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yellow narrower than above, ending at edge of cheek or obscurely running 

 across interopercle, probably dusky in life. Two narrow interocular bars 

 orange and stripe of same along forehead to eye on either side some distance 

 before ocular bar; broader stripe through nostrils with dash on premaxiUary 

 below its end. Opercular flap orange. Sides of body crossed obliquely by 

 upward curved bars, first 4 not including few spots along upper edge of 

 ocular bar on shoulder formed of round orange dots, 1 on each scale and }/i 

 or less of pupil diameter; below angle of giU opening stripes pale purplish, 

 3 with origin above pectoral base, 2 behind base, 5 between pectoral and anal 

 bases and 1 behind anal; stripes broken above and posteriorly into round 

 dots of same color, 1 on each scale, but not quite regular and 3^ to H of 

 pupil diameter. Broad yellow stripe medially on ventral surface, begins 

 shortly behind ventrals and merges with color of anal fin. Dorsal base with 

 black bar, rather obscured by general yellow color anteriorly on spinous por- 

 tion, becomes distinct posteriorly extending downward into scaled portion of 

 body,- crosses caudal peduncle and extends along about ^ posterior anal base; 

 within an orange bar, more narrow; spines above scaled region cadmium orange^ 

 incised portions of membranes yellow; from fifth or sixth spine upper scaled 

 part cadmium orange, color expanding broadly on soft fin to include all except 

 narrow yellow edge, continuation of spinous membrane color which rests on 

 gray and black line, latter not extending down all of vertical edge. Anal like 

 dorsal but basal half of soft fin posteriorly yellow instead of orange. Caudal 

 peduncle yellow behind dusky, base of caudal orange, terminal part of fin 

 dusky hyaline with very narrow j^ellow tip in fork and yellow crescent extend- 

 ing down from tip of each lobe through outer portion of orange. Pectoral 

 dusky hyaline. Ventral pale orange on lower surface, white above, spine 

 orange. 



727, 937, 938. Cebu market. April 5, 1908. Length 114 to 134 mm. 



451. Doc Can Island. January 7, 1910. Length 153 mm. [2183]. 



366, 367. Malapascua Island. March 16, 1909. Length 120 to 145 mm. [1368]. 



4724. Pilas Island. September 12, 1909. Length 123 mm. 



19552. Singaan Island. September 21, 1909. Length 107 mm. 



65944 U.S.N. M. Bulan, Philippines. Bureau of Fisheries. Length 125 mm. 

 [4342]. 



CHAETODON OCELLICAUDA Cuvier 



Chaetodon ocellicaudus Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 7, 1831, p. 69. No 

 locality (Voyage de Peron). — Kaup, Arch. Naturg., vol. 26, abth. 1, 1860, 

 p. 150. 



Chaetodon ocellicauda Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 2, 1860, p. 29 

 (Indian Ocean). — Playfair, Fishes of Zanzibar, 1865, p. 35 (Zanzibar). — 

 Martens, Preuss. Exp. Ost-Asien, 1876, p. 388 (Amboina). — Schmeltz, 

 Mus. Godeflroy Cat., vol. 6, 1877, p. 13 (Red Sea). — Meyer, An. Soc. 

 Espafiola, Hist. Nat. Madrid, vol. 14, 1885, p. 17 (Siao, Sangi; Ternate). — 

 Elera, Cat. Fauna Filipin., vol. 1, 1895, p. 486 (Luzon, Cavite). — 

 Ahl, Arch. Naturg., vol. 89, abth. A, Heft 5, 1923, p. 131 (Matupi? 

 Ralum, Amboina, New Guinea). 



Body with darker strealis, descending obliquely forward. Ocular 

 band much narrower than eye, reaches from dorsal origin till across 

 chest. Large black, white edged spot on each side of tail, occupying 

 its whole length. Dorsal and anal with whitish edge. Caudal with 

 narrow blackish streak across middle. Ventral white. (Gunther.) 



