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Iris grayish. Fins all pale brown, some examples with soft dorsal 

 becoming dark dusky brown at terminal hind point. Ventral pale, 

 with broad outer or anterior darker band. 



Red Sea, Mozambique, Amboina, Philippines. Alcoholic speci- 

 mens usually with the pale oblique band from the lower eye edge 

 down and out on the pectoral base. 



Possibly Anthias (Pseudanthias) gibbosus may be a young stage, as 

 suggested by Boulenger, for it is described from an example but 74 

 mm. long. Klunzinger gives the color as reddish, with nearly hori- 

 zontal or little inclined clear streak from the hind lower eye edge to 

 the middle of the pectoral base. He also mentions that one example 

 has a clear yellowish band from the opercular spine sloping behind 

 to the caudal fin. The Japanese nominal forms described by Franz > 

 Jordan, Thompson, and Tanaka, all seem to us to be variants of the 

 present species. 



Figure 27.— Anthias squamipinnis (Peters), young 



290, 289, 15309. Busin Harbor, Burias Island. March 8, 1909. Length 104 to 



112 mm. 

 6066. Cagayan Island, Cagayanes Islands, Jolo Sea. March 31, 1909. Length 



92 to 102 mm. 10 examples. 

 15043. Calangaman Island, between Leyte and Cebu. March 16, 1909. Length 



94 mm. 

 22152, 22153. Canmahala Bay, Ragay Gulf, Luzon. March 11, 1909. Length 



71 to 73 mm. 

 One example. Caracaran, Batan Island, east coast Luzon. June 8, 1909. 



Length 89 mm. 

 Twenty-one examples. Galera Bay, Mindoro. June 9, 1908. Length 68 to 



97 mm. 

 9918, 22935, 22936. Inamucan Bay, Mindanao. August 9, 1909. Length 78 



to 103 mm. 

 Seven examples. Ligpo Point, Balayan Island, Luzon. January 18, 1908. 



Length 62 to 90 mm. Four smaller quite dark or swarthy. Also each caudal 



lobe with broad pale band longitudinally 

 20028. Malapascua Island, between Leyte and Cebu. March 16, 1909. Length 



78 mm. 

 One example. Mantacao Island, west coast Bohol. April 8, 1908. Length 



64 mm. 



