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margin narrowly antwerp l)lue, except the last two rays; base under scales 

 green, body of fin orange clianging to purple below posteriorly; large emerald 

 blotch on each membrane. Edges of caudal blue; central portion of fin orange, 

 with terminal dash of blue, greenish basally. Front and edge of anal blue, 

 base greenish under scales, fin generally purplish, becoming orange under 

 blue. Ventral dull orange, front blue. Pectoral emerald, with narrow purplish 

 stripe in upper half, upper ray tipped blue and rest of rays tipped hyaline. 

 Iris dusky golden. 



5610 to 5613, 7481. Busin Harbor. April 22, 1908. Length, 153 to 18S mm. 

 (5610, preopercle 2 — 1; 5611, preopercle, 1—2; 5613, canines, upper, 1 — 1; 

 lower, 1 — 1; 7481, canines, upper, — 0; lower, 1—1; preopercle, — 1.) 



5646, 5647, 5654, 5655. Busin Bay, Burias Island. April 23, 1908. Length, 

 177 to 208 mm. Grayish oUve above, becoming pinkish gray below; on 

 lower side and belly centers of scales opaque, giving rise to about three obscure 

 lines; teeth white, very pale rosy at base in smaller specimens; dorsal about 

 body color, very narrowly margined slaty; caudal body color or slightly more 

 of claret shade; anal with claret shades, pale; ventral same; pectoral dusky, 

 somewhat orange, not marked in other two; iris golden; orbit in one greenish, 

 with blue shades above. 



5656, 5659. Busin Harbor. April 23, 1908. Length 179 to 215 mm. (5659, 

 preopercle, 2 — 3.) 



5675, 10596, 11137, 11138, 11142. Cabugan Island, Hinunangan Bay, Leyte. 

 July 30, 1909. Length, 147 to 198 mm. (5675, preopercle, 0—0; 10596, 

 preopercle 0—0, [1772]; 11137, preopercle 0—0 [1764]; 11138, preopercle 0—0; 

 11142, canines, upper, 1 — 1; lower, — 0; preopercle 1 — [1770].) 



7864 and 7865. Cagayan, Sulu. January 8, 1909. (7865, preopercle scales 

 1 — 1.) General color gray with more or less brassy wash on head and back; 

 lower surfaces pale, with still lighter areas in center of scales showing as three 

 stripes on lower side; fins without definite markings, somewhat reddish; teeth 

 white. 



18995. Same locality. June 8, 1909. Length, 190 mm. 



21632. Calangaman Island, between Leyte and Cebu. March 16, 1909. Length, 

 224 mm. 



9753. Camp Overton, Mindanao. August 6, 1909. Length, 135 mm. 



7777. Candaraman Island, Balabac. January 4, 1909. Length, 230 mm. 

 Teeth dusky rose. Body and head gray, without bars on fins. 



8712. Capulaan Bay, Pagbilao Island. February 24, 1909. Length, 155 mm. 



5536. Cataingan Bay, Masbate. April 17, 1908. Length, 187 mm. (Pre- 

 opercle, — 1.) Teeth white; upper portions olivaceous, middle of side washed 

 yellow; lips pale; chin with reddish band; dorsal front and tip slaty, center 

 greenish above and below with reddish bands, becoming diffuse posteriorly; 

 caudal purplish, lower fins pink; anal white terminally; pectoral pale yellow. 



13021. Cataingan Bay, near ship anchor, Masbate. April 17, 1908. Length, 

 130 mm. 



16855. Cataingan Bay. April 18, 1908. Length, 98 mm. 



10696. Cataingan Bay, Dumurug Point. April 19, 1908. Length, 190 mm. 



8273, 11183, 11190, 17476, 17477, 22594. Canmahala Bay, Ragay Island. 

 March 11, 1909. Length, 49 to 229 mm. (8273, preopercle 1—2; 11190 

 [1215]; 17476, preopercle, 1—2 [1314]; 17477 [1313]; 22594, preopercle, 1—1.) 

 [1213.] Teeth dusky rose; head and anterior body olive gray, with reddish 

 shades; top of head darker; chin and snout with blue bars; caudal peduncle 

 and fin yellow; front and margin of dorsal and anal blue, body of dorsal orange, 

 becoming yellow posteriorly, including all of last three rays; anal margin 



