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7462. Bolalo Bay. December 21, 1908. Length 283 mm. 



7201. Cabugan Island, Hinunangan Bay, Leyte. July 30, 1909. Length 196 

 mm. 



7797. Caxisigan Island, Balabac. January 3, 1909. Length 310 mm. 



8458 to 8460. Cagayanes Island. March 31, 1909. Length 300 to 349 mm. 

 Three examples. 



6524. Cebu market. April 5, 1908. Length 182 mm. 



[1844]. Cebu market. August 23, 1909. Length 120 mm. 



7436, 14333. Dalaganem Island. April 8, 1909. Length 163 to 170 mm. 

 Two examples. 



7502, 7503. Endeavor Strait, Malampaya Sound, Palawan. December 22, 1908. 

 Length 264 to 266 mm. Slaty above, becoming drab below. Lower side 

 with numerous broken and undulating darker bars. Opercle edge whitish. 

 Dorsal and anal body color, with narrow bright blue margin fading to gi'ound 

 color of fins shortly after death. Caudal pale, yellowish at tip, more pro- 

 nounced as an inframarginal stripe. 



7604. Endeavor Strait. December 24, 1908. Length 235 mm. 



8231. Galvaney Island, Ragay Gulf. March 9, 1909. Length 450 mm. Marks 

 purplish, ground color smoky purple. Broad purple blotch in front of eye 

 and pectoral base. Dorsal translucent, cloudy, margin yellow. Edges of 

 dorsal, anal and caudal filaments purple. Anal axil purplish on base. 



14432. Gubat, Sorsogon, Luzon. June 23, 1909. Length 150 mm. 



6355. Inamuca.n Bay, Mindanao. August 8, 1909. Length 165 mm. 



22811, 22812. Jolo. March 6-7, 1908. Length 120 to 122 mm. 



6361, 6367, 6369. Jolo Island. March 7, 1908. Length 115 to 140 mm. 



9285. Murcielagos Bay, Mindanao. August 9, 1909. Length 210 mm. 



9345. Same locality. August 20, 1909. Length 225 mm. 



8353. Same locality. August 21, 1909. Length 180 mm. 



5901. Polloc, Mindanao. May 22, 1908. Length 220 mm. 



A736. Danawan Island. September 27, 1909. Length 300 mm. 



A953. Sadaa Island. November 17, 1909. Length 513 mm. 



14681. Langao Point, Luzon. June 24, 1909. Length 165 mm. 



2190 (D. 5329). November 19, 1908. Length 118 mm. 



52520 U.S.N.M. Apia, Samoa. Bureau of Fisheries. Length 137 mm. As 

 Acanthurus incipiens. 



84230 U.S.N.M. Cebu, Philippines. Length 245 mm. 



50707 U.S.N.M. Honolulu. Dr. O. P. Jenkins. Type of Acanthurus incipiens. 



Subgenus Cyphomycter Fowler and Bean 



Type. — Naso tuherosus Lacepede. 



Diagnosis. — Differs from subgenus Naso Lacepede in the convex 

 and crestlike hump placed above the snout in the adult. 

 Indo-Pacific. Two species, Naso tuherosus and Naso eoume. 



NASO TUBEROSUS LacSpede 



Naso tuherosus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 3, 1802, pp. 105, 111, pi. 

 7, fig. 3. No locality (on Commerson). 



Naseus tuherosus Bleeker, Nederland. Tijds. Dierk., vol. 1, 1863, p. 249 

 (Flores Island).— Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 3, 1861, p. 353 

 (Ceylon). — Playfair, Fishes of Zanzibar, 1866, p. 58 (Zanzibar). — GiJN- 

 THER, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, vol. 4, 1875, p. 123, pi. 8 (Zanzibar, 

 Mauritius, Aneiteum). — Peters, Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1876, 



