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Plate 32 



Variation of Halichoeres vicolor (Schneider). 



Plate 33 



Variation of Halichoeres amboinensis (Bleeker) and Halichoeres marginatus 

 Riippell. 

 Upper four figures and lower median left figure Halichoeres ambotnensis, others 



Halichoeres marginatus. 



Plate 34 



Halichoeres tenuispinis (Giinther). Palawan. 



Plate 35 

 Variation of Halichoeres tenuispinis (Giinther). 



Plate 36 

 Variation of Halichoeres argus (Schneider). 



Plate 37 



Variation of Halichoeres argus (Schneider) and Halichoeres leparensis (Bleeker). 

 Upper right and lower right figures Halichoeres argus, others Halichoeres 



leparensis . 



Plate 38 



Variation of Halichoeres gymnocephalus (Schneider). 



Plate 39 

 Variation of Halichoeres podostigma (Bleeker). 



Plate 40 

 Halichoeres leucostigma Fowler and Bean. Type. 



Plate 41 



Variation of Coris and Halichoeres. 



Two upper figures and upper median left figure Coris batuensis (Bleeker) ; upper 

 median right figure Halichoeres desmogenys Fowler and Bean; lower median 

 right and left figures Halichoeres leucurus (Walbaum) ; two lower figures Hali- 

 choeres reichei (Bleeker). 



Plate 42 



Coris philippina Fowler and Bean. Type. 



Plate 43 



Variation of Thalassoma hardwicke (Bennett). The blue black blotches on the 

 head are shown white, as they often fade gray or lighter than the ground 

 color. 



Plate 44 



Cheilinus rostratus Cartier. Powuti Harbor, Makyan Island. 



Plate 45 

 Callyodon margaritus (Cartier). 



