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Brown, little paler on sides below opercle, breast and belly. Six 

 oblique diffuse dusky lines to spinous dorsal, all parallel; from last 

 line 12 oblique parallel lines slope towards anal. Broad black band 

 from predorsal to eye, wider below on cheek and extends over lower 

 surface of head. Upper edge of soft dorsal black, and black band 

 from front of fin medianly extends obliquely over base of fin poste- 

 riorly, then down over front of caudal peduncle to middle of pos- 

 terior anal rays. Anal edge narrowly white, with submarginal black 

 line. Caudal with hind edge narrowly white, with narrow submar- 

 ginal black band; medially black band, broad, narrowing above 

 and below. In young, submarginal black band appears only as 

 median dark line close behind broad dark median band. Paired fins 

 pale brown. 



Red Sea, Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion, India, Ceylon, Nicobars, 

 Andamans, East Indies, China, Queensland, Melanesia, Polynesia. 

 Though showing slight structural variations the color pattern is very 

 uniform in our materials. A very young example shows the caudal 

 uniformly pale. In 2 examples (226 and 554) the dark lines are 

 interrupted and variably irregular on the right and left sides respec- 

 tively though the opposite side of each is of the normal pattern. 



786. Agojo Point, Catauduanes Island. June 10, 1909. Length 128 mm. 



1, 2, 1318. Alibijabau Island. March 6, 1909. Length 126 to 137 imn. 



577, 950, 951. Alimango Bay. March 5, 1909. Length 98 to 123 mm. 



619. Bugsuk Island. January 5, 1909. Length 43 mm. 



9659, 9660. Cagayan, Sulu Island. January 8, 1909. Length 125 to 133 mm. 



266. Cagayanes Island. March 31, 1909. Length 118 mm. 



1326. Calangaman Island. March 16, 1909. Length 156 mm. 



1121, 1123. Near Daet, Canimo Island. June 15, 1909. Length 150 to 158 mm. 



1027, 1225, 12096. Capunuypugan Point, Mindanao. May 10, 1908. Length 



106 to 120 mm. 

 1204 to 1205. Capulaan Bay, Pagbilao Island. February 24, 1909. Length 



130 to 132 mm. 

 715. Caracaran, Batan Island. June 8, 1909. Length 127 mm. 

 601. Casogoran, Malhon Island. July 27, 1909. Length 130 mm. 

 4S18. Cebu market. April 4, 1908. Length 111 mm. 

 912, 913. Endeavor Strait, Chase Island. December 22, 1908. Length 145 to 



148 mm. 

 327 and 328, 1294. 1295. Endeavor Strait. December 23, 1908. Length 122 



to 147 mm. 

 226. Endeavor Strait. December 24, 1908. Length 161 mm. 

 4872. Galera Bay, Mindoro. June 9, 1908. Length 112 mm. 

 554, A 1209. Gomomo Island. December 3, 1909. Length 130 to 137 mm. 

 4615 to 4617. Grande Island reef, Subig Bay. January 8, 1908. Length 130 



to 134 mm. 

 776, 777. Jolo. March 6, 1908. Length 73 to 107 mm. 

 888 to 891. Jolo. March 7, 1908. Length 80 to 122 mm. 

 4836. Jolo market. February 11, 1908. Length 155 mm, 

 10365. Tilig, Lubang Island. July 14, 1908. Length 105 mm. 

 10373. Tilig July 15, 1908. Length 117 mm. 

 1063. Ligpo Point. January 1, 1908. Length 140 mm. 



