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Body scales all with slightly darker brown borders, producing reticu- 

 late appearance. Black band from predorsal to eye and below, w^here 

 broader to gill opening but not across chest. Edges of soft dorsal 

 and anal white, with submarginal blackish band narrowly, only line 

 on anal; in young band on dorsal forms black blotch at postero- 

 median rays but little smaller than eye; also dark submarginal line 

 on anal absent. Caudal with hind edge narrowly gray, then sub- 

 marginal yellowish band, median black crescent and fin base light 

 brown; in young outer % of caudal gra3nsh, with median black cres- 

 cent subbasal. Paired fins dull brown. 



East Indies, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia. 



1321. Alibijaban Island. March 6, 1909. Length 133 mm. 



949, 1281. Alimango Bay. March 5, 1909. Length 90 to 132 mm. 



1237. Candaraman Island. January 4, 1909. Length 135 mm. 



1206, 1207. Capulaan Bay, Pagbilao. February 24, 1909. Length 128 mm. 



1025,1026,1028. Capunuypugan Point. May 10, 1908. Length 111 to 133 mm. 



714. Caracaran, Batan Island. June 8, 1909. Length 135 mm. 



725. Canmahala Bay. March 11, 1909. Length 142 mm. 



4819. Cebu market. April 4, 1908. Length 105 mm. 



1218, 1222, 4867. Galera Bay, Mindoro. June 9, 1908. Length 127 to 140 mm. 



359, 442. Galvaney Island, Luzon. March 9, 1909. Length 131 to 137 mm. 



4618. Grand Island reef, Subig Bay. January 8, 1908. Length 137 mm. 



1153. Hermana Mayor. March 8, 1909. Length 138 mm. 



1061, 1062. Ligpo Point. January 1, 1908. Length 136 to 140 mm. 



4696, 4699, 7972. Little Santa Cruz Island. May 26, 1908. Length 92 to 



142 mm. 

 1114, 4886. Little Santa Cruz Island. May 28, 1908. Length 133 to 145 mm. 

 1008, 4703, 4706, 4707. Mansalay, Mindoro. June 4, 1908. Length 110 to 



130 mm. 

 528. Mansalay. June 9, 1908. Length 130 mm. 



3631. Maribojoc Bay, Bohol Island. March 26, 1909. Length 105 mm. 

 1015. Maricaban Island. January 20, 1908. Length 138 mm. 

 1076. Masbate Reef, Masbate Island. April 20, 1908. Length 120 mm. 

 823, 3598. Mompog Island. March 3, 1909. Length 127 to 138 mm. 

 391, 392. Near Palag Bay, Luzon Island. June 16, 1909. Length 115 to 



121 mm. 

 362, 363, 1265 to 1268. Pagapas Bay. February 20, 1909. Length 90 to 



137 mm. 

 17660. Pandanon Island. March 23, 1909. Length 42 mm. 

 3878. Pandanon Island. March 24, 1909. Length 55 mm. 

 10391. Port Janielo, Luzon. July 13, 1908. Length 142 mm. 

 968. Port Maricaban. July 21, 1908. Length 140 mm. 

 984. Port Matalvi. November 23, 1908. Length 120 mm. 

 933. Pujada Bay. May 15, 1908. Length 100 mm. 

 758 to 761. San Miguel Harbor, Ticao Island. April 21, 1908. Length 122 



to 128 mm. 

 379. Tara Island. December 14, 1908. Length 130 mm. 

 1160 [162]. Tataan, Simaluc Island. February 19, 1908. Length 130 mm. 



Center of each scale bright sulphur yellow with dusky overshadcs, margins 



with dark yellowish olive forming like mosaic. Large blackish blotch below 



spinous dorsal nearly obliterates yellow, inner area nearly large as head. 



