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Madrid, vol. 14, 1885, p. 22 (North Celebes).— Day, Fauna Brit. India, 



vol. 2, 1889, p. 90. — Steindachner, Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges., vol. 25, 



1900, p. 425 (Ternate).— Pellegrin, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, vol. 30, 1905, 



p. 84 (Baie d'Along, Tonkin). 

 Siganus concatenatus Jordan and Seale, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 28, 



1905, p. 789 (Negros). 

 Siganus lineatus (not Valenciennes) Evermann and Seale, Bull. Bur. 



Fish., vol. 26, 1906 (1907), p. 98 (Bulan).— Jordan and Richardson, 



Bull. Bur. Fish., vol. 27, 1907 (1908), p. 271 (Aparri). 

 Siganus vermiculatus (not Valenciennes) Seale and Bean, Proc. U.S. Nat. 



Mus., vol. 33, 1907, p. 248 (Zamboanga). 

 Siganus corallinus (not Valenciennes) Bean and Weed, Proc. U. S. Nat. 



Mus., vol. 42, 1912, p. 607 (Batavia). 

 Siganus guttatus (not Block) Bean and Weed, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 



42, 1912, p. 607 (Batavia). 



Depth 1^ to 23/^; head 3>i to VA, width 2 to 2}4. Snout \% to 

 23^ in head; eye 3 to 43<^, 1^ to 2}4, in snout, 1 to 13^ in interorbital; 

 teeth 48 to 50 in each jaw; maxillary 3% to 3^ in head; interorbital 

 2J^ to 3, broadly convex; preopercle limb, infraorbital, opercle and 

 scapular arch with fine radiating or parallel striae. Gill rakers 5 + 20, 

 short, flexible, cuneate points. 



Scales moderately small, lozenge-shaped, 65 to 100 circuli. Cheek 

 fully covered with small scales to preopercle ridge. 



D. XIII, 10, 1, fifth spine 1% to 2 in head, third ray 13^ to 1%; 

 A. VII, 9, I, third spine 1^ to 23^, third ray \\i to 1^; caudal 

 lunate, moderately emarginate, 1 to 13^; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 33^ to 4; pectoral Iyo to 13<C; ventral 1% to 2. 



Brown generally, scarcely paler on breast and belly. Head and 

 body everywhere with close-set, variable, rounded, grayish to golden 

 spots, not larger than pupil; on head more or less formed as short 

 reticulating lines or variable reticulations; in young spots much 

 larger and greatly less numerous than in adult. Iris brownish. Fins 

 brownish, vertical ones clouded with darker or dusky and caudal 

 with obsolete scattered inconspicuous dark spots. In young vertical 

 fins with paler ground-color and more contrasted in speckling and 

 with dark blotches or streaks, often a dark transverse band at caudal 

 base. Pectoral pale or uniform brownish. Ventral pale, variegated 

 with brown. 



East Indian region. A broadly oblong species, well figured by 

 Day. It is known by its well-spotted color design, with age the 

 spots appearing as ocelli narrowly margined with darker. Often 

 several oblique dark bands or lines are formed along the cheek, one 

 from the end of the maxillary up to the eye. Some preserved 

 examples quite dark and the usual light spots darker than the ground 

 color. 



7463. Bolalo Bay. December 21, 1908. Length 264 mm. 

 20316,20317. Bolir,ao Bay. May 10, 1909. Length 132 to 141 mm. 



