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Light or pale brown generally, sides and below little paler and 

 silvery reflections on side of head and abdomen. Blackish brown 

 band, narrower than pupil, from snout tip to eye. Cheek and some- 

 times opercle or edge of gill opening with obscure dusky dots. 

 Broad blackish brown body band transversely and inclined little 

 forward from all or greater part of soft dorsal base to postventral 

 region, often reflected on dorsal and sometimes variously invading 

 front of anal. Small blackish median basal caudal spot, less than 

 half of eye. Iris silvery white. 



East Indies, Philippines. A very handsome small species and very 

 strongly contrasted in color pattern. This shows but little variation, 

 though in preserved examples is often quite pale. Specimens from 

 Manila Bay and vicinity and some from Mantaquin Bay, Palawan, 

 lack the cross bands in alcohol and have the caudal spot very small. 

 They also have a slightly smaller eye and slenderer caudal peduncle. 



23801. Below mouth of Mindanao River, Cotabato, Mindanao. May 20, 1908. 



3 examples. Length 45 to 55 mm. 

 Twelve examples. Biri Channel, southern Biri Island. June 2, 1909. Length 



52 to 60 mm. 

 Two hundred and eight examples. Bolalo Bay, Palawan Island. December 21, 



1908. Length 28 to 51 mm. 



292, 293, 294, 7090. Busin Harbor, Burias Island. March 8, 1909. 15 exam- 

 ples. Length 51 to 61 mm. 



14252. Candaraman Island, Balabac. January 4, 1909. Length 58 mm. 



One example. Canmahala Bay, Luzon. March 11, 1909. Length 58 mm. 



Twenty-one examples. Endeavor Strait, north-west coast of Palawan. Decem- 

 ber 22, 1908. Length 50 to 58 mm. 



24072, 24073. Endeavor Strait. December 23, 1908. 3 examples. Length 

 49 to 56 mm. 



14110. Endeavor Strait. December 24, 1908. Length 48 mm. 



Eight examples. Isabel Channel, Basilan Island. September 11, 1909. Length 

 52 to 58 mm. 



(D. 5360). Limbones Cove, Manila Bay, Luzon. February 8, 1909. Length 

 47 mm. 



15802, 15803, 15804, 23392, 23784, 23791. Makesi Island, Palawan. April 5, 



1909. Length 55 to 60 mm. 



One example. Manila Harbor. January 1, 1908. Length 48 mm. 

 Thirty-two examples. Mantacao Island west of Bohol Island. April 8, 1908. 



Length 28 to 59 mm. 

 Twelve examples. Mantaquin Bay, Palawan Island. April 2, 1909. Length 



40 to 46 mm. 

 One example. Oyster Inlet, Ulugan Bay, Palawan Island. December 28, 1908. 



Length 47 mm. 

 19956. Port Galera, Mindoro. October 27, 1909. Length 57 mm. 

 Forty-nine examples. Port Matalvi, Luzon. November 23, 1908. Length 44 



to 58 mm. 

 23787, 23788, 23792, 23793. Port Palapag, east coast of Luzon. June 3, 1909. 



Length 57 to 63 mm. 

 Thirty-three examples. Port Uson, west of Pinas Island. December 17, 1908. 



Length 50 to 59 mm. (924). Translucent silvery gray, slightly dusky above 



