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broad below but not on chest. Broad vertical blackish brown band 

 from front half of spinous dorsal down to level with pectoral. Another 

 similar parallel band from last dorsal spines and front dorsal rays. 

 On flanks scales below lateral line between and inclusive of dark 

 blotches, with about 17 vertical dark brown lines inclined little for- 

 ward and following subterminally within each row of scales. Blackish 

 .blotch on side of caudal peduncle, usually incomplete above. Edge 

 of soft dorsal narrowly whitish and submarginal brown line. Soft 

 anal with broad pale border, edge very narrowly brown and broad 

 pale brown submarginal band, edged with dark brown. Caudal with 

 whitish hind border, and narrow brown submarginal line. Paired 

 iins pale. 



Red Sea, Zanzibar, Mozambique, Mauritius, India, Nicobars, East 

 Indies, Philippines, Riu Kiu, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia. 

 Greatly suggestive of Chaetodon lineolatus but smaller and with differ- 

 ent color pattern. The young resemble the adults, only the dark 

 transverse caudal line median on fin. 



1252 to 1254. Atulayau Island. June 18, 1909. Length 115 to 116 mm. 



1246. Candaraman Island. January 4, 1909. Length 70 mm. 



250. Caxisigan. December 29, 1909. Length 133 mm. 



1144. Cebu market. April 6, 1908. Length 103 mm. 



1224, 4868. Galera Bay, Mindoro. June 9, 1908. Length 148 to 158 mm. 



7271. Gigoso Point, Quinapundan Bay, Samar Island. July 28, 1909. Length 



128 mm. 

 1113. Little Santa Cruz Island. May 28, 1908. Length 155 mm. 

 3599 and 3600. Mompog Island. March 3, 1909. Length 146 to 150 mm. 

 1091. Murcielagos Bay. August 9, 1909. Length 133 mm. 

 393, 3601. Near Palag Bay, Luzon. June 16, 1909. Length 120 to 125 mm. 

 600. Paron Point, Albay Gulf, Luzon. June 21, 1909. Length 142 mm. 

 4723. Pilas Island. September 12, 1909. Length 135 mm. 

 1191. Port Dupon. March 17, 1909. Length 116 mm. 

 527, 711. Port Galera. June 9, 1908. Length 135 to 163 mm. 

 407, 408, 440. Port Palapag. June 3, 1909. Length 92 to 110 mm. 

 197. Simaluc Island. September 22, 1909. Length 152 mm. 

 A614. Singaan Island. September 21, 1909. Length 162 mm. 

 A1091. Maitara Island. November 26, 1909. Length 155 mm. 

 806. Tara Island. December 15, 1908. Length 128 mm. [794.] 

 880. Tataan, Simaluc Island. July 17, 1908. Length 135 mm. 

 237. Ulugan Bay, Palawan Island. December 29, 1908. Length 135 mm. 

 586. Sipadan Island. September 28, 1909. Length 125 mm. 

 473. Dodepo and Pasejogo Islands, Celebes. November 16, 1909. Lengt'i 122 mm. 

 4687, 4693. Apra Bay, Guam. November 19-20, 1907. Length 87 to 104 mm. 

 62452 U.S.N.M. Apia, Samoa. Bureau of Fisheries. Length 92 to 130 mm. 



Three examples. 

 55959 U.S.N.M. Bacon, Philippines. Bureau of Fisheries. Length 125 mm. 



[3369]. 

 65797 U.S.N.M. Makemo. Albatross collection, 1899. Length 128 to 133 mm. 



Four examples. 

 71666 U.S.N.M. Nafa, Okinawa. Albatross collection, 190Q. Length 168 mm. 



