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with broad osseous pavement or dentary area along each side, lateral 

 teeth but little distinct; interorbital broadly convex, 4 to 5 in head; 

 preopercle edge very feebly or minutely serrated, but with appearance 

 entire. Gill rakers 6+12, lanceolate, short. 



Scales in lateral line 29 or 30 + 2; 4 scales above lateral line, 10 

 below, 15 or 16 predorsal. Scales with 21 to 25 basal striae, apical 

 4 to 6; circuli fine. 



D. XII, 10, I, twelfth spine 3 to Z% in head, seventh ray 2% to 

 21^; A. Ill, 12, 1, third spine 23/^ to 2 5^, secondray 2i^ to 2%; caudal 

 1^ to 1%, truncate behind; least depth of caudal peduncle 2}^ to 

 '2}/2'> pectoral 1^ to IJ^; ventral 23^8 to 2}/^. 



Largely tawny olive, head and back anteriorly with smutty tinge. 

 Along bases of dorsals above lateral line 3 small, pale rounded spots 

 and sometimes two each side of predorsal. Scales below soft dorsal 

 and on caudal peduncle above lateral line each with terminal dusky 

 brown spot. First and sometimes second membrances of spinous 

 dorsal dusky. Front of soft dorsal with one or several small black 

 spots and one at bases of last dorsal rays. Caudal with rounded 

 black basal spot. Anal with two black blotches, anterior larger. 

 Ventral with large black median blotch. Iris pale brown. 



Red Sea, Zanzibar, Mauritius, Natal, East Indies. 



13516. Gomomo Island. December 3, 1909. Length, 151 mm. 



12496. Northwest Verde Island. July 22, 1908. Length, 160 mm. 



11505. Sulade Island. September 17, 1909. Length, 178 mm. [1945.] Olive 

 above anteriorlj', fading to pale silvery gray, with pink wash anteriorly; lower 

 head and breast somewhat slaty; along back two or three rows of scales under 

 dorsal series of three sulphur yellow spots occupying area of one or two scales 

 each; first under fifth dorsal spine, second between tenth and eleventh and 

 last under middle of base of soft dorsal; fourth spot occupies center of upper 

 part of peduncle in median line; clustered under base of soft dorsal and along 

 upper part of peduncle numerous black spots, occurring on tips of scales 

 mainly. Dorsal spines and membranes blood red, color continuing on first 

 two soft rays, membranes of remaining fin hyaline with slight pink shade, 

 rays paler red. Caudal similar to posterior soft dorsal; black spot at its base 

 at end of lateral line. Anal reddish, with yellowish blotch in its center, large 

 black one on front of soft rays just below margin and smaller black blotch 

 in axil. Ventrals with yellowish shade, broad black bar somewhat distal to 

 center occupying most of upper surfaces of fin. Pectoral rays pink, membranes 

 hyaline; base of pectorals may have been orange in life. Iris brassy, with dash 

 of blue on hinder part. 



16038. Sulade Island. September 18, 1909. Length, 181 mm. 



12370. Tataan Island, Tawi Tawi Group. February 21, 1908. Length, 165 mm. 

 [266.] Dull red, the color appearing mostly as vertical lines at bases of scales; 

 upper part of head and back anteriorly almost solid red; lower sides with gray 

 ground and golden behind the red of scales; the back posteriorly and on peduncle 

 peppered with black dots; lips pale. Spinous dorsal red, brighter than body 

 color; membranes yellowish edged with black on the incised portion. Soft 

 dorsal red, the posterior membranes hyaline; a black blotch on the anterior 

 upper half and another at axil. Caudal almost crimson with a small black 



