FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 283 



Red Sea, Arabia, Zanzibar, Mozambique, Madagascar, Seychelles, 

 India, East Indies, Philippines, Riu Kiu, Japan, Micronesia, Poly- 

 nesia. Reaches 330 mm. according to Boulenger. Besides the dark 

 streak in the maxillary groove the body is marked with multitudi- 

 nous small, crowded, whitish spots or dots. 



8137. Alibijaban Island, Ragay Gulf, Luzon. March 6, 1909. Length 250 mm. 

 17755. Balikias Bay, Lubang Island. July 17, 1908. Length 180 mm. 

 8869. Buang Bay, Talajit Island. March 15, 1909. Length 176 mm. 

 18726. Butauanan Island, east coast Luzon. June 13, 1909. Length 150 mm. 

 58S6. Calangaman Island, between Leyte and Cebu. March 16, 1909. Length 



226 mm. 

 15055, 15273. Canmahala Bay, Ragay Gulf, Luzon. March 11, 1909. Length 



193 to 210 mm. 

 8029. Capulaan Bay, Pagbilao, Chica Island, vicinity Marinduque. February 



24, 1909. Length 251 mm. 

 9330. Catbalogan, Samar. April 15, 1908. Length 83 mm. (539). 

 One example. Cebu market. March 22, 1909. Length 55 mm. 

 5370. Cebu market. April 5, 1908. Length 220 mm. 



11340, 11341. Cebu market. April 4, 1908. Length 120 to 136 mm. (501, 500). 

 Two examples. Cebu market. August 26, 1909. Length 49 to 59 mm. 

 9254, 9255. Endeavor Strait, Palawan. December 22, 1908. Length 215 to 



225 mm. 

 16638. Galera Bay, Mindoro. June 9, 1908. Length 226 mm. 

 6813, 738S, 9106, 9108. Gigoso Point, Quinapundan Bay, Samar Island. July 



28, 1909. Length 150 to 265 mm. 

 5167. Jolo market. March 6, 1908. Length 265 mm. 



22055, 22056. Langao Point, Luzon. June 24, 1909. Length 65 to 84 mm. 

 16002. Mactan Cove, Mactan Island, off northern Cebu. April 6, 1908. Length 



89 mm. 

 11239. Mactan Island, Cebu. March 25, 1909. Length 175 mm. 

 One example. Mactan Island. August 31, 1909. Length 71 mm. 

 7233. Masinloc Bay, Zambales, off western Luzon. November 22, 1908. 



Length 295 mm. 

 6245, 6264, 6265. Medio Island, Galera Bay, Mindoro. June 9, 1908. Length 



250 to 300 mm. 

 (17632). Mompog Island, Anabayas Islands. March 3, 1909. Length 205 mm. 

 17280. Nabatas Point, Samar Island. July 24, 1909. Length 167 mm. 

 8875. Near Palag Bay, Luzon. June 16, 1909. Length 280 mm. 

 21567, 21568. Northwest Verde Island. July 22, 1908. Length 93 to 115 mm. 

 One example. Oyster Inlet, Ulugan Bay. December 28, 1908. Length 92 mm. 

 7979,12467. Pagapas Bay, Luzon. February 20, 1909. Length 188 to 303 mm. 

 One example. Philippines. Length 200 mm. (107). 

 5902. Polloc, Mindanao Island. May 22, 1908. Length 225 mm. Brown, 



abundantly spotted above and on verticals pale. Spots fusing on lower side 



into irregular stripes. Lower head and breast without spots, paler than 



upper parts. Margin of soft vertical fins almost white, nearly black sub- 

 marginally. 

 6554, 6574, 10482, 21145. Port Maricaban, southern Luzon. July 21, 1908. 



Length 91 to 272 mm. 

 13373. Port Matalvi, Luzon. November 23, 1908. Length 188 mm. 

 18629. Saboon Island, Ragay Gulf, Luzon. March 10, 1909. Length 182 mm. 

 5687. Santa Cruz, Marinduque. April 24, 1908. Length 269 mm. 



