FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE AND ADJACENT SEA 461 



15445. Calangaman Island. March 16, 1909. Length, 189 mm. [1380.] 

 With purple blotch on side. 



10831. Dalaganem Island. April 8, 1909. Length, 218 mm. (Canines, 

 upper, 2 — 2; lower, — 0.) 



6622. East side of Verde Island, July 22, 1908. Length, 244 mm. (Canines, 

 upper, 1 — 2; lower, — 0.) 



■9756. Endeavor Strait, beach village near Chase Head, Palawan. December 22, 

 1908. Length, 199 mm. [1799.] Back lavender gray, lower surfaces drab. 

 Snout pinkish. Iridescent steel blue and green above pectoral, fading toward 

 caudal. Whitish spot above middle. Fins pinkish, without bars. 



4583. Grande Reef, Subig Bay. January 8, 1908. Length, 258 mm. 



4867. Jolo market. February 13, 1908. Length, 250 mm. 



-6590. Maricaban Island Reef. July 21, 1908. Length, 230 mm. (Canines, 

 upper, 1 — 2; lower, — 0.) Lips bright red; lower parts white, with pink wash, 

 upper smoky purplish; teeth white; fins with reddish shade, no marks. 



■9277 to 9279. Murcielagos Bay. August 9, 1909. Length, 260 to 280 mm. 



7055. Romblon Harbor. March 25, 1908. Length, 203 mm. General color 

 slaty gray above, pink below. Purplish blue from above pectoral base, almost 

 half way to caudal, medially with bright green shades. Teeth white. Lips 

 red. Vertical fins with reddish shades. Dorsal with narrow dusky margin. 

 Paired fins similar, without bars. 



7305. Sablayan, Mindoro Island. December 12, 1908. Length, 225 mm. 

 Teeth rosy; lips and lower head scarlet; fins reddish, without bars; purple 

 markings on center of side, faded in specimen. 



6914. Santo Domingo. November 7, 1908. Length, 206 mm. Purplish 

 above, pale with red shades below; upper lip and chin scarlet; fins all reddish; 

 dorsal with smoky edge; both dorsal and caudal more or less dusky; pectoral 

 with dusky blotch on base externally; teeth white. 



9304. Sihno Island. August 10, 1909. Length, 300 mm. Teeth pale green; 

 upper lip broadly orange; broad green band above, each somewhat greater than 

 diameter of pupil; green shade obscurely across preorbital till under eye; 

 lower lip greenish, head otherwise color of adjacent body, probably olive on 

 top in life and gray with olive or vinaceous wash below; back slaty gray, 

 lower surfaces pearl gray; purplish or violet black band runs downward from 

 lower posterior portion of eye across opercles, thence backward behind upper 

 pectoral base to posterior body region; obscure whitish spot above near middle 

 of body somewhat larger than eye. Dorsal dull green on front and margin, 

 base greenish, body of fin olivaceous, becoming orange posteriorly. Caudal 

 greenish gray, with orange shades more marked distally. Pectorals dusky 

 green above, hyaline vinaceous or brownish on main body. Iris more or less 

 silvery. 



A. 619 and 16958. Simaluc Island. September 22, 1909. Length, 227 to 258 

 mm. (16958, canines, upper, 1 — 0; lower, — 0.) Teeth rosy; lips pale 

 crimson; vertical fins reddish, dorsal with slightly slaty margin but without 

 bars; purple area above and behind pectoral distinct; lower head, breast, and 

 belly whitish, with slight pink wash. 



A. 602. Singaan Island. September 21, 1909. Length, 318 mm. 



7159 and 7160. West Coast of Palaui Island. November 18, 1908. Length 

 217 to 225 mm. Top of head and back dusky olive. Lips, lower head, and 

 ventral surfaces red, almost scarlet. Purple band from back and above pec- 

 torals reaches almost under dorsal axil, sometimes with greenish shades. Teeth 

 very pale greenish. Fins red, with dorsal dusky, margin more or less dusky 

 out no bars or marks. Blackish bar at pectoral base. 



