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Pale brown generally. On back five oblique dusky brown saddles, 

 inclined little forward and reflected on bases of dorsal. Postocular 

 region deep brown, in contrast with cheek and opercle below. Fins 

 otherwise pale brownish. 



Mauritius and Zanzibar to the East Indies, Micronesia and Samoa. 

 A strongly marked species, with but very slight variations, other 

 than those due to age. The main color pattern even constant. 

 Most examples in alcohol show three whitish longitudinal streaks 

 along the lowest three rows of scales of the abdomen. Sometimes a 

 rather dark longitudinal streak extends from the pectoral axil to the 

 base of the lower caudal lobe. 



5055 and 5056. Alibijaban Island, Ragay Gulf, Luzon. March 6, 1909. Length, 

 175 to 200 mm. 



11952. Alimango Bay, Burias Island. March 5, 1909. Length, 196 mm. 



4035. Off Bacun River, Sipadan Island. 9-foot Tanner trawl, 347 fathoms. 

 September 28, 1909. Length, 202 mm. (D. 5586.) 



7458. Bolalo Bay, Palawan Island. December 21, 1908. Length, 233 mm. 

 Yellowish, with dusky saddles; teeth white; lips orange. 



10678. Bubuan Island. February 14, 1908. Length, 168 mm. [91.] General 

 color greenish yellow; top of head darker and three dark blotches on upper 

 side and back. Top of caudal peduncle dusky; tips of scales on caudal peduncle 

 with posterior region dusky. Dorsal greenish dusky. Caudal same, with 

 orange shades. Anal canary, with dusky. Ventral pinkish white. Pectorals 

 cadmium above, hyaline below. Chin and lower part of head and breast with 

 pink shades. Teeth white. Upper lip pinkish buff. Iris with brown golden 

 and silver shades. 



18764 and 18765. Busin Harbor, Burias Island. March 7, 1909. Length, 195 

 to 208 mm. 



7105. Busin Harbor. March 8, 1909. Length, 136 mm. 



5652 and 5653. Busin Bay, Burias Island. April 23, 1908. Length, 199 to 245 

 mm. Color brassy yellow on middle of sides, becoming somewhat olivaceous 

 and paling to white below; salmon wash on lower head and breast; top of head 

 and nape olive; about three broad saddles of olive on back equal to interspaces; 

 upper lip orange, diffusing into olive on snout, most marked in larger specimens; 

 lower lip very pale orange, color continued backward including chin; teeth 

 white; dorsal pale uniform olive; caudal same, with orange shades; anal uniform 

 pale brassy; ventral pale salmon; pectoral brassy yellow, approaching orange; 

 iris dusky golden. 



7771. Candaraman Island. January 4, 1909. Length, 210 mm. Brassy, with 

 dusky saddles. 



12354. Candaraman Island, Balabac. June 14, 1909. Length, 180 mm. 



12955 and 17402. Candaraman Island. June 4, 1909. Length, 141 to 144 mm. 



11184. Canmahala Bay, Ragay Gulf. March 11, 1909. Length, 173 mm. 



7617. Cataingan Bay, near ship's anchorage. April 17, 1908. Length, 184 mm. 



7728. Caxisigan Island, near Balabac. January 2, 1909. Length, 205 mm. 

 Teeth white; sides brassy, with dark saddles. 



7575. Endeavor Strait. December 23, 1908. Length, 243 mm. 



15463 and 16639. Galera Bay, Mindoro. June 9, 1908. Length, 175 to 182 mm. 



4936 and 4937. Iloilo market. March 29, 1908. Length, 146 and 180 mm. 

 Golden green; back crossed by four dusky saddles equal in width to interspaces; 

 first indefinite, about front of dorsal; fourth under posterior part of dorsal; 



