2; lower, — 0.) 



8020. Capulaan Bay, Pagbilao Island. February 24, 1909. Length, 220 mm. 

 Teeth white; snout and lower head orange, with very coarse bright green 

 rivulations and small spots; general color green, becoming pale below, with 

 yellowish or orange wash on breast and belly; scales of side and posteriorly 

 with reddish border. Front and edge of dorsal and anal blue, with blue or 

 green spots at bases of rays; middle body of fin orange; dorsal with central 

 green band, which interrupted to cover only membranes posteriorly. Caudal 

 orange, edges of lobes blue and blue streaks and spots throughout body. Ven- 

 tral front blue, pale orange otherwise. Pectoral yellowish green, brownish 

 red stripe through upper half, narrow, somewhat broken. 



A. 8126. Dasol Bay. May 9, 1909. Length, 262 mm. (Canines, upper, 

 1—2; lower, 2—1.) 



7574 and 7577. Endeavor Strait, Malampaya Sound, Palawan Island. De- 

 cember 23, 1908. Length, 219 to 280 mm. (7574, canines, upper, 2 — 2; 

 lower, — 0; 7577, canines, upper, 1 — 1; lower, 2 — 0.) Teeth white; head 

 green and red; dorsal front and margin blue, body orange, large green blotches 

 in membranes and greenish at base. 



4578. Grande Island Reef, Subig Ba^^ January 8, 1908. Length, 245 mm. 

 (Canines, upper, 1 — 1; lower, — 0.) 



6355. Jamelo Bay, July 13, 1908. Length, 295 mm. (Canines, upper, 2 — 1; 

 lower, 2 — 2.) Teeth white. General color green, with red bar at base of 

 each scale, under surface paler. Front of head orange or scarlet, with ver- 

 miculating green lines; top of head olive; green lines radiate about eye; opercle 

 orange, with green submarginal stripe below. Dorsal front and edge blue, 

 base green, body of fin with rhomboidal orange shades, green area on each 

 membrane. Front and edge of anal blue, body of fin dusky purplish, bases 

 of rays and all of last one green. Caudal dusky orange, with blue and green 

 stripes and dashes. Pectoral grass green, upper edge blue, purplish stripes in 

 upper half. Ventral with salmon shades, front blue. 



4808. Jolo market, Jolo. February 8, 1908. Length, 345 mm. (Canines, 

 upper, 2 — 2; lower, 3 — 2.) 



4850. Jolo market. February 12, 1908. Length, 305 mm. (Canines, upper, 

 4 — 5; lower, 5 — 2; abnormal.) 



