FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS HI 



D. VI-I, 9, I, third spine 2% to 2% in total head length, first ray 

 1% to 1%; A. II, 16, i, or 17, i, second spine 2% to 2%, first ray 

 1% to 2; caudal l^g to l}4, little emarginate behind; caudal peduncle 

 depth 2% to 2j4; pectoral 1}4 to 1%; ventral V/ s to 2. 



Brown, paler and much lighter on sides and below. Side of head 

 and body sprinkled with numerous deep brown dots, forming trans- 

 verse lines on trunk and tail. Lower side of head and abdomen with 

 pale lilac to violet and greenish reflections, with silvery tints. Iris 

 whitish, with some gray tints. Behind tip of opercle flap at humeral 

 region vertical dusky brown blotch little more than pupil. Also vari- 

 able diffuse dusky brown blotch at caudal base, never larger than 

 eye, sometimes absent. Fins all pale. 



East Indies, Philippines. 



One example. Batangas market, Verde Island. June 7, 1908. Length 81 mm. 

 17033. Bisucay Island, near Cuyo. April 9, 1909. Length 68 mm. (1518). 

 Two examples. Bolalo Bay, Palawan Island. February 21, 1908. Length 39 



to 56 mm. 

 23800. Bolalo Bay. December 21, 1908. Length 81 mm. 

 6112, 6113, 6116. Bolinao Bay, west coast of Luzon. May 10, 1909. 39 



examples. 

 15812, 15813, 15818, 23428, 23429, 23430. Butauanan Island, east coast of Luzon. 



June 13, 1909. Length 68 to 88 mm. 

 15496. Butauanan Island. June 15, 1909. Length 85 mm. 

 21048. Capunuypugan, Mindanao. May 9, 1908. Length 74 mm. 

 14846. Casogoran, Malhon Island. July 27, 1909. Length 66 mm. 

 8131. Dasol Bay, west coast of Luzon. May 9, 1909. Length 62 mm. 

 Thirty-four examples. Maagnas, Lagonoy Gulf, Luzon. June 17, 1909. Length 



40 to 61 mm. 



5750. Mahinog, Camiguin Island, between Leyte and Mindanao. August 3, 



1909. Length 86 mm. 

 Five examples. Port Ciego, Balabac. January 3, 1909. Length 54 to 80 mm. 

 One example. Puerta Princesa, Palawan. April 5, 1909. Length 42 mm. 

 23867. Rapurapu Island, east coast of Luzon. June 22, 1909. Length 45 mm. 

 11326. San Roque, Leyte. July 29, 1909. Length 61 to 73 mm. 24 examples. 

 Two examples. Tifu Bay, Bouro Island, Dutch East Indies. December 10, 



1909. Length 65 mm. 

 Four examples. Tomahu Island. December 12, 1909. Length 36 to 41 mm. 

 9686, 22367. Uki, Bouro Island. December 9, 1909. Length 60 to 78 mm. 



5 examples. 

 18707 and 13708. Cape Kait, Libani Bay, Celebes. December 29, 1909. Length 



71 to 74 mm. 

 23456. Limbe Strait, Celebes. November 10, 1909. Length 77 mm. 

 23547, 23548. Talisse Island, north of Celebes. November 9, 1909. Length 70 



to 71 mm. Bright yellow stripe across snout from eye to eye, washed across 



iris. Dash of black on cheek under eye about pupil width. Black blotch 



size of pupil at upper angle of gill opening. 

 23504. Una Una Road, Binang Unang, Gulf of Tomini, Celebes. November 17 



1909. Length 68 mm. 

 One example. Tana Keke Island, Flores Sea. December 21, 1909. Length 



41 mm. 



