FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 65 



Two examples. Hinunangan Bay, Leyte. July 30, 1909. Length 31 to 34 

 mm. 



6949. Iloilo market. May 31, 1908. Length 75 mm. 



(D. 5131). Island off Panabutan Point, N. 20° E., 0.04 mile, Sulu Sea, off west- 

 ern Mindanao. In 27 fathoms. February 6, 1908. Length 25 to 90 mm. 

 44 examples. 



(D. 5640). Labuan Blanda Island, N. 88° E. 1 mile (4° 27' 00" S., 122° 55' 40" 

 E.), Buton Strait. In 24 fathoms. December 13, 1909. Length 27 mm. 

 1 example. 



Four examples. Manila Bay, Luzon. December 9, 1909. Length 45 to 63 mm. 



Four examples. Manila Bay. December 12, 1909. Length 25 to 33 mm. 



Seven examples. Manila Harbor. December 31, 1907 and January 1, 1908. 

 Length 62 to 81 mm. Back dark olive. Median stripe of plum purple from 

 snout tip to fork of caudal, slightly lighter in interspaces of bars on lower 

 side. Narrower lighter stripe begins on snout passes above eye, midway 

 between bases of dorsals and dark median lateral band, and fading out on 

 caudal peduncle. Still above and along bases of dorsals forward to nape a 

 narrow silvery stripe; another silvery stripe between the 2 darker about wide 

 as pupil, becomes very narrow across eye; another silvery stripe across eye 



. and opercle. Lower side silvery, with about 8 dark bars between pectoral 

 base and space opposite hind part of anal, equal in width to interspaces; these 

 bars at times fading to show only very narrow lines corresponding to their 

 margins. Cheek and lower opercle dusky below lowest silvery line. All chin 

 silvery with deep pink iridescence. Throat and branchiostegal membranes 

 white, with greenish reflections. Dorsal spines reddish toward tips. Soft 

 dorsal reddish dusky with darker bars, followed by a dark one of reddish 

 brown. Anal like soft dorsal, but more contrasted. Caudal plain dusky, 

 except median stripe and somewhat darker purplish shades on upper and 

 lower edges. Pectorals nearly colorless. Ventrals reddish-brown except spine, 

 which white, inner margin also lighter, whitish continued on front edge to tip. 

 Food apparently schizopods. 



23683. Manila Harbor. January 4, 1908. Length 82 mm. 



Six examples. Manila market. December 12 to 18, 1907. Length 71 to 89 mm. 



19760 to 19762. Manila market. April 20, 1909. Length 82 to 93 mm. (1534). 



(D. 5235). Nagubat Island, S. 58° W., 7 miles (9° 43' N., 125° 48' 15" E.), east 

 coast of Mindanao. In 44 fathoms. May 9, 1908. Length 48 mm. 



4543 (D. 5163). Observation Island, N. 79° W., 6.70 miles (4° 59' 10" N., 119° 

 51' E.), Sulu Archipelago. In 28 fathoms. February 24, 1908. Length 42 

 mm. 



(D. 5132). Off Panabutan Point, N. 31° W., 0.50 mile, Sulu Sea off western 

 Mindanao. In 26 fathoms. February 6, 1908. Length 23 to 47 mm. 12 

 examples. 



24080 (D. 5152). Pajumajan Island, S. 2° W., 2 miles (5° 22' 55" N., 120° 15' 

 45" E.), Sulu Archipelago, Tawi Tawi Group. In 34 fathoms. February 18, 

 1908. Length 40 mm. 



(D. 5442). San Fernando Point Light, N. 39° E., 8.4 miles (16° 30' 36" N., 120° 

 11' 06"), west coast of Luzon. In 45 fathoms. May 11, 1909. Length 45 

 to 52 mm. 29 examples. 



(D. 5448). San Miguel Point, N. 23° E., 1.5 miles (13° 23' 10" N., 123° 45' 19" 

 E.), east coast of Luzon. In 47 fathoms. Length 47 to 63 mm. 6 examples. 



(D. 5146). Sulade Island. N. 18° W., 3.40 miles (5° 46' 40" N., 120° 48' 50" E.), 

 Sulu Archipelago, vicinity of Siasi. In 24 fathoms. February 16, 1908. 

 Length 38 mm. 



One example. Surigao, Mindanao. May 8, 1908. Length 62 mm. 



