FISHES OP THE PHILIPPINE AND ADJACENT SEAS 139 



Back olive, below very pale brown to whitish underneath. Five 

 vertical neutral dusky bands, 3 scales wide and narrowing below, 

 also edge of each scale within dark bands narrowly pale. Iris olive 

 gold. Spinous dorsal dusky neutral, other vertical fins all dull 

 brown, with slightly darker tint marginally. Paired fins pale, hind 

 ventral rays whitish. 



East Indies and Oceania. Though wrongly credited to America 

 originally, Bloch's type was doubtless from the East Indies. The 

 species is quite uniform in color sometimes and then may be easily 

 confused with related forms. Usually the dark vertical bands, each 

 with a network due to the narrow pale edges of the scales included, 

 are distinct. These are well shown in Bleeker's excellent figure. 



1 example, Alibijaban Island, Ragay Gulf. March 6, 1909. Length, 98 mm. 

 22 examples, Alimango Bay, Burias Island. March 5, 1909. Length, 87 to 112 



mm. 

 9 examples, Biri Channel. June 1, 1909. Length, 75 to 97 mm. 

 14920. Biri Channel. June 2, 1909. 5 examples. Length, 67 to 104 mm. 

 8 examples, Bolalo Bay, Palawan Island. December 21, 1908. Length, 72 to 



105 mm. 

 4 examples, Buang Bay, Talajit Island. March 15, 1909. Length, 97 to 117 mm. 



3 examples, Bugsuk Island, Balabac. January 5, 1909. Length, 70 to 75 mm. 



2 examples, Bumbum Island. September 25, 1909. Length, 76 to 90 mm. 



2 examples, Burias Island, Alimango Bay. March 5, 1909. Length, 95 to 105 

 mm. 



4 examples, Busin Harbor, Burias Island. April 23, 1908. Length, 92 to 104 

 mm. 



302 to 304 B. F. 5 examples, Busin Harbor, Burias Island. March 8, 1909. 



Length, 78 to 99 mm. 

 15 examples, Butauanan Island. June 13, 1909. Length, 46 to 112 mm. 



2 examples, Cagayan. January 8, 1909. Length, 93 to 104 mm. 



1 example, Calangaman Island, between Leyte and Cebu. March 16, 1909. 



Length, 108 mm. 

 1 example, Candaraman Island, Balabac. January 4, 1909. Length, 104 mm. 

 1 example, Canmahala Bay, Ragay Gulf. March 11, 1909. Length, 104 mm. 



3 examples, Capulaan Bay, Pagbilao Island. February 24, 1909. Length, 90 

 to 110 mm. 



1 example, Capunuypugan, Mindanao. May 9, 1908. Length, 90 mm. 

 1 example, Capunuypugan. May 10, 1908. Length, 88 mm. 



3 examples, Caracaran, Batan Island. June 8, 1909. Length, 80 to 97 mm. 



4 examples, Casogoran, Malhon Island. July 27, 1909. Length, 65 to 97 mm. 

 4 examples, Catbalogan, Samar. April 16, 1908. Length, 103 to 109 mm. 



1 example, Caxisigan Island. January 2, 1909. Length, 102 mm. 



2 examples, Daisy Island, west of Bumbum. January 6, 1910. Length, 70 to 

 88 mm. 



10842, 10843, and 7424. Dalaganem Island. April 8, 1909. 7 examples. 



Length, 70 to 106 mm. 

 9. Danawan Island and Si Amil Island. September 26, 1909. Length, 90 mm. 

 1 example, Doworra Island. December 30, 1908. Length, 100 mm. 

 1 example, Endeavor Strait. December 22, 1908. Length, 98 mm. 

 76, 81, 91, 95, 96, 112, 115, 118. Endeavor Strait. December 23, 1908. 12 



examples. Length, 57 to 108 mm. 



