FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 79 



eye, merges with other under space between dorsals; dorsal stripe median sur- 

 rounding fin; two median bright stripes connected by 8 narrow transverse 

 bars, sometimes reducing silvery interspaces to circular spots. Spinous dorsal 

 yellowish, second membrane orange; second dorsal, anal and caudal pink; 

 paired fins pink, pectorals paler. 



One example. Port Jamelo, Luzon Island. July 13, 1908. Length 44 mm. 

 (679). Yellowish olive above, pale below. Broad dark stripe through eye 

 from snout tip to caudal; another parallel from tip of mandible and connected 

 through middle of side by eight cross bars with upper dark stripe, inclosing 

 rounded, oblong, silvery spaces. Branch from opercle across pectoral base 

 along abdominal region, below anal base uniting as median line under caudal 

 peduncle. Two narrow stripes on upper side and like most of others tinted 

 with reddish bronze. Narrow black line on back below dorsal. Vertical and 

 paired fins reddish. Second dorsal spine yellow, membrane crimson dotted 

 with black. 



Four examples. Reef opposite Cebu. April 7, 1908. Length 20 to 24 mm. 

 (510). Stripes dull vermilion, interspaces pearly. Tip of lower jaw black. 

 Fins slightly reddish. Tip of first dorsal somewhat dusky. 



Eight examples. Saboon Island, Ragay Bay, Ragay Gulf, Luzon. March 10, 

 1909. Length 26 to 30 mm. (1293). Back olivaceous, sides gray. Lower 

 head and breast white, latter with reddish wash. Stripes on sides dusky 

 orange, brightest on head; first begins behind snout, passes above eye, follows 

 under lateral line to caudal base and joined by third stripe below, which 

 begins behind upper part of orbit and runs into first below front of second 

 dorsal; pair of short stripes on nuchal region, above first, become single across 

 forehead; pair of broad stripes, third and fourth in order, behind eye to 

 caudal; upper even with middle of eye and continuing forward as blackish 

 stripe across maxillary to mandible tip; branch from last carried in front of eye, 

 through front nostril, there joined behind pectoral base, by six or eight short 

 bars of similar color; reddish stripe behind ventral base, follows along below 

 anal, joins its fellow and continues along lower caudal edge. First dorsal 

 olivaceous, black spot at tip of soft membranes, base of second and all of 

 third reddish; second dorsal pink, more or less distinct reddish bar at base. 

 Anal similar. Caudal reddish. Paired fins reddish, ventrals tipped with 

 black. 



14754. San Januico Straits, Leyte. April 13, 190S. Length 40 mm. 



20627. Sirinao Island, Nakoda Bay, Palawan. December 30, 1908. Length 

 45 mm. 



Forty-nine examples. Tar a Island. December 15, 1908. Length 44 to 69 mm. 



Three examples. Tara Island. December 15, 1908. Length 24 or 25 mm. 

 (810). 



23621. Tataan Island. February 20, 1908. Length 40 mm. (242) . Stripe along 

 back amber yellow, contains line of purple spots from head to caudal and 

 thin silvery line which merges into broad band of silvery, which extends 

 from eye to caudal base. Below broad amber yellow band from snout to cau- 

 dal base. In thin band row of circular silvery spots, 9 from opercle to post- 

 anal and then continued as a solid line to caudal base. Below yellow band 

 another of silvery and median line of belly yellow. Under side of head and 

 throat white. Entire body and head golden orange. Lips blackish. Iris 

 black and gold. Side of jaws silvery. Purple line of back continued to 

 snout. Dorsals orange, membranes crimson, spinous dorsal with crimson 

 line at base, remainder pale yellow. Anal with crimson basal line, rest pink. 

 Caudal and pectoral hyaline. Ventral crimson. 



Twenty examples. Sandakan Bay, Borneo. March 2, 1908. Length 43 to 54 mm. 



