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and crown; maxillary naked. Scales with 7 basal radiating striae; 

 3G to 48 apical denticles, in 3 or 4 transverse series; circuli fine. 



D. IX, 16, i, third spine 2% to 3% in total head length, twelfth 

 ray 2}4 to 2%; A. Ill, 8, i (once III, 6, i), second spine 2% to 33^, 

 fourth ray 2 to 2%; caudal XYi to 1%, rounded; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 2% to 2 5 / 6 ; pectoral \y 2 to \%; ventral 1% to 2. 



Dark brown, lower parts scarcely paler and fins blackish. Sides 

 with many narrow blue longitudinal stripes extending out on fins and 

 over head. Inside gill opening and mouth tinted with orange. 

 Groove of maxillary pale. 



Southern Arabia, Zanzibar, Mauritius, Reunion, India, East Indies, 

 Philippines, China, Japan, Formosa, northwest Australia, Queens- 

 land. A very handsome and variable species, easily known by the 

 numerous blue longitudinal lines or narrow bands. 



Figure. 10— Cephalopholis boenack (Bloch), variation 



22786, 22788. Busin Harbor, Burias Island. March 8, 1909. Length 81 to 



197 mm. 

 14540. Butauanan Island, east coast Luzon. June 3, 1909. Length 100 mm. 

 22050, 22285. Butauanan Island. June 13, 1909. Length 67 to 88 mm. 

 12368. Candaraman Island, Balabac. June 14, 1909. Length 113 mm. 

 10971, 10972, 15050, 15052 to 15054, 17074, 17479. Canmahala Bay, Ragay Gulf, 



Luzon. March 11, 1909. Length 124 to 182 mm. (1316). 

 12727, 12728. Capulaan Bay, Pagbilao, Chica Island, vicinity Marinduque 



Island. February 24, 1909. Length 157 to 182 mm. 

 5503, 8258, 15881 to 15885. Catbalogan, Samar Island. April 14, 1908. Length 



88 to 105 mm. 

 9326, 8575, 8576, 9322 to 9329, 13005, 13006. Catbalogan. April 15, 1908. 



Length 80 to 177 mm. 



