FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE AND ADJACENT SEAS 485 



preopercle flange. The dark anal blotch is not shown m Bleeker's 

 figure. 



5058 and 5059. Alibijaban Island, Ragay Gulf, Lnzon. March 6, 1909. (5058, 

 preopercle 1—1 [1222]; 5059, preopercle 0—0 [1223]. Length, 151 to 187 mm. 

 Teeth white; general color olive gray, fading to more or less pearly; lips dark 

 gray or slaty, band of slaty or bluish behind chin; top of head more or less 

 spotted with brown in interorbital region; narrow brownish bar from corner 

 of mouth to eye; pale stripes on each of three or four lower rows of scales in 

 abdominal region; front and margin of dorsal blue; body orange with green 

 median bar in anterior portion; caudal, caudal peduncle and fin yellow; anal 

 bluish distally, with purplish shades on base and blue at extreme bases of rays; 

 ventrals bluish, fronts more intense; pectorals dusky, membranes hyaline. 



11198. Alimango . Bay, Burias Island. March 5, 1909. Length, 165 mm. 

 (1213.) (Preopercle, 1—1.) 



16114. Bolalo Bav. December 21, 1908. Length, 129 mm. (Preopercle, 



1—1.) 



18934. Batan Island. June 5, 1909. Length, 179 mm. (Preopercle, — 0.) 



16808 and 19183. Butauanan Island. June 12, 1909. Length, 142 to 150 mm. 

 (16808, preopercle, 0—0; 19183, preopercle 1—1.) 



17182. Butauanan Island. June 13, 1909. Length, 160 mm. (Preopercle, 

 0—0.) 



11270 and 11271. Biri Channel. June 1, 1909. Length, 196 to 210 mm. 

 (11270, canines, upper, 0—2; lower, 1^1; preopercle, 1—1; 11271, preopercle, 

 1—0.) 



7461. Bolalo Bay, Palawan Island. December 21, 1908. (Canines, upper, 

 1—1; lower, 1 — -1; preopercle, — 0.) Length, 216 mm- Teeth dusky; general 

 color purplish gray; anterior portion of back heavily shaded with black; lower 

 head with pale blue stripes. Dorsal front and margin dull indigo, body pale 

 orange, with greenish central bar merging into yellowish of posterior portion. 

 Caudal rather yellowish. Anal blue terminally, more or less purlish shades 

 basally. Ventral blue. Pectorals hyaline, with slight purplish shades and 

 black blotch at upper base. 



7812. Bugsuk Island. January 5, 1909. Length, 280 mm. Teeth rosy; head 

 and body rosy; caudal peduncle and fin yellow; dorsal yellowish rose with 

 somewhat lavender front and border very pale and brighter posteriorly obscure 

 central bar; anal similar , more yellow, lavender margin brighter; paired fins 

 rosy, fronts and upper rays most colored. 



7248. Busbus Point, Siasi Island. September 20, 1909. Length, 173 mm. 

 (Preopercle, 1 — 1.) 



15032. Busin Harbor. March 7, 1909. Length, 105 mm. (Preopercle, 0—0.) 



7196 and 7197. Busin Harbor, Burias Island. March 8, 1909. Length, 166 to 

 191 mm. (7196, preopercle, 1 — 1; 7197, canines, upper, — 2; lower, — 1; 

 preopercle, — 0.) 



11138. Cabugan Island, Hinunangan Bay, Leyte. June 30, 1909. Length, 

 151 mm. 



8023. Capulaan Bay, Pagbilao Island. February 24, 1909. Length, 227 mm. 

 (Canines, upper, 2 — 2; lower, 1 — 1; preopercle, 1 — 1.) Gray; pale belly with 

 traces of white streaks; teeth dusky white; lower lip slaty, with slaty bar 

 behind chin; throat pale greenish. Front and margin of dorsal very pale slate 

 gray, body of fin yellowish or orange, more or less dusky, clearer posteriorly, 

 no bar. Caudal region including peduncle and all of fin dusky yellowish. 

 Anal pale orange, front and margin whitish. Ventral pale orange, fronts 

 somewhat slaty gray. Pectoral very pale orange, with dusky blotch at 

 upper base. 



