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longitudinal bands. Head with some bluish blotches above; blue 

 band from snout tip to eye, 2 others from postocular, lower of which 

 across opercle; blue arch across cheek. Iris pale straw yellow. 

 Dorsals drab-gray, with row longitudinally of median buff spots and 

 submarginal row of smaller ones and pale intersecting blotches of 

 back extend little into fin bases, besides pale spot between each in 

 dorsal base. Anals gray, with median buff longitudinal band and 

 narrow basal band, also 1 or 2 pale streaks submarginally. Caudal 

 grayish, with 8 transverse narrow vertical buff bands. Paired fins 

 pale, base of pectoral with large neutral-dusky blotch, extending up 

 over lower humeral region. 



Known only from the 2 specimens listed below. The species is 

 distinguished by the large blackish axillary blotch and its color- 

 pattern. 



Type.— Cs^i. No. 89973, U.S.N.M. 



15107. Dupon Port, Leyte Island. March 17, 1909. Length, 113 mm. 

 [1382.] Type. Brown of back bronzy, divided by about six green bars; 

 first on nape, last under axil of dorsal, four intermediate about evenly spaced; 

 bronzy color occurs on side as two or three stripes, with yellowish green in- 

 terval between, fuses to form network over peduncle, with green spots and 

 area within reticulations; top of head dusky greenish, with bright brown 

 stripes and cross-netting; stripe from maxillary to e3'e across preorbital of 

 brownish, bordered by blue, curve across lower cheek ending at edge of opercle 

 in front of base of pectoral, nearly orange, borders blue; darker stripes behind 

 eye, lower with blue borders; bars somewhat striped, stripes bordered by blue. 

 Dorsal brownish orange with median row of round spots, centers green, rims 

 blue; green bars of back extended into base of dorsal, and similar areas between 

 each of green, all rather bordered by blue; second row of irregular spots be- 

 tween central row and margin of fin crosses posterior spinous portion and all 

 soft fin; extreme margin of soft fin hyaline. Caudal brownish, with numerous 

 wavy blue bars, broken along base of fin. Anal brownish orange, base green, 

 with irregular green central bar; both bordered with blue; broken bluish bar 

 through outer portion of fin, extreme margin hj'aline. Ventrals greenish, 

 with brownish stripe through first membrane. Pectorals very pale dusky 

 greenish, base bright j'ellowish green, with triangular black blotch in upper 

 part, black, extending on body above axil. Iris green and orange. 



[1798]. Opol, Mindanao. August 4, 1909. Length, 112 mm. Paratype. 

 General shades green, with about five blackish saddles from dorsal to mid 

 region, four or five times breadth of interspace, which is plain green; on side 

 of head and below saddles vinaceous or brownish stripes, those on head some- 

 what similar to dorsal, bordered somewhat by blue. Dorsal red brown with 

 round blue spots, one at base, one through middle and small row between 

 center and bluish margin on soft fin. Caudal alternately crossed by blue and 

 red brown bars, irregular. Anal green, margin bluish and bluish line through 

 outer third, otherwise outer % reddish brown and similar bar near base. 

 Ventrals green, fronts dusky. Pectorals with blackish spot on fleshy base, 

 yellow at root of rays, fins hyaline. 



(A€c7/xos, band; yevLov, cheek; with reference to the bands on the 

 side of the head.) 



