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Known from the Philippines through our series of examples listed 

 below, besides the type described by Herre. A very well marked 

 species with the front profile evenly and convexly rounded. The 

 light-yellowish caudal fin, in contrast with the rest of the general 

 dark uniform coloration will readily distinguish the species. 



9970. Busin Harbor, Burias Island. March 8, 1909. Length 200 mm. 



271, 6077, 9968, 9969, 9971, 10966 to 10968, 16414. Cagayanes Island. March 31, 



1909. Length 165 to 200 mm. 

 15483, 15484. Cebu market. March 26, 1909. Length 182 to 187 mm. 

 21416, 21417. Quinalasag Island, Masamat Bay. June 12, 1909. Length 174 



to 190 mm. 

 7003, 7004. Stream at Maagnas, Lagonoy Gulf, Luzon. June 17, 1909. 



Length 190 to 198 mm. 

 7907. Tulnalutan Island. September 9, 1909. Length 203 mm. 

 8, 6892, 6893. Danawan Island and Si Amil Islands. September 26, 1909. 



Length 165 to 176 mm. 

 20470, 21462. Danawan Island and Si Amil Islands. September 27, 1909. 



Length 100 to 110 mm. Three examples. 

 8885, 14372, 14373. Mabul Island. September 29, 1909. Length 158 to 200 mm. 

 A1084, A1085. Maitara Island. November 26, 1909. Length 203 to 220 mm. 

 7001, 7002, 17305 to 17308. Sipadan Island. September 28, 1909. Length 150 



to 205 mm. 

 14416. Tahsse Island, November 9, 1909. Length 103 mm. 

 13614, 13616. Doworra Island, Dutch East Indies. December 2, 1909. Length 



190 to 193 mm. 

 14320. Basa Reef, Gulf of Boni, Celebes. December 17, 1909. Length 190 mm. 

 12927, 13417, 14635. Buka Buka Island, Totomi Gulf, Celebes. November 20, 



1909. Length 168 to 178 mm. 

 21117. Cape Kait, Libani Bay, Celebes. December 29, 1909. Length 112 mm. 

 9710, 21451, 21452. Una Una Road, Binang Uuang Island, Celebes. November 



17, 1909. Length 146 to 175 mm. 

 13631 to 13633. Una Una Road. November 18, 1909. Length 165 to 180 mm. 

 15034. Tidore Island, south of Ternate. November 24, 1909. Length 186 mm. 



HEPATUS SOHAL (ForskSl) 



Chaetodon sohal ForskIl, Descript. Animal., 1775, pp. xiii, 63. Arabia. — 

 Walbaum, Arted. Pise, vol. 3, 1792, p. 441 (copied). 



Acanthurus sohal Schneider, Syst. Ichth. Bloch, 1801, p. 215 (copied). — 

 RtJppELL, Atlas Reise Nordl. Afrika, Fische, 1828, p. 56, pi. 16, fig. 1 (Red 

 Sea). — Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 10, 1835, p. 227 (Red Sea). — 

 GuNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 3, 1861, p. 334 (Red Sea).— Mae- 

 tens, Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 16, 1866, p. 378 (Missa Elei, Red 

 Sea). — Klunzinger, Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien, vol.21, 1871, p. 507 

 (Red Sea). 



Acanthurus {Rhombotides) sohal Klunzinger, Fische Roth. Meer., 1884, p. 

 83. 



Chaetodon sohar Gmelin, Syst. Nat. Linn., vol. 1, pt. 3, 1789, p. 1268 (copied). 



Aspisurus sohar LACEPEofe, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 4, 1802, pp. 556, 557 

 (copied). 



Acanthurus carinatus Schneider, Syst. Ichth, Bloch, 1801, p. 216. Arabia. 



D. VIII, 32; A. Ill, 29. Caudal deeply kmate. Brownish gray, 

 with 15 to 17 longitudinal whitish or bluish lines, separated by dark 



