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ward to just above lower edge of caudal peduncle. Dorsal fin with front and 

 margin broadlj' blue with distinctly green shade below, this band much broader 

 in front than behind, fin greenish at base, body orange red. Caudal green at 

 edges of lobes and centrally, broad orange stripe through each lobe showing 

 purple shades basally. Anal front and margin broadly bluish green, some 

 green at base extending into half ray, internally fin similar to dorsal but paler. 

 Ventrals with green fronts. Pectoral with first three raj^s green below, which 

 purplish, lower rays with dusky green shades terminally. Iris orange. 



7303 and 7304. Sablayan, Mindoro Island. December 12, 1908. Length, 285 

 to 303 mm. (7303.) Teeth indigo; upper lip orange, lower narrowly so, with 

 blue band behind; lower head and middle of body red; dusky green above 

 anteriorly, bright posteriorly; dorsal and anal with blue green margins, body 

 broadly orange, blue at base; caudal blue green, with reddish stripe through 

 each lobe, similar stripe through body centrally. (7304.) Teeth indigo; same 

 as 7303, but reds less brilliant; central stripe of pectoral reddish brown. 



9308. Silino Island. August 10, 1909. Length, 280 mm. (Canines, upper, 

 1 — 1; lower, — 0.) Teeth indigo; upper lip orange, with greeen bar across 

 which passes backward under eye to below point of opercle; lower lip blue, in 

 front becoming greenish in corner of mouth, stripe joining upper; blue stripe 

 on interopercle; blue band back of chin and blue throat line; dorsal with bluish 

 green front, margin and base, body pale reddish orange; anal similar, blue 

 margin broader, base narrower; caudal green, purplish stripe through each lobe 

 becoming orange terminally; pectoral blue above continued as bar nearly 

 across base, remainder of fin purplish. 



A. 620. Simaluc Island. September 22, 1909. Length, 330 mm. 



A. 755. Sipadan Island. September 29, 1909. Length, 247 mm. 



A. 664. Sitanki Reef, northwest of Tumindao Island. September 24, 1909. 

 Length, 300 mm. Teeth blue; upper lip orange; green stripe above passing 

 backward under eye; lower lip blue, orange behind fading into reddish wash 

 on lower side of head; purple stripe through upper middle of pectoral, green 

 above; front and margin of dorsal very broadly blue; anal more so, basal por- 

 tion of both fins orange; narrow blue bar at base; caudal bluish green, broad 

 orange bar in each lobe; greenish irregular line curves from base of pectoral 

 somewhat downward and thence backward, separating color of side from that 

 of lower parts. 



5798. Tataidaga Point, Pujada Bay, Mindanao. May 15, 1908. Length, 

 212 mm. 



7155. West Coast Palaui Island. November 18, 1908. Length, 312 mm. 

 Body greenish above and posteriorly, smoky olive on top of head and anterior 

 back. Lower surface lilac gray. Middle of side with overshades of reddish 

 as conspicuous margins of scales, sharply defined from under surface by 

 greenish line from pectoral base to caudal. Cheek and side of head reddish. 

 Teeth indigo. Upper lip broadly orange, lower narrowly orange. Broad 

 band across snout bright green, extends back below eye obscurely to opercle 

 angle. Chin with blue band. Dorsal with blue margin and base, median 

 third orange, beginning on third spine and including tips of penultimate and 

 antero-penultimate rays, bands purple anteriorly. Caudal lobes edged bluish 

 green, median area of fin same with bright orange stripe through center of 

 each lobe. Anal like dorsal, blue more extensive. Upper third or two-fifths 

 of pectoral bluish green, base orange, becomes purple through center of fin, 

 hyaline terminally. Front of ventral pale blue, rim of fin with pale orange 

 shades. 



