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Ana] largely brown, edge narrovvly whitish and longitudinal black 

 subbasal band, expanded little at last rays, bordered all around with 

 yellow^ hne. Caudal with black transverse band, hind edge broadly 

 grayish, then submarginal yellow narrow band next to black band; 

 basally fin brown, then buff band next to median black band. 

 Paired fins uniform pale brown. Young examples lack black line 

 touching hind eye edge, have muzzle pale, dark basal band of soft 

 dorsal crossing caudal peduncle broadly though leaving white spot 

 posteriorly above, anal with pale longitudinal subbasal line and 2 

 dark parallel bands, one median and other submarginal on fin. 



Red Sea, Zanzibar, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, India, East 

 Indies, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, Hawaii. A very abundant 

 species in tropical coral reefs and with constant color pattern, the 

 changes with age slight. 



1319 and 1320. Alibijaban Island. March 6, 1909. Length 110 to 115 mm. 



1270, 1271, 1282, 1283, 1284, 1285, 15692. AUmangoBay, Burias Island. March 5, 

 1909. Length 75 to 116 mm. 



624. Bagacay Bay, Escarpada Island. March 13, 1909. Length 117 mm. 



919. Balikias Island, Lubang. July 17, 1908. Length 95 mm. 



1053,4713,4714,9670. Bolalo Bay, Palawan. December 21, 1908. Length 77 to 

 114 mm. 



754. Buang Bay, Talajit Island. March 15, 1909. Length 120 mm. 



4856. Bubuan Island, Jolo. February 14, 1908. Length 30 mm. 



817, 864. Basin Harbor, Burias Island. April 23, 1908. Length 65 to 94 mm. 



1240 to 1242, 1244. Candaraman Island. January 4, 1909. Length 71 to 98 mm. 



1029 and 1226. Capunuypugan Point. May 10, 1908. Length 95 to 110 mm. 



11856. Caracaran, Batan Island. June 8, 1909. Length 89 mm. 



507. Casogoran, Malhon Island. July 27, 1909. Length 66 mm. 



658. Canmahala Bay. March 11, 1909. Length 110 mm. 



254. Caxisigan near Balabac Island. December 29, 1909. Length 108 mm. 

 [1010]. Blackish stripes on side more slaty and reds of dorsal and anal over- 

 shaded with dusky. Body stripes 7 or 8 carried into scaly portion of spinous 

 dorsal. Yellow bar crosses front of cheek and ends about even with middle 

 of eye; yellowish margin of ocular above eye a separate coloration. Yellow 

 bar at anal base sulphur. 



770. Cebu market. March 19, 1909. Length 112 mm. 



349. Endeavor Strait. December 22, 1908. Length 78 mm. 



155 to 158. Endeavor Strait. December 23, 1908. Length 105 to 116 mm. 



1219, 1220, 4873. Galera Bay, Mindoro. June 9, 1908. Length 101 to 108 mm. 



4610 and 4611. Grande Island reef, Subig Bay. January 8, 1908. Length 117 

 to 118 mm. 



519. Gubat, Luzon. June 23, 1909. Length 78 mm. 



1202. Hinunangan, Cabugan Island. July 30, 1909. Length 115 mm. 



800. Langao Point, Luzon. June 24, 1909. Length 90 mm. 



1087 to 1090. Limbones Cove, Luzon. January 4, 1908. Length 117 to 127 mm. 



337 to 339. Limbones Cove. February 8, 1909. Length 71 to 115 mm. 



524 and 7969. Little Santa Cruz Island. May 26, 1908. Length 110 mm. 



1111, 1112, 4879 to 4881. Little Santa Cruz Island. May 28, 1908. Length 76 

 to 106 mm. 



643. Lode Bay, Destacado Island. March 13, 1909. Length 107 mm. 



1130. Mactan Cove. April 6, 1908. Length 103 mm. 



3591. Mactan Island, Cebu. March 25, 1909. Length 110 mm. 



