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8034. Capulaan Bay, Pagbilao Island. February 24, 1909. 2 examples. 

 Length, 180 to 185 mm. (Preopercle, 1 — ^1 and 2 — 1.) Head and body gray, 

 becoming pale below and yellowish posteriorly; teeth white; lips bluish, 

 most pronounced below; blue band behind chin, brown color continues across 

 corner of mouth and preorbital to eye; blue borders of lower fins brighter in 

 smaller example; orange brown body of dorsal divided centrally by somewhat 

 obscure greenish band. ' 



12093. Capunuypugan Point, Mindanao. May 10, 1908. Length, 145 mm. 



5324. Cebu market. April 4, 1908. Length, 230 mm. (Canines, upper, 1 — 2; 

 lower, — 0; preopercle, 1 — 1.) Teeth reddish; upper lip pale, similar to top 

 of head, latter vermiculated with obscure reddish lines; lower lip narrowly 

 blue, pale behind; blue band on chin running back mesially; general body and 

 head color gray with some rosy; anal and dorsal narrowly on front and tip 

 blue, somewhat orange centrally with an obscure band in front on dorsal; 

 caudal yellowish; ventral pale blue, front darkest; pectoral straw color. Iris 

 golden. 



16338. Chase Head, Endeavor Strait, Palawan. December 22, 1908. Length, 

 126 mm. (Preopercle, 1 — 1.) 



10832 and 10833. Dalaganem Island. April 8, 1909. Length, 178 to 191 mm. 

 (10832, preopercle, 1—1; 10833, preopercle, 0—0.) 



6812. Gigoso Point, Quinapundan Bay, Samar. July 28, 1909. Length, 155 

 mm. (Preopercle, — 0.) 



13402. Langao Point, Luzon. June 24, 1909. Length, 188 mm. (Preopercle, 

 0—0.) 



5405. Mactan Cove, Mactan Island. April 6, 1908. Length, 228 mm. (Ca- 

 nines, upper, — 1; lower, — -0; preopercle, 1 — 1.) 



14574. Maculabo Island. June 14, 1909. Length, 154 mm. 



12019 and 12158. Malcochin Harbor, Linapacan Island. December 19, 1908. 

 Length, 184 to 206 mm. (12019, preopercle, 1 — 1; 12158, canines, upper, 

 1—0; lower, 0—0; preopercle, 0—0. [935].) 



15893. Mansalav, Mindoro. June 4, 1908. Length, 190 mm. (Preopercle, 

 0—1.) 



9056. Masbate Reef. April 20, 1908. Length, 146 mm. (Preopercle, 1—0.) 



5568. Masbate Reef, Masbate. April 20, 1908. Length, 203 mm. (Preopercle 

 — 0.) Reddish on interorbital, slaty band behind and in chevrons. 



18613. Mompog Island near Marinduque. March 3, 1909. Length, 188 mm. 

 (Preopercle, — 1. [1199].) Olive green above, becoming pearly with more 

 or less salmon wash below; caudal, caudal peduncle, and fin bright yellow; 

 teeth dusky white or rosy, slightly blue on lower lip and in band behind chin; 

 chin brownish, color continuing as thin line across preorbital to eye; interor- 

 bital area more or less spotted with red or brown. Dorsal front and margin 

 slaty, fading out posteriorly; body orange, becoming yellow posteriorly, with 

 obscure greenish central bar most apparent through spinous portion. Front 

 of anal blue, terminal third of fin pale bluish in front; basal portion pale, 

 orange. Ventrals very pale orange, fronts bluish. Pectorals very pale 

 dusky orange; dark blotch on upper portion of base. 



17287. Nabatas Point, Samar Island. July 24, 1909. Length, 158 mm. 

 (Preopercle, — 0.) 



12645. Port Palapag, near northern Samar. June 3, 1909. Length, 166 mm. 

 (Preopercle, — 1 [1586].) Caudal wholly pale yellow; dorsal and anal 

 with blue borders; body of dorsal yellowish with faint trace of central band; 

 teeth white; blue lower lip and chin band; brownish mottlings on top of 

 head and about e3^e. 



