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5546. Rasa Island, eastern Palawan. April 1, 1909. Length 163 mm. 

 11893. San Miguel Harbor, Ticao. April 21, 1908. Length 95 mm. (85). 

 21878. Singaan Island, between Jolo and Tawi Tawi. September 21, 1909. 



Length 107 mm. 

 7344. Tara Island, Mindoro Strait. December 14, 1908. Length 213 mm. 

 6841. Tataan, Simulac Island. February 19, 1908. Length 190 mm. (150). 

 10398, 10449, 18753. Tilig, Lubang Island. July 14, 1908. Length 125 to 



168 mm. 

 7663. Ulugan Bay, Palawan. December 28, 1908. Length 242 mm. 

 7693, 14516. Ulugan Bay. December 29, 1908. Length 146 to 256 mm. 

 6633. Varadero Bay, Mindoro. July 23, 1908. Length 256 mm. 

 7148, 7149. West coast Palaui Island. November 18, 1908. Length 256 to 



260 mm. 

 16429. Danawan Island, vicinity Darvel Bay, Borneo. September 27, 1909. 



Length 137 mm. 

 13424. Buka Buka Island, Gulf of Tomini, Celebes. November 20, 1909. 



Length 123 mm. (2059). 

 A858. Limbe Strait, Celebes. November 9, 1909. Length 260 mm. 

 22860. Togian Island, Celebes. November 19, 1909. Length 146 mm. 

 A1133. Kayoa Island. November 29, 1909. Length 254 mm. 



CEPHALOPHOLIS ARGUS Schneider 



Cephalopholis argus Schneider, Syst. Ichth. Bloch, 1801, p. 311, pi. 61. East 

 Indies.— Jordan and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 25, 1905 (1906), p. 

 258 (Pago Pago, Samoa). — Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 

 1907, p. 252 (Thornton Island; Samoa). — Jordan and Richardson, Bull. 

 Bur. Fisher., vol. 27, 1907 (190S), p. 256 (Cagayancillo).— Fowler, Bishop 

 Mus. Bull., No. 22, 1925, p. 33 (Samoa). —Fowler and Ball, Bishop Mus. 

 Bull., No. 26, 1925, p. 14 (Wake Island).— Fowler, Bishop Mus. Bull., 

 No. 38, 1927, p. 13 (Palmyra, Jarvis and Tongareva Islands); Mem. 

 Bishop Mus., vol. 10, 1928, p. 174, pi. 14, fig. C (Mangareva, Shortland 

 Island, Tubuai, Tahiti, Nukuhiva, Rarotonga, Palmyra, Wake Island, 

 Tahiti, Fanning Islands, Jaluit, Funafuti, Taritari, Rangiroa, Apia, Apiang, 

 Society Islands, Ascension Island, Ebon Island, Ponape, Thornton Island). 



Serranus argus Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 2, 1827, p. 360 (on drawings 

 by Vlaming). — Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 115 (East 

 Indies). — Peters, Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1865, p. 113 (type).— 

 Meyer, Anal. Soc. Espafi. Hist. Nat., Madrid, vol. 14, 1885, p. 8 (north 

 Celebes). 



Serranus guttatus var. argus Gunther, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, vol. 1, pt. 1,' 

 1873, p. 5, pi. 4, figs. A-B. 



E iiinephelus argus Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 7, 1873-76, 

 p. 43 (Sumatra, Batu, Nias, Singapore, Java, Borneo, Celebes, Sangir, 

 Timor, Ternate, Buru, Ceram, Amboina, Goram, New Guinea); vol. 8, 

 1876-77, pi. (64) 342, fig. 3.— Jatzow and Lenz, Abh. Senckenberg. 

 Naturf. Ges., vol. 21, 1889, p. 498 (Zanzibar).— Sauvage, Hist. Nat. 

 Madagascar, Poiss., 1891, p. 54. — Boulenger, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 

 1, 1895, p. 189 (Zanzibar, Seychelles, Mauritius, Ceylon, Andamans, Bor- 

 neo, Ceram, Duke of York Island, Savay, Samoa). — Regan, Journ. Bom- 

 bay Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. 16, No. 2, 1905, p. 329 (Persian Gulf); Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. London, vol. 12, ser. 2, 1907, p. 222 (Maldives).— Weber, 

 Siboga Exp., vol. 57, Fische, 1913, p. 200 (Makassar). — Barnard, Ann. 

 South Afric. Mus., vol. 21, 1927, p. 473 (Mozambique coast). 



