FISHES OF THE PHH^IPPINE AND ADJACENT SEAS 215 



distally; black blotch in front of base in first and second membranes; soft 

 portion with dark olive green shades. Caudal and anal clouded with olive 

 green. Ventral dark olive green and citron yellow. Pectoral hyaline distally, 

 citron yellow shades with dusky proximall5^ Rim of orbit bright blue; pupil 

 emerald green; iris bronzy olive. 



12372. Tataan. February 21, 1908. Length, 205 mm. 



15436 and 15432. Ulugan Bay, near Rita Island. December 29, 1908. Length, 

 61 to 200 mm. 



7130. West coast Palaui Island. November 10, 1908. Length, 238 mm. 



6975. West coast of Sabtan Island. November 8, 1908. Length, 190 mm. 

 Quite pale brown, especially head and caudal fin. 



A1192. Doworra Island, Patiente Strait, Dutch East Indies. December 2, 1909. 

 Length, 300 mm. From occiput to middle of back red-brown, dusky olive 

 below. Short brown stripe in front of eye continued behind to upper angle 

 of gill opening, preorbital yellowish under this. Dorsal olive, with two red 

 brown bars. Anal similar. 



[2099.] Gane Road, Gillolo Island, Dutch East Indies. December 1, 1909, 

 Length, 62 mm. Distinct black blotch on first dorsal membrane and base 

 of second, yellow behind on tip of second and base of third; black blotch 

 along middle of first soft rays, beginning with second; similar blotch less 

 distinct on anal. 



[2099.] Gane Road, Gillolo Island. December 1, 1909. Length, 62 mm. 



13856 to 13858. Apra Bay, Guam. November 19-21, 1907. Length, 101 to 

 160 mm. 



52440 U.S.N.M. Apia, Samoa. Bureau of Fisheries. Length, 68 to 300 mm. 

 7 examples. 



19974 U.S.N.M. Mauritius. Length, 230 mm. 1 example. 



71790 U.S.N.M, Nafa, Okinawa. Albatross Collection. Length, 112 mm. 

 1 example. 



84252 U.S.N.M. Phillipines. Dr. Fred Baker. Length, 222 mm. 1 example, 



84263 U.S.N.M. PhiHppines. Dr. F. Baker. Length, 160 mm. 1 example. 



32211 to 32215 A.N.S.P. Samoa. Bureau of Fisheries. Length, 75 to 270 mm. 



Genus DUYMAERIA Bleeker 



Duymaeria Bleeker, Act. Soc. Ind. N^erl. (Amboyna), vol. 1, 1856, p. 52. 



Type Duymaeria amboinensis Bleeker. '^ 

 Labrastrum Guichenot, Rev. Mag. Zool., ser. 2, vol. 12, 1860, p. 152. Type 



Ctenolabrus flagellifer Valenciennes, orthotypic. 



Body rather deep, oblong, compressed. Canines ^, strong; liind 

 canine present each side; teeth in jaws uniserial. Preopercle den- 

 ticulated. Scales very large, 20 or 25 in lateral line. Cheeks and 

 opercles with large scales. Lateral line continuous. Dorsals with 

 narrow scaly sheath. Dorsal spines 9, anterior elevated and some- 

 times filamentous; rays 11 or 12, soft fin rounded. Anal spines 3, 

 rays 9. Caudal rounded. 



Small fishes with bright colors, sexually dimorphic. East Indies, 

 China, Japan. 



I' According to Jordan, Genera of Fishes, vol. 2, 1919, p. 267, as "logotype Crenilabrus aurigaria Rich.," 

 but Duymaeria amboinensis Bleeker, the eighth species in Bleeker's list, is the only one described. We 

 therefore consider it the type. 



