FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE AND ADJACENT SEAB 191 



D. XIII, 8, 1, twelfth spine 3}4 to 3^ in head, second ray 2% to 3; 

 A. Ill, 9, I, or 10, I, third spine 33<C to 3%, first ray 2% to 3; caudal 

 IK to 13^, hind edge slightly concave convex, tips not exserted; 

 least depth of caudal peduncle 2 3^ to 2J4', pectoral 1}4 to 1^; 

 ventral 1^ to l^^. 



Largely uniform brownish, fins all pale. Lower surface of head 

 and abdomen pale to whitish. Iris pale yellowish. On lateral line 

 and chiefly above to dorsal base, dusky brown blotch from eighth to 

 tenth scale of its course. Also median caudal rays deep brown, with 

 still darker small blotch just above end of lateral line. Sometimes 

 slightly darkened blotch on 3 or 4 scales just before end of curve of 

 lateral line or below front of soft dorsal. 



Previously known only from Giinther's account of the type from 

 the Arafura Sea. Our examples agree in most every way. 



4536. Bolalo Bay, near Malampaya Island. December 20, 1908. Length, 74 



mm. (Dr. 5339). 

 22932. Great Tobea Island, tide pools. December 16, 1909. (Dr. 5644). Length, 



76 mm. 

 4404. Mariquina River above Monalban. January 2, 1908. Length, 76 mm. 



4336. Observatory Island. December 20, 1908. Length, 76 mm. (Dr. 5337). 

 3986. Olongapo. January 8, 1908. Length, 79 mm. 



Genus CHOERODON Bleeker 



Choerodon Bleeker, Nat. Geneesk. Arch. Ned. Indie, vol. 4, 1847, p. 10. 



Type Labrus macrodontus LaciSpJide, monotypic. 

 Choirodon Bleeker, Beit. Gen. Topogr. Batavia, 1856, p. 513. Type 



Labrus macrodontus LacepJjde. 

 Choerops RtJppELL, Verz. Mus. Senckenberg. Mus. Fische, 1852, p. 20- 



Type Choerops meleagris Ruppell, monotypic. 

 Cossyphodes Bleeker, Act. Soc. Sci. Ind. N6erl., vol. 8, 1860, p. 37. Type 



Labrus macrodontus LacepJide, monotypic. 

 Hypsigenys Gunther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. London, vol. 8, 1861, p. 383. 



Type Labrus macrodontus LacepIjde, monotypic. 



Body oblong, compressed. Front obtuse, fatty hump forming with 

 age. Canines f , lateral teeth confluent into blunt and osseus ridge. 

 Hind canine in adult. Cheeks deep. Preopercle slightly serrate. 

 Scales large, 30 in lateral line. Cheeks with small scales. Lateral 

 line complete. Dorsal spines 13, rays 7. Anal spines 3, rays 9. 

 Caudal blunt. 



Large fishes of the western Pacific, species rather few, though often 

 with pleasing light colors. 



ANALYSIS OF THB SPECIB3 



a^ Choerodon. Ventrals not reaching anal; body deeper. 



6'. No dark blotch below soft dorsal, though usually pale blotch present. 

 cK Broad oblique pink band on side anteriorly azurio. 



