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small white spot on each scale. Scales along dorsal bases and upper 

 edge of caudal peduncle, also band along straight section of lateral 

 line medially on' caudal peduncle and caudal base, whitish. Iris 

 yellowish, with whitish blotch above and on upper lid posteriorly. 

 Dorsals and anals whitish. 



Type.— C&t. No. 89966, U.S.N.M. Jolo market, Jolo. February 

 11, 1908. Length 135 mm. (5577 B. F.). 



Apparently differs from all other species of the genus in its color- 

 ation. 



(Margaritiferus, pearl bearer, with reference to its white spots.) 



CHOERODON SCHOENLEINII (Valenciennes) 



Cossijphus schoenleinii (Agassiz) Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 13, 



1839, p. 143. Celebes. 

 Choerops schoenleini Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Ne^rl., vol. 1, 1862, p. 163, 



pi. 46, fig. 3 (Java, Singapore, Celebes, Batjan). — Fowler, Journ. Acad. 



Nat. Sci. Phila., ser. 2, vol. 12, 1904, p. 535 (Padang Sumatra). — Jordan 



and Seale, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 28, 1905, p. 784, fig. 7 (Negros). 

 Cossyphus cyanostolus Richardson, Proc Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. (Ich. Chin. 



Jap.), 1846, p. 256. China Seas, Canton. 

 Cossyphus ommopterus Richardson, Proc. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. (Ich. 



Chin. Japan), 1846, p. 257 (according to Gunther same type as Cossyphus 



cyanostolus, Sea of China, Canton). 

 Choerops ommopterus Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 4, 1862, p. 94 



(type; China, Molucca Sea, Cape York). — Steindachner, Sitz. Akad. 



Wiss. Wien, vol. 56 (1), 1867, p. 316 (Cape York).— Gunther, Rep. Voy. 



Challenger, vol. 1, 1880, p. 46 (south of New Guinea). — Elera, Cat. 



Fauna Filip., vol. 1, 1895, p. 549 (Luzon, Santa Cruz, Cavite). 

 Choerops unimaculatus Cartier, Verh. Phys. Med. Ges. Wiirzburg, vol. 5, 



1873, p. 102. Cavite.— Elera, Cat. Fauna Filip., vol. 1, 1895, p. 549 



(Luzon, Santa Cruz, Cavite). 



Depth 2% to 2%; head 2}^ to 3, width 1^ to 2%. Snout V/g 

 to 3, compressed; eye 4 to 7, 13^ to 4 in snout, 1 to 2 in interorbital ; 

 canines f , lower laterals flare out and little backward, upper lateral 

 little smaller than anterior; interorbital 3}^ to 4 in head, convex. 

 Gill rakers 9+11, short, robust, lanceolate. 



Scales in lateral line 26 or 27 + 2 or 3, tubes with fine contracted 

 branchlets; 3 scales above lateral line, 8 or 9 below, 7 or 8 predorsal. 

 Scales with 11 to 14 basal radiating striae and 2 to 5 marginals; 

 8 to 11 imperfect apicals; circuli fine. 



D. XI or XII, 7, I or 8, i, thirteenth spine 3)4 to 43^ in head, 

 fifth ray 2% to 2%; A. Ill, 9, i, £hird spine 2]^ to 3^, eighth ray 

 23^ to 2'J/s', caudal 13^ to 1%, truncate, slightly convex behind as 

 expanded; least depth of caudal peduncle 23^3 to 2%; pectoral 1)^ to 

 1%; ventral 13^ to l^i- 



Largely dull brownish, little paler below. Large pale blotch 

 below last rays of soft dorsal and on upper surface of caudal peduncle. 

 Several pale or bluish white streaks about edge of orbit, also along 

 edge of opercle. Pectoral base pale, with trace of blue cross-line. 



