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much broader, basal portion whitish or orange; ventrals bhie, other rays pale 

 or reddish; pectoral very pale straw, black blotch in upper base. 



5312. Cebu market. April 4, 1908. Nearly uniform orange, lighter below. 

 Vertical fins like body. Light shade of orange on dorsal and caudal, more 

 purpUsh on anal. Dorsal front and tip dusky. Ventrals purplish. Pectorals 

 dusky. Teeth very pale rosy. Iris golden, lid bluish above. 



7573. Same locality. April 6, 1908. 



6765 to 6774. Chase Head, beach at village near Endeavor Strait. December 

 22, 1908. Length, 59 to 133 mm. (6771, preopercle, 1 — 2; 6773, preopercle 

 — 0; 6774, preopercle, 3 — 1.) 



17721. Cuyo Island. April 9, 1909. Length, 185 mm. 



17086 and 17087. Dupon Port, Leyte. March 17, 1909. Length, 136 to 160 

 mm. (17086, preopercle, 1 — 1; 17087, preopercle, 1 — 0.) 



7546. Endeavor Strait, Malampaya Sound, Palawan Island. December 23, 

 1908. Length, 233 mm. Teeth white; top of head oHve; back and caudal 

 peduncle green; posterior body with reddish shades; front of cheek green; 

 lower head red, with blue spots; dorsal front and margin blue, base green, 

 bod}^ of fin orange; on third and following spines small roundish green blotches; 

 edge of caudal blue, middle of fin yellowish green, base with purphsh shades. 



7578. Same data. Body gray. Teeth dusky rosy. No bars on fins. 



7579. Same data. Teeth white. Same as above. 



1 example. Endeavor Strait, north end at northwest coast of Palawan. December 

 22, 1908. Length, 55 mm. 



7500. Same locality. December 22, 1908. Teeth dusky rose. Lips and chin 

 band red. General color claret brown. 



7501. Same data. Teeth white. General colors yellow, with blue bars. 

 7510. Same data. Teeth pale rosy. Gray. No bars on fins. 



15462. Galera Bay, Mindoro. June 9, 1908. Length, 190 mm. 



6801, 7379, 7380, 7382, 9171, 9172, 9173, 9175. Gigoso Point, Quinapundan 

 Bay, Samar. July 28, 1909. Length, 106 to 250 mm. (6801[1727]; 7380, 

 preopercle, 1 — -1; 9175, preopercle, 1— 1[1726].) [1727.] Top of head and 

 back gray, with darker venations through scales; chin and forehead with 

 greenish wash; breast and belly graj', with vermilion wash; dorsal reddish 

 brown on olive, front and margin narrowly slaty; caudal similar, but with less 

 red; lower fins dusky vermilion; anal with verj' narrow slaty margin; pec- 

 torals dusky hyaline more or less vermilion at bases, extreme tip slightly orange. 

 [1726.] Side of head and body gray, back slightly oHve; snout and front of top 

 of head with green shades, more or less mottled with orange brown through 

 interorbital region; throat and breast bright blue wash; belly with pale 

 salmon shades; teeth dusky white; lower lip blue; two reddish bands across 

 chin, first passing through corner of mouth by preorbital to eye. Dorsal 

 orange at base, yellowish green through center, with somewhat orange shades 

 again immediately under indigo front and margin; last three rays without 

 blue. Caudal lemon yellow, edges of lobes bluish, tip dusky and white. Anal 

 with reddish shades, front and margin bright blue, some blue along base. 

 Ventral fronts blue, also last three rays, first two rays with reddish shades. 

 Pectoral rays somewhat dusky, membranes hyaline, fin with slight straw 

 orange tone, blackish at base of upper ray. 



4582. Grande Island Reef, Subig Bay. January 8, 1908. Length, 205 mm. 

 (Canines, upper, 1 — 1; lower, 1—1; preopercle, 1 — 1.) 



9256. Inamucan Bay. August 8, 1909. Length, 218 mm. (Preopercle, 

 2—4.) 



9258. Same locaUty. August 9, 1909. Length, 242 mm. (Preopercle, 1 — 3.) 



