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basal radiating striae; 98 to 147 apical denticles, with 2 to 4 trans- 

 verse series of basal elements; circuli fine. 



D. VI-I, 9, i, second spine l}4 to 1% in total head length, first 

 branched ray \ l /i to 1^; A. II, 8, i, second spine \% to 1%, 

 first branched ray 1)4, to 1%; caudal 1 to lKo, slightly emarginate 

 behind; least depth of caudal peduncle l 7 /g to 2; pectoral l^ to 1%; 

 ventral 134 to l 1 ^. 



Light brown generally, with some bright or silvered reflections on 

 opcrcle and chest. Head above and on sides speckled with dusky to 

 blackish brown, often with large dark blotch below hind eye edge 

 and another little more posterior. Iris pale yellowish to brownish 

 or neutral gray. Predorsal and back with variable small scattered 

 dark or dusky specks to spots. Oblique blackish brown band from 

 front of spinous dorsal till midway in postventral space, but not 

 extended below across belly, may be broken in places also of variable 

 width. Side of tail with axial row of usually four or five blackish 

 spots, sometimes more or less connected, usually distinct. At caudal 

 base arc of four black spots. Also other scattered blackish blotches 

 on tail. Fins all very pale brownish, dusky brownish basal band or 

 line on soft dorsal and anal. Ventral with broad terminal blackish 

 border, fin otherwise with brownish and whitish narrow edge to front 

 of first branched ray bej^ond tip of spine. In most cases spinous 

 dorsal little darker than other fins, especially anteriorly. 



Andamans, East Indies, Philippines. Of our series from Canmahala 

 Bay, 7 are males with the mouth cavity and pharynx crammed full 

 of ova. 



23313. Canmahala Bay, Ragay Gulf, Luzon. March 11, 1909. Length 46 to 

 95 mm. 66 examples. 



8571. Cebu market. April 5, 1908. Length 68 mm. 



Two examples. Cebu market. August 28, 1909. Length 55 to 58 mm. 



Three examples. Mactan Reef. August 31, 1909. Length 36 to 50 mm. 



One example. Mahinog, Camiguin Island, between Leyte and Mindanao. 

 August 3, 1909. Length 36 mm. 



Two examples. Reef opposite Cebu. April 5, 1908. Length 16 to 23 mm. 



Nineteen examples. Reef opposite Cebu. April 7, 1908. Length 18 to 75 mm. 



Seventeen examples. San Pascual, Burias Island. March 8, 1909. Length 48 

 to 80 mm. 



Two examples. Simaluc Island, north of Tawi Tawi. September 22, 1909. 

 Length 46 mm. 



23620. Tataan, Simaluc Island, Tawi Tawi Group, Sulu Archipelago. February 

 20,1908, Length 53 to 71 mm. Seven examples (238). Body grayish above, 

 silvery white on sides and below. Purplish sheen on opercle and cheek. 

 Oblique black bar, wide as pupil from anterior end of first dorsal to behind 

 ventrals; row of five or six black spots from this line to caudal base; several 

 other spots on back and below lateral line. First dorsal pale green; first mem- 

 brane black with oblique band from trunk extending on it; several small black 

 spots at base. Second dorsal hyaline, dusky at base. Caudal dusky. Anal 

 hyaline dusky at base and on first membrane, fin very deep. Pectoral hyaline. 



