FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE AND ADJACENT SEAS 



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11131. Pasacao, Ragay Gulf, Luzon. November 9, 1909. Length 173 mm. 

 10769 [1162], 10768, 22634, 22635. Port Banalacan, Marinduque. February 23, 



1909. Length 175 to 225 mm. General color of body and fins black. 



Dirty whitish stripe under chin till over maxillary, but not crossing snout. 



Small dirty-white spot on lower line of pectoral, base of fin blackish, outer 



half orange. Rich orange margin in crescent of caudal. 

 12649. Port Palapag. June 3, 1909. Length 158 mm. 

 219, 15646. Rapu Rapu Island. June 22, 1909. Length 190 to 195 mm. 

 11264. Refugio Island, Pasacao, Luzon. March 9, 1909. Length 212 mm. 

 A638. Simaluc Island. September 22, 1909. Length 225 mm. 

 A472. Tulnalutan Island. September 9, 1909. Length 232 mm. 

 7137, 7138, 7175. West coast of Palaui Island. November IS, 1908. Length 



220 to 243 mm. Scarlet shades anteriorly below. Very dark area across 



opercle and somewhat above at angle, left on fading. Terminal half of 



pectoral and caudal tip orange. 

 6964. West coast of Sabtan Island. November 8, 1908. Length 220 mm. 



Black, fading on sides and anteriorly to orange, above pectoral base scarlet. 



Fig. 14.— Hefatus LEUcosTEaNON (Bennett) 

 Black persistent as blotch behind upper angle of gill opening. Slight orange 

 shades through and between eyes. White band from tip of maxillary across 

 chin. White blotch on iris below. Preopercle edge showing as blackish bar 

 on faded fish and another bar somewhat in front, from behind eye across 

 cheek. Vertical fins black, except orange tips and margin of caudal. Pectoral 

 black basally, orange on terminal half or f^. Ventral black. 



7792. Danawan Island and Si Amil Island. September 27, 1909. Length 

 173 mm. 



13299. Powati Harbor, Makyan Island. November 28, 1909. Length 193 mm. 



13303. Dodepo and Pasajogo Islands, Gulf of Tomini, Celebes. November 16 

 1909. Length 180 mm. 



A1477. Kait Point, Libani Bay, Celebes. December 29, 1909. Length 227 mm. 



A1166, 22822. Gane Road, Gillolo Island. December 1, 1909. Length 193 to 

 230 mm. 



55558. U.S.N. M. Puako Bay, Hawaii. Albatross collection. Length 122 to 

 144 mm. Two examples. As Ilepatus umbra, but evidently the present 

 species. 



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