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the specimens, only all break into spots or dots at the caudal base. 

 Also the 2 large examples differ in that the ventrals are pale and not 

 black as in the third example. Further they have the upper and 

 lower edges of the caudal fin bordered broadly with brownish. 

 4755 [1250]. Busin Harbor, Burias Island. April 22, 1908. Length 164 mm. 

 Gray head and back slatv gray. Below upper black stripe silvery gray. 

 Broad black stripe from upper part of eye posteriorly following below lateral 

 line and about middle of upper portion of caudal peduncle ; in part at arch 

 of lateral line stripe wide as eye, narrowing at either end ; second stripe 

 from behind middle of eye about half diameter of pupil passing straight back 

 and joins broader stripe at its end, then continues to caudal base ; third stripe 

 originates under eye, passes obliquely downward across upper cheek, thence 

 backward to caudal; fourth stripe begins on lower posterior edge of preopercle 

 and passes through pectoral base to lower caudal base. Chin and breast 

 somewhat dusky. Dorsal slaty black, margin behind first 4 spines very 

 narrowly white, ^continued to top of vertical edge or tip of longest soft ray; 

 from base of last spine black narrows slightly, leaving lower portion of soft 

 dorsal including all of last 3 rays gray; this region with numerous small dusky 

 spots, these also on adjacent body and form an interrupted line across upper 

 portion of caudal peduncle. Anal like body color, with more specks than 

 other soft vertical fins, but rather obscure. Caudal with broad slaty stripes 

 on edge of each lobe; produced ray pale from about middle of fin, not quite 

 reaching tip; body of fin gray, with numerous slaty specks similar to soft 

 dorsal All soft vertical fins with slight lavender shades. Pectoral rays 

 slightly duskv, membranes hyaline, with lavender shades basally; stripe of 

 dusky' from head shows as upper basal dusky spot. Ventral dusky, with 

 slight lavender shade. ,, r,,r^ 



444 [1282]. Galvaney Island, Luzon. March 9, 1909. Length 210 mm 

 3616 [1251]. Refugio Island, Pasacao, Luzon. March 9, 1909. Length 196 

 mm. to tip of caudal. 



HOLACANTHLS CAUDOVITTATUS Gunther 



Holacanthus caudooUtatus Gitnther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 2, 1S60. p. 44. 



Mauritius. , i -.i i 



Body and fins not elevated. Lower preopercle edge with several 

 small teeth. Scales 45 in lateral line. D. XV, 16; A. Ill, 18; soft 

 dorsal and anal angular posteriorly; caudal lobes produced Uni- 

 form grayish-red when dried. Tail and caudal with black band 

 along upper and lower margins, upper continued along soft dorsal 

 base. Length 158 mm. (Gunther.) , , , 



Differs from Holacanthus lamarclc in its dark bordered caudal and 

 absence of dark lateral bands. 



HOLACANTHUS MELANOSPBLUS Bleeker 



Holacanthus melanospilus Bleeker, Act. Soc. Sci. Ind. Neerland. (-\cht. 



Visch. Amboin.), vol. 2, 1857, p. 56. Amboina.-GuNTHER, Cat. Fish. 



Brit. Mus., vol. 2, 1860, p. 48 (copied). , , ^,, , . , q 1077 



Holacanthus melanospilus Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. ^eerland vo . 9 18. ^ 



p. 60, pi. (6) 368, fig. 2 (Amboina).— Klunzinger, Fische Roth. Meer., 



1884, p. 60 (Koseir). 



