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spinous dorsal, medial curves back over soft dorsal and down at front 

 of caudal peduncle, where wider and forms blackish band over latter. 

 Martjins of dorsals and anals blackish brown, with narrow pale sub- 

 marginal line. Caudal with submarginal blackish-brown band trans- 

 versely; also medial diffuse dark brown band. Each row of body scales 

 with broad median brown band, follows obliquely over sides. 



Red Sea, Zanzibar, Mauritius, Bourbon, Andamans, East Indies, 

 Melanesia, Polynesia, Hawaii. The species is very variable with age, 

 the young having a large black ocellus on the soft dorsal and another 

 on the caudal peduncle. 



8170. Alibijaban Island, Ragay Gulf. March 6, 1909. Length 167 mm. 

 8115, 19271. Alimango Bay, Burias Island. March 5, 1909. Length 158 to 



171 mm. 



8350. Buang Bay, Talajit Island. March 15, 1909. Length 180 mm. 



1030. Capunuypugan Point. May 10, 1908. Length 140 mm. 



7519. Chase Head, Endeavor Strait. December 22, 1908. Length 185 mm. 



1293. Endeavor Strait. December 23, 1908. Length 125 mm. 



8242. Galvaney Island, Ragay Gulf, Luzon. March 9, 1909. Length 185 mm. 



6414, 6415. Mactan Cove, Mactan Island. April 6, 1908. Length 155 to 



172 mm. 



8843. Maculabo Island. June 14, 1909. Length 195 mm. 



6185, 6186. Mansalay, Mindoro. June 4, 1908. Length 160 to 165 mm. 



1035. Masamat, Quinalasag. June 12, 1909. Length 120 mm. 



6276. Medio Island, Galera Bay, Mindoro. June 9, 1908. Length 155 mm. 



4863. Nasugbu Bay. January 16, 1908. Length 175 mm. 



8878, 8879. Near Palag Bay, Luzon. June 16, 1908. Length 188 to 190 mm. 



3904, Pagapas Bay, Luzon. February 20, 1909. Length 80 mm. 



12. Pandanon Island. March 23, 1909. Length 115 mm. 



A586. Panpan Point, Tara Island. September 20, 1909. Length 195 mm. 



6381. Port Jamelo. July 13, 1908. Length 180 mm. 



7323. Sablayan Bay, Mindoro. December 12, 1908. Length 169 mm. 



679 to 683. Sablayan. December 13, 1908. Length 49 to 90 mm. 



One example. Silino Island. August 10, 1909. Length 29 mm. 



5728. Surigao, Mindanao. May 8, 1908. Length 184 mm. 



207. Tagaiiak Island. January 7, 1909. Le gth 143 mm. 



7372. Tara Island. December 15, 1908. Length 165 mm. 



1005. Tataan, Simaluc Island. February 20, 1908. Length 130 mm. 



5834, 6835. Tataibada Point. May 15, 1908. Length 165 to 166 mm. 



532, 395. Usada Island. March 5, 1908. Length 138 mm. 



0852. Varadero Bay, Mindoro. July 23, 1908. Length 184 mm. 



A859. Limbe Strait, Celebes. November 9, 1909. Length 198 mm. 



A991. Togian Bay, Togian Island. November 19, 1909. Length 185 mm. 



4445, 4691. Apra'Bay, Guam. November 19-20, 1907. Length 128 to 154 mm. 



11277 U.S.N. M. Akune, Satsuma, Japan. Albatross collection, 1906. Length 



63 to 78 mm. Two examples. 

 43930 U.S.N.M. Mauritius. Colonel Nicholas Pike. Length 90 to 148 mm. 



Four examples. 

 52299 U.S.N.M. Apia, Samoa. Bureau of Fisheries. Length 133 to 180 mm. 



Four examples. 

 One example (with 52497 U.S.N.M.). Apia. Bureau of Fisheries, 1902. Length 



26 mm. 



