FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 7 



Ball, Bishop Mus. Bull., No. 26, 1925, p. 13 (Wake Isiand).— Fowler, 

 Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, 1928, p. 163 (Guam, Fat6, Wake Island, 

 Samoa, Vavau, Mangareva, Pago Pago, Ascension Island). 



Apogon variegatus Valenciennes, Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, vol. 

 1, 1832, p. 55 (Mauritius). — Regan, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, ser. 2, 

 Zool., vol. 12, 1907, p. 224 (Diego Garcia, Chagos Archipelago). 



Apogonichthys variegatus Jordan and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 25, 1905 

 (1906), p. 250 (Apia and Pago Pago).— Fowler, Bishop Mus. Bull., No. 

 22, 1925, p. 32 (Samoa). 



Apogon punctulatus Ruppell, Neue Wirbelth., Fische, 1835, p. 88, pi. 22, 

 fig. 4. Massaua, Red Sea. 



Apogonichthys marmoratus Alleyne and Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New 

 South Wales, vol. 1, 1877, p. 268, pi. 5, fig. 2. Cape Grenville, Queens- 

 land.— Jordan and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 25, 1905 (1906), p. 250, 

 fig. 44 (Pago Pago and Apia). 



Depth 2% to 2%; head 2y 2 to 2%, width 2 to 2 34. Snout 434 to 

 4L£ in head from snout tip; eye 3 to 4, greater than snout or inter- 

 orbital; maxillary reaches % to opposite hind eye edge, expansion 1% 

 to 1% in eye, length 2 to 2}{ in head; teeth villiform, in bands in 

 jaws and on vomer but none on palatines; interorbital 4^ to 6, very 

 slightly convex; preopercle ridge and edge entire. Gill rakers 2 + 11, 

 short tubercles or but few lanceolate, less than gill filaments, which 

 234 in eye. 



Scales 22 in lateral line to caudal base and 3 more on latter; tubu- 

 lar scales 10 or 11 in lateral line, extend till opposite front of soft 

 dorsal, then consist of obscure pores to caudal base, variably com- 

 plete; 1 or 2 scales above lateral line, 6 below, 5 or 6 predorsal, 3 

 rows cover cheek. Tubes of lateral line large, well exposed, each 

 with slight basal scale. Scales with 15 to 17 basal radiating striae; 

 66 to 148 apical denticles, with 4 to 5 transverse series of basal ele- 

 ments; circuli very fine. 



D. VII-I, 8, 1, third spine 23^5 to 2^ in total head length, second 

 ray \% to 2; A. II, 8, 1, second spine 3 to 33^, second ray 2 to 23^; 

 caudal I3ij to \%, rounded convexly behind; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 2 1/ 8 to 234; pectoral 1% to 1%; ventral 1% to 1%. 



Brown, ground color but slightly paler below. Body mottled, 

 speckled or blotched with darker, usually pale spot variably result- 

 ing on each body scale. Round black blotch on opercle large as 

 pupil, ocellated with narrow pale brown margin. Iris brown, with 

 gray to slate tints. Lips all barred with deeper brown. Fins dull 

 grayish or brownish and except clear pectorals all more or less 

 barred with brown, often with somewhat waved or irregular aspect. 

 Many examples show about 10 or 11 dark transverse brown bands, 

 variably mottled, spotted or speckled, and markings equally variable 

 in areas of cross bands. 



Red Sea, Zanzibar, Mauritius, Seychelles, India, Andamans, East 

 Indies, Philippines, Queensland, Micronesia, Polynesia. 

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