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Scales in lateral line 20 to 22, 4 or 5 + 1 or 2; 4 scales above lateral 

 line, 9 or 10 below, 11 or 12 predorsal. Scales with 27 or 28 basal 

 radiating striae, apical 20 to 32; circuli very fine. 



D. IX, 11, I or 12, I, ninth spine 2^ to 3 in head, first ray 2yo to 

 23/g; A. Ill, 12, I, third spine 3^ to 4, fii'st ray 2}4 to 2}4; caudal 

 13^ to 1%, convex behind; least depth of caudal peduncle 2 to 2}^', 

 pectoral 1^5 to 1%; ventral 13^ to 1^. 



Brown, little paler below, each scale with dull purplish basal spine, 

 becoming pale brownish on lower scales. Along side, little elevated, 



4 or 5 deeper cloudings or hardly blotched. Blue gray band usually 

 from near end of snout to eye, another from end of maxillary to lower 

 eye edge and still lower obliquely parallel across cheek. Blue gray 

 arc on opercle and usually several postocular blue gray blotches and 

 mostly at least one on opercular flap. Iris yellowish brown. Dor- 

 sals with subbasal row of pale or whitish spots and fin edges also 

 pale, rest of fin light brown. Neutral black ocellus from fifth to 

 seventh dorsal spines, or only sometimes on fifth membrane. Anals 

 grayish, with basal row of pale or whitish spots and subbasal longitu- 

 dinal whitish streak. Caudal brownish, spotted with paler and edges 

 of fin above and below broadly whitish. Paired fins uniformly pale, 

 with bluish-black small triangular blotch at pectoral origin. 



Zanzibar, East Indies, Chusan, China, Queensland. Reported 

 from Nagasaki, Japan. 



16567. Catbalogan, Samar. April 5, 1908. Length, 156 mm. [533.] Dark 

 green on back, becoming grass green in middle, very pale on belly, with slight 

 brassy wash on lower side; ground color dusky purple, forming reticulation, 

 green appearing mostly as spots about size of pupil; these fuse into Unes on 

 nape and shoulder; series of small crosses formed by large spot uniting with 3 

 of the smaller on middle of side, last on peduncle; side of head green, narrowly 

 striped with purplish, with narrow blue borders; blue borders appearing ob- 

 scurely throughout middle of side. Dorsal purplish, margin of fin gray; series 

 of round greenish-yellow spots through center, bordered gray; smaller similar 

 spots at bases of membranes; black spot on fifth membrane at middle, reds 

 more or less vermihon anteriorly and crimson posteriorly. Caudal greenish, 

 tip of each lobe obliquely uniform green; smoky purple blotch on lower rays; 

 center of upper reticulated with reddish, becoming crimson above and pos- 

 teriorly. Anal terminally smoky purple, margin gray, basally dusky green; 

 reddish reticulating lines defined by pale blue. Ventral pale green, first 

 membrane purplish. Pectoral dusky hyaline green, somewhat orange at base 

 and with black blotch above. 



20285. Cotabato, Mindanao. May 20, 1908. Length, 61 mm, 



5 examples, Cotabato, below mouth of Min River. May 20, 1908. Length, 

 49 to 60 mm. 



14747. San Januico Strait, Leyte. April 13, 1908. Length, 126 mm. 

 22337. Mantaquin Bay, Palawan. April 2, 1909. Length, 74 mm. 

 13736. Kowloon, China. September 24, 1908. Length, 124 mm. 

 56132. U.S.N.M. Bulan. Philippine Commission. Length, 135 mm. 

 27715 A.N.S.P. Padang, Sumatra. Messrs. Harrison and Hiller. Length, 

 57 mm. 



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