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band continuing posteriorly along median line of throat; lower head washed 

 with orange; few small green blotches below cheek; teeth white. Front and 

 margin of dorsal blue, central portion of each membrane with large rhomboidal 

 area of bright green surrounded by narrow margin of dull geranium red, vertical 

 portion lying along ray. Caudal blue terminally, green basally, mottled with 

 dull red; edges of lobes blue. Front and margin of anal blue, dashes of same 

 on bases of membranes and last ray, body of fin dull purplish. Ventral pale 

 yellowish orange, front blue, pectoral grass green, terminally hyaline, stripe of 

 purplish through upper portion and covering base. Iris dusky golden. 



7851. Taganak Island, Balabac. January 7, 1909. Length, 240 mm. (Canines, 

 upper, 2 — 2; lower, 1 — 1.) 



6421. Tilig, Lubang. July 14, 1908. Length, 230 mm. 



6472. Tilig Bay. July 15, 1908. Length, 295 mm. (Canines, upper, 2—1; 

 lower, — 0.) White teeth; general color green, with red bars on scales; 

 front of head vermiculated with scarlet or orange and blue; lower opercle 

 with orange shades; dorsal and anal margined with blue; dorsal body orange, 

 with rhomboidal green blotches on membranes; caudal orange, striped with 

 blue or green brokenly; body of anal more or less dusky; pectoral with purplish 

 strips. 



5016. Tumindao, lagoon anchorage. February 26, 1908. Length, 240 mm. 

 (Canines, upper, 2 — 1; lower, — 0.) 



7156. West Coast of Palaui Island. November 18, 1908. Length, 326 mm. 

 (Canines, upper, 2 — 2; lower, — 1.) General color green, posterior scales with 

 broad reddish bars at bases; breast with brassy overshades. Snout and side of 

 lower part of head orange, brightest near opercle tip and snout; from eye 

 forward much vermiculated with bluish green, throat lined with same. Teeth 

 white. Edges of dorsal, anal and caudal blue; body of dorsal orange becoming 

 broadly purplish, central area green breaking into rhombs in membranes 

 posteriorlj\ Caudal rays with dashes of blue at tips, dull purplish stripes 

 much broken by green blotches on basal part of fin. Body of anal smoky 

 purplish, with blue blotches at bases of rays. Pectorals yellowish green, first 

 rays somewhat blue, bronzy purplish irregular stripes through upper portion. 

 Front of ventral pale blue, rest of fin ochraceous yellow. 



-56226 U.S.N.M. Bulan. Philippine Commission. 1 example. Length, 110 mm. 



58028 U.S.N.M. Zamboanga. Dr. E. A. Mearns. 1 example. Length, 

 138 mm. 



72720 U.S.N.M. Java. Messrs. Bryant and Palmer. 1 example. Length, 

 113 mm. 



CALLTODON KELLOGGI Jordan and Seale 



Callyodon kelloggi Jordan and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 25, 1905 (1906), 

 p. 327, fig. 62. Apia, Samoa. 



Depth 2li to 2%; head 2% to 2 3^, width 2 to 2^. Snout 

 2% to 2%; eye 6 to 7%, 2% to 3 in snout, 2}^ to 2% in interorbital ; 

 mouth cleft 43^ to 5 in head; lips cover % of teeth; canines moderate, 

 not conspicuous, 1 or 2 above each side, also below; interorbital 

 2^ to 2% in head, convexly elevated and with prominent hump 

 above small nostrils in adult, less so in smaller example. Gill rakers 

 20 + 21, short, slender, rather firm. 



Scales in lateral line 17+5 + 2; 2 scales above lateral line, 6 below, 

 ■5 or 6 predorsal; cheek with 3 rows of scales, of which lowest row as 

 2 scales on preopercle flange. Scales with 33 to 40 basal radiating 

 striae, apical 20 to 24; circuli very fine. 



