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Pectoral rays dull violet black, membranes partly hyaline. Ventral pale brown 

 or olive. 



8234. Galvaney Island, Ragay Gulf. March 9, 1909. Length 378 mm. Olive 

 gray, with narrow brownish vertical stripes breaking into dots below. Belly 

 pale, purplish on upper breast. Stripes on lower head. Opercular flap white. 

 Dorsal and anal purplish on edge, few blotches below. Caudal whitish. 



14430, 14431. Gubat, Sorsogon, Luzon. June 23, 1909. Length 145 to 150 mm. 



4714, 4715. Ligpo Point, Balayan Bay. January 18, 1908. Length 287 to 

 320 mm. Ground color dark olive-green, becoming lighter below. Back 

 profusely dotted with minute, rounded, sapphire spots elongated toward long 

 axis and changing to vertical lines along sides. Minute spots of less vivid 

 sapphire on belly. Head lighter green, with sapphire spots. Sapphire line 

 under eye extending through nostrils on to snout. Lips sapphire. Blue line 



Fig. 20.— Rostral variation with age of Naso eoume (Lesson) 



on back at base of dorsal. Blue line extending along breast below gill margin 

 becoming wider at pectoral base and extends around pectoral. Brilliant 

 purple spot at caudal peduncle junction. 



6062. Little Santa Cruz Island. May 28, 1908. Length 275 mm. 



9343, 9344. Murcielagos Bay, Mindanao. August 21, 1909. Length 208 to 

 315 mm. Three examples. 



8390 to 8392. Port Dupon, Leyte. March 17, 1909. Length 300 to 474 mm. 



14683. Langao Point, Luzon. June 24, 1909. Length 144 mm. 



19548. Simaluc Island. September 22, 1909. Length 168 mm. [1988]. 



A612. Singaan Island. September 21, 1909. Length 225 mm. 



4958, 4967, 19831. Tataan Island, Tawi Tawi Group. February 20-21, 1908. 

 Length 182 to 460 mm. General color purplish slate, above marked with 

 many rounded purple dots about size of 9 or 10 shot; on middle of sides dots 

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