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D. XIII, 7, I thirteenth spine 33^ to 33^ in head, sixth ray 1^^ to 

 2}/i', A. Ill, 10, I, third spine 2>}/^ to 33^, ninth ray 1^ to 2; caudal 

 13^ to 134, Httle concave, double concave as expanded; least depth 

 of caudal peduncle 2)4 to 2%; pectoral 13^^ to l^^; ventral 2% to 

 3 in combined head and trunk. 



Largely dull brownish, little paler on under surface of body. From 

 level with lateral line traces of 9 or 10 blue longitudinal lines. Close 

 above lateral Hue, opposite middle of spinous dorsal, whitish or pale 

 blotch and its lower border broadly blackish. Traces of 3 blue lines 

 from eye to maxiUary. Dusky blotch usually above lateral line at 

 front of caudal peduncle. Vertical fins pale brownish, variegated 

 with blue lines. Paired fins pale, front ventral membrane grayish 

 blue. 



East Indies, Philippines. Easily known by the 2 pale or whitish 

 transverse lines across sides of mandible and long ventrals. Young 

 show black blotch above pectoral terminally and another at front 

 of caudal peduncle above, also traces of 5 or 6 broad Ul-defined 

 brownish tarnsverse bands. 



21758. Cebu market. March 20, 1909. Length, 57 to 197 mm. 3 examples 

 [1403.] Greenish above, from below middle of side, with orange stripes be- 

 tween scale rows, intervals along rows more or less lavender; chin barred with 

 orange and stripes of same across lower limb of opercle and about base of 

 pectoral; sulphur spot in middle of side just above lateral line. Dorsal oliv- 

 aceous, with orange bars and reticulations. Caudal greenish. Anal similar 

 to dorsal but paler. Ventrals with orange stripe through front. Pectorals 

 without markings. 



2 examples, Cebu market. March 28, 1909. Length, 59 to 65 mm. 



5357. Cebu market. April 5, 1908. Length, 233 mm. 



6107 to 6109. Cebu market. August 12, 1909. Length, 162 to 210 mm. 



6957 and 13988. Iloilo market. May 31, 1908. Length, 153 to 180 mm. 



20619. Sirinao Island, Nakoda Bay. December 30, 1908. Length, 133 mm. 



7809. Ulugan Bay, near mouth of Baheli River. December 28, 1908. Length. 

 180 mm. 



7666. Ulugan Bay. Length, 255 mm. 



5054 and 5056. Sandakan Bay, Borneo. February 29, 1908. 



19991, 20377 to 20380. Sandakan Bay. March 2, 1908. Length, 88 to 151 mm. 



5286. Sandakan Bay. March 21, 1908. Length, 113 mm. 



Genus LEPIDAPLOIS Gill 



Lepidaplois Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, p. 140. Type Ldbrus 



axillaris Bennett, monotypic. 

 Euhijpsocara Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, p. 222. Tj^pe Cossy- 



phus anthioides GtJNTHER, monotypic. 

 Gymnopropoma Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, p. 222. Type 



Labrus bilunulatus LAC^pijoE, monotypic. 

 Verreo Jordan and Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 24, 1902, p. 619. 



Type Cossyphus oxycephalus Bleeker, monotypic. 

 Verriculus Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish. Comm., vol. 22, 1902 



(1903), p. 191. Type Verriculus sanguineus Jordan and Evermann, 



monotypic. 



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