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orange; ventrals blue, with fronts bright; pectoral hyaline, with orange shade; 

 small dusky blotch at upper base of pectoral, very pale blue bar across base. 



7498, 7499, 12062. Pujada Bay, Mindanao. May 15, 1908. Length, 152 to 

 237 mm. [625, 634 to 636.] General color pale olivaceous gray; head and 

 breast bluish white or flushed with red in smaller specimen; central portion of 

 scales on side with brown reticulating and radiating lines. Dorsal front and 

 edge smokj' purphsh, centrally and in anterior half ohvaceous bar, pink on 

 either side; posterior portion hyaline orange, continuing color of pinkish part 

 in front. Caudal purplish, narrowly edged white. Anal dull geranium, 

 margined white. Ventral same, fronts with smoky shade. Pectoral at base 

 and in axil bright sulphur yellow, becoming hyaUne terminally and below, 

 blackish blotch in the upper part of base. Teeth soiled white; obscure slaty 

 band in front of interopercle. 



10748, 18967, 18968. Quinalasag Island, Masamat Bay. June 12, 1909. Length, 

 140 to 173 mm. (10748, preopercle, 2—1; 18967, preopercle, 1— (?); 18968, 

 preopercle, 2 — 1.) 



19467. Ragay River. March 10, 1909. Length, 130 mm. (Preopercle, 1—1.) 



6411. Rasa Island, Mantaquin Bay. April 1, 1909. Length, 320 mm. 



7392, 9368, 9370, 19921. Romblon Harbor. March 25, 1908. Length, 128 to 

 172 mm. 



5296. Romblon. March 26, 1908. Length, 171 mm. Olive, whitish below; 

 breast and throat washed with rosy; lips pale; dull reddish band behind lower, 

 followed by gray and then reddish; teeth white; dorsal slaty on front and tip, 

 reddish shades below and green centrally; caudal purplish; anal rosy, paler 

 along margin; ventral same; pectoral very pale j-ellow, including axil, dueky 

 at base outwardly above; iris with golden. 



14772 and 14773. Same data. Length, 106 to 198 mm. 



13358. Sablayan, Mindoro. December 12, 1908. Length, 151 mm. 



A. 450. Sacol Island. September 9, 1909. Length, 227 mm. (Preopercle, 

 1 — 2.) Teeth dusky white; general color gray; bases of scales narrowly 

 reddish; top of head with olivaceous wash; snout and chin pink, with dashes 

 and spots of green; green dot on interopercle; front and margin of dorsal and 

 anal blue, dorsal reddish brown with translucent greenish band made up of 

 spot on each membrane through center; green at base of rays; anal similar, 

 but green central spots very obscure; caudal with blue edges to lobes, rays 

 translucent purplish, membranes with greenish at base centrally; ventrals 

 pale orange, blue fronts; pectorals dusky hyaline, brassy below, upper rays 

 bluish, purplish stripe through upper part. 



10917, 11896, 18160, 22067. San Miguel Harbor, Ticao Island. April 21, 1908. 

 Length, 114 to 175 mm. (10917, preopercle, 1 — 1; 11896, preopercle, — 1, 

 1—0.) 



5686. Santa Cruz, Marinduque. April 24, 1908. Olive and gray; fins uniform, 

 except dusky dorsal margin; caudal and anal with purplish red shades; ventral 

 brighter red. No canines. 



4997, 4998. Simonor Island. February 24, 1908. Length, 238 to 248 mm. 

 (Preopercle, 1 — 1.) 



12601. Sitanki Wharf. February 26, 1908. Length, 156 mm. 



8341. Subig Bay, Subig. January 7, 1908. Length, 132 to 247 mm. 



16035. Sulade Bay. September 18, 1909. Length, 173 mm. 



5013. Surigao, Mindanao. May 8, 1908. Length, 155 mm. 



12491. Tara Island. December 14, 1908. Length, 172 mm. (Preopercle, 

 1 — 1.) [776.] Teeth dusky rose. Tail yellow. Dorsals orange, front and 

 edge blue. Body rosy olive. Mouth banded blue. 



1 example, Tara Island. December 15, 1908. Length, 34 mm. 



