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Depth 3K to 3}4; head 2^ to 2j4, width 2^ to 2^. Snout 

 2% to 3; eye 5 to 53^^, l^-s to l^^ in snout, 13^ to 1^ in interorbital; 

 maxillary reaches 3^ to ^ to eye, 43^ to 4% in head; interorbital 

 43^ to 4%, broadly convex. Gill rakers 7 + 14, short, cuneate. 



Scales in lateral line 19, 5 or 6 +2 ; 3 scales above lateral line, 8 or 9 

 below, 6 or 7 predorsal. Scales with 18 basal radiating striae, 8 to 

 12 apical; circuli fine. 



D. IX, 11, 1, ninth spine 3^^ to 43^6 in head, first ray 3; A. II, 11, i, 

 second spine 5^ to 6, first ray 33^ to 3J^; caudal I75 to 13^, convex 

 behind; pectoral 13^ to 1^4', ventral 2% to 2%. 



Back brown, lower sides and under surfaces whitish. Back finely 

 mottled or vermiculated with darker, on top of head and predorsal 

 also minute dusky specks and dots. Dark color of head above 

 divided from whitish below by dusky streak from snout end close 

 along lower eye edge toward pectoral origin. Along flanks, level 

 from pectoral base, 6 longitudinal narrow white lines, of which 3 or 4 

 extend to caudal peduncle. Within dark intervening bands row of 

 deep or dusky brown dots, not evident in small examples. Eye 

 brown, lips pale to whitish. Dorsals grayish, little deeper basally, 

 small black ocellus at last rsijs. Anals pale or whitish. Caudal pale, 

 with small blue black ocellus at bases of upper median rays and 5 or 

 6 transverse brown cross-bands. Paired fins pale. 



Mauritius, East Africa, East Indies, Japan, Queensland, Melanesia, 

 Micronesia, Polynesia. 



1 example, Bolalo Bay, Palawan Island. December 21, 1908. Length, 60 mm. 



9 examples, Bolalo Bay. December 24, 1908. Length, 45 to 83 mm. 



22497. Bolinao, Eastern Luzon. May 9, 1909. Length, 65 mm. 



22420. Butauanan Island, Eastern Luzon. June 12, 1909. Length, 75 mm. 



3 examples, Cebu market. September 3, 1909. Length, 73 to 92 mm. 



1 example, Danawan Island and Si Amil Island. September 27, 1909. Length, 

 76 mm. 



1 example, Guijulugan Island, Negros. April 2, 1908. Length, 49 mm. 



1 example, Jolo. March 7, 1908. Length, 112 mm. [425.] Dark sage green on 

 top of head and back; toward middle of side head and body with each scale 

 more or less vermiculated with pale olive lines; below middle pale olive lines 

 follow between rows of scales, lines become silvery toward belly; lower head 

 and breast white; scales between pale lines with longitudinal dark line, becom- 

 ing mere specks below; dark line from tip of snout under eye straight across 

 opercle and separating head colors; second short line below on opercle. Dorsal 

 washed with lemon yellow terminally, spines and rays dusky. Soft anal 

 hyaline at tip. Caudal dark olive green, paler on edges, yellowish above and 

 smoky below; medianly crossed transversely with 6 bluish white bars. Pec- 

 toral very pale straw yellow. Anal and ventrals colorless. Iris color of 

 adjacent region. 



8 examples, Lagonoy Island, Eastern Luzon. July 18, 1909. Length, 68 to 

 82 mm. 



6 examples, Malcochin Harbor, Linapacan Island. December 18, 1908. Length, 

 60 to 72 mm. 



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