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and purplish iridescence above anal. Black stripe across snout from front of 

 eyes. Orange brown bar under hind limb or preopercle and across hinder edge 

 of opercle. Throat and ventral surface more or less orange brown. Black bar 

 from second dorsal obliquely forward to belly. Fins pink. Small black blotch 

 at caudal base. 



Two examples. Puerta Princesa Island, eastern Palawan. April 5, 1909. 

 Length 50 to 53 mm. 



17490. Refugio Island, Pasacao, Luzon. March 9, 1909. Length 51 mm. 



23659 to 23673. Rapurapu Island. January 22, 1909 (23671 with buccal eggs). 

 Length 39 to 6S mm. 35 examples. 



Eleven examples. Romblon Harbor. March 25, 1909. Length 47 to 56 mm. 



Four examples. Romblon Harbor. March 26, 1909. Length 57 or 58 mm. 



Four examples. Rasa Island, Mantaquin Bay, Palawan. April 1,1909. Length 

 32 to 43 mm. 



8068. Sacol Island, east of Zamboanga. September 9, 1909. Length 57 mm. 



Eleven examples. Sangley Point, Cavite, Luzon. March 23, 1908. Length 50 

 to 54 mm. 



8292 to 8295. San Miguel Island, Tabaco Bay. June 4, 1909. Length 52 to 

 59 mm. 



23802. Santa Cruz Island, Marinduque. April 24, 1908. Length 50 to 56 mm. 



Twelve examples. Tataan, Simaluc Island. February 19, 1908. Length 58 

 to 64 mm. (158). Pearly gray. Broad black bar from soft dorsal across 

 to vent, broken by numerous light nuclei. Two narrow orange brown bars 

 across back of head, one near hinder opercle edge and one near hinder preo- 

 percle edge. Breast colored similarly to black area of sides. Branchiostegal 

 margin orange brown. Dark umber brown stripe before eye across snout to 

 opposite eye. Lower jaw tip dusky. Spinous dorsal pale dusky orange. 

 Soft dorsal with pinkish shades, blackish at base. Caudal pink, narrowly 

 tipped with black. Small black spot on caudal peduncle at base. Anal pink. 

 Ventral light reddish brown, base marked by bar of same color. 



24082. Tataan Island, Tawi Tawi Group. February 21, 1908. 11 examples. 

 Length 54 to 68 mm. 



Twenty-one examples. Tutu Bay, Jolo Island, first anchorage. September 19, 

 1909. Length 56 to 66 mm. 



Twenty-eight examples. Ulugan Bay, Palawan Island. December 28, 1908. 

 Length 40 to 52 mm. 



One example. Ulugan Bay, near Rita Island. December 29, 1908. Length 

 48 mm. 



23794, 23795. Bumbum Island, vicinity Darvel Bay, Borneo. September 25, 

 1909. Length 48 to 56 mm. 6 examples. 



15869. Danawan and Si Amil Islands, vicinity Darvel Bay, Borneo. September 

 26, 1909. Length 48 to 67 mm. 



13297, 23803, 24051. Gomomo Island, Pitt Passage. December 3, 1909. 

 Length 38 to 59 mm. 11 examples. 



23590 to 23592. Tifu Bay, Bouro Island. December 10, 1909. 9 examples. 

 Length 60 to 66 mm. 



23857, 23858. Togian Bay, Togian Island, Gulf of Tomini, Celebes. November 

 19, 1909. 3 examples. Length 38 to 58 mm. 



23937, 24063 to 24065. Talisse Island, north of Celebes. November 9, 1909. 

 Length 57 to 67 mm. 



Twentjr examples. Gane Road, Gillolo Island. December 1, 1909. Length 

 59 to 68 mm. 



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