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ocellus about J^ of eye above upper angle of gill opening. Opercle flap 

 blackish. Undefined orange brown bar from shoulder ocellus downward 

 behind pectoral axil. Dorsal orange brown, very narrowly margined indigo 

 with inframarginal black line. Several narrow slaty black bars across soft 

 dorsal tip, 2 or 3 broken across spinous portion and bars reaching even base 

 of fin on second and third spinous membranes; last 5 or 6 rays with blackish 

 blotch; bright indigo bar at base of fins nearly half pupil diameter, becoming 

 broader anteriorly. Anal like dorsal, blackish posterior part more pronounced. 

 Caudal with obscure white at base and on tips of caudal peduncle; fin medi- 

 ally purplish, without bars; lobes with orange brown shades, in form of 

 definite spots on terminal half as 2 or 3 rows. Pectoral brownish, without 

 yellowish stripe and somewhat purplish shades medially. Ventral brownish. 



7112. Port San Pio Quinto. November 12, 1908. Length 235 mm. General 

 body color dark chocolate brown, with slaty stripes. Yellowish brown below 

 and behind opercle with dark wavy lines of body color across yellowish brown 

 patch behind opercle which below and before pectoral base; lines and spots 

 across post-pectoral area most evident. Black ocellus, with slaty rim, at 

 upper angle of opercle, slightly smaller than eye. Lips slaty over brown. 

 Iris like body. Cheek mottled with lines and spots of light brown. Dorsal 

 with deep blue basal band and narrower marginal band; body of fin yellow- 

 ish brown, darker at base and near margin; 5 or 6 long waved slaty lines 

 longitudinally along upper half of dorsal fin; traces of lines below, especially 

 anteriorly. Anal like dorsal but much darker, bars present but much obscured 

 by general tone. Broad whitish bar at caudal base and posterior end of 

 caudal peduncle, merging into origin at fin edge; orange extends posteriorly 

 beyond whitish bar along external ra5's of caudal and breaks into round dots 

 over outer half of lobes; rest of caudal blackish. Pectoral brown, membranes 

 hyaline. Ventral similar, nearly black. 



8982, 8983. Rapu Rapu Island. June 22, 1909. Length 245 to 338 mm. Side 

 brown, with stripes of bluish. Head with more or less orange wash after 

 fading; top and side of head and breast with narrow, more or less undulating 

 slate blue lines, about yi diameter of interspaces. Caudal with white basal 

 bar fused more or less with color of fin. Dorsal and anal with few dusky 

 stripes, only distinct terminally on soft portions; orange stripe at dorsal 

 base. No shoulder blotch. Caudal spine with black socket. Caudal shows 

 dark bars in alcohol. 



8212. Refugio Island, Pasacao, Luzon. March 9, 1909. Length 432 mm. 

 Generally rufous to tawny, fading nearly chocolate to olive yellow; side with 

 numerous slate blue or indigo stripes, following scale rows more or less 

 undulating and anastomosing. Breast tawny, without stripes, these breaking 

 into spots above vent and behind gill opening. Some vertical stripes imme- 

 diately behind gill opening. On side of head slaty becomes ground color with 

 tawny appearing as very thickly scattered rounded or irregular spots. Imme- 

 diately above forehead and front of head below without spots. Broad 

 purplish stripe across maxillary, upper lip somewhat purplish, also lower, and 

 somewhat reticulated purplish slaty stripes on chin and front of breast, these 

 about twice breadth of stripes on sides. Black blotch, nearly equal to eye, 

 above upper angle of giU opening. 



9400. Sacol Island. September 8, 1909. Length 320 mm. Small orange spots 

 on cheek and opercle. Small black blotch postocular, less than eye. Dorsal 

 yellow, with narrow bars on front and terminal spinous part and terminal 

 rayed part; margin and base purple. Anal similar, but bars more continu- 

 ous along margin. Caudal spotted with brown, base white. 



