nSHES OF THE PHILIPPINE AND ADJACENT SEAS 273 



52194 U.S.N.M. Apia. Bureau of Fisheries. Length, 47 to 73 mm. 16 



examples. 



71262 U.S.N.M. Japan. Bureau of Fisheries. Length, 24 to 61 mm. 3 



examples. 



71706 U.S.N.M. Okinawa. Albatross collection. Length, 23 to 59 mm. 



10 examples. 



72208 U.S.N.M. Cagayancillo. R. C. McGregor. Length, 67 mm. 



72266 U.S.N.M. Calayan. R. C. McGregor. Length, 76 mm. 

 31066 to 31080 A.N.S.P. Apia. Bureau of Fisheries. Length, 38 to 70 mm. 



HALICHOERES NEBULOSUS (Valenciennes) 



Julis nebulosus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poi.ss., vol. 13, 1839, p. 461. 



Bombay. 

 Platyglossus nebulosus Gxjnther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 4, 1862, p. 151 



(Red Sea, Amboyna; not Halichoeres reichei). — Klunzinger, Verh. zcol. 



bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 21, 1871, p. 544 (Koseir, Red Sea).— Day, Fishes 



of India, pt. 3, 1877, p. 400, pi. 85, fig. 2 (Malay Archipelago); Fauna 



British India, vol. 2, 1889, p. 407. — Gunther, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, 



vol. 8 (16), 1909, p. 265 (Ponape).— Weber, Siboga Exp., vol. 57, Fische, 



1913, p. 371 (Siau, Beo, Sabibabu, Kabaena, Binongka, Nusa Laut, 



Tiur, Rotti). 

 Halichoeres nebulosus McCulloch, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 



35, 1910, p. 431 (Masthead Island, Queensland). 

 Julis poecila Lay and Bennett, Zool. Beechey's Voy., 1839, p. 66, pi. 19, 



fig. 1. Near Riu Kiu Islands. 

 Halichoeres poecila Bleekeu, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N6erl., vol. 1, 1862, p. 115, pi. 



39, fig. 4 (Java, Bawean, Sumatra, Batu, Bali, Borneo, Celebes, Flores, 



Timor, Ternate, Buru, Amboina, Goram). 

 Halichoeres poeciliis Jordan and Seale, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 28, 



1905, p. 785 (Negros); Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 26, 1906 (1907), p. 30 



(Cavite).— Evermann and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 26, 1906 



(1907), p. 95 (Bacon). — Jordan and Richardson, Bull. Bur. Fisher., 



vol. 27, 1907 (1908), p. 267 (Calayan). 

 Platyglossus poecilus Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 4, 1862, p. 152 



(Red Sea).— Steindachner, Sitz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. 53 (1), 1866, 



p. 463 (Port Jackson, Australia). — Peters, Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 



1868, p. 270 (Paracali, Luzon). 

 Choerojulis poecila Martens, Preuss. Exp. Ost Asien, 1876, p. 397 



(Ternate, Amboina River). 

 Julis (Halichoeres) harlofii Bleeker, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. (Labroid.), 



vol. 22, 1849, p. 22. Pagotang, Batavia. 

 Julis granatinus (Van Hasselt) Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerl., vol. 1, 



1862, p. 115 (name in synonymy). 

 Halichoeres annulatus Fowler, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., ser. 2, vol. 12, 



1904, p. 535, pi. 20, upper fig. Padang, Sumatra. 

 Halichoeres daedalma Jordan and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 25, 1905 



(1906), p. 301, pi. 47, fig. 2. Apia and Pago Pago, Samoa. 



Depth 33^ to 3^; head 2% to 2%, width 2}/^ to 2^/i. Snout 

 3 to 33^; eye 4^ to 5, 1% to 13^ in snout, 1 to 1}^ in interorbital; 

 maxillary reaches ^ in snout, 33^ in head; interorbital 35^ to 4 3^^, 

 convex. Gill rakers 6+10, lanceolate, short. 



