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Depth 2% to 22^; head 2% to 2%, width 2^ to 2%. Snout 

 1^ to 23>'5; eye 43<C to 9, 2 3^5 to 6 in snout, 1 to 2 in interorbital; 

 maxillary reaches 3^ to % to eye, 33^ to 4 in head; lips nearly or 

 quite broad as eye-diameter, equal 13^ eye-diameters in large 

 examples; interorbital 3^ to 43/^ in head, convex; opercle weakly, 

 though finely with radiating striae. Gill rakers 8 + 19, lanceolate, 

 short. 



Scales in lateral line 20 or 21, 5 + 2; 6 scales above lateral line, II 

 below, 14 predorsal. Scales with 10 or 11 basal radiating striae; 

 apical and marginal radiating striae 30 to 41; circuli very fine. 



D. IX, 10, 1 or 11, 1, ninth spine 3 to 4 in head, first ray 2% to 3 3^; 

 A. Ill, 10, I, third spine 3 to 43^, first ray 3 to 3ro; caudal 1% to 

 13^, truncate; least depth of caudal peduncle 23^ to 2%; pectoral 

 m to 1%; ventral 1% to P/e- 



Head and front of trunk rather pale brown. Posterior half of 

 trunk, tail and caudal all deeper olive brown. Each scale on body 

 with dark margin and vertical grayish Ime. Head variegated with 

 vermiculate grayish or heliotrope vermiculating line on upper part of 

 snout, below eyes and down on opercles and preopercle. Large 

 neutral gray blotch close behind e3^e, through which vermiculations 

 show, in size at least twice eye. Vertical fins all more or less neutral 

 gray blue. Dull bluish submarginal lines on dorsals and anals and 

 blue spots on caudal submarginally. Paired fins pale brown. 



Zanzibar, Mauritius, India, East Indies, Queensland, Japan, 

 Samoa. 



5689. Agojo Point, Catanduanes Island. June 10, 1909. Length, 200 mm. 

 13730 and 16068. Alimango Bay, Burias Island. March 5, 1909. Length, 208 



to 215 mm. 

 13500. Alimango Bay. December 9, 1909. Length, 158 mm. 

 8342 and 8344. Buang Bay, Talajit Island. March 15, 1909. Length, 300 to 



358 mm. 

 10681 and 10682. Bubuan Island. February 14, 1908. Length, 130 to 187 mm. 

 15572. Bugsuk Island, Balabac. January 5, 1909. Length, 109 mm. 

 8368. Busin Harbor, Burias Island. April 22, 1908. Length, 200 mm. 

 8800. Butaunanan Island. June 13, 1909. Length, 363 mm. 

 7850 to 7852. Candaraman Island, Balabac. January 4, 1909. Length, 152 



to 175 mm. 

 5621. Caxisigan Island, off Balabac. January 2, 1909. Length, 140 mm. 

 6344. Cebu market. April 4, 1908. Length, 223 mm. 

 6526. Cebu market. April 5, 1908. Length, 203 mm. 

 14459. Cuyo Island, Cuyo. April 9, 1909. Length, 94 mm. 

 8142. Dasol Bay. May 9, 1909. Length, 158 mm. 

 7481. Endeavor Strait. December 22, 1908. Length, 320 mm. 

 5125. Endeavor Strait. December 23, 1908. Length, 207 mm. 

 4875. Galera Bay, Mindoro. June 9, 1908. Length, 253 mm. 

 7182. Ganda Island. September 20, 1909. Length, 318 mm. 

 14425. Gubat Bay, Luzon. June 23, 1909. Length, 150 mm. 

 13203. Jolo Island, Jolo. Length, 155 mm. 

 7739. Jolo market, Jolo. February 12, 1908. Length, 178 mm. 



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