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and all of soft vertical fins spotted with dusky, as cross bars in 

 young, as numerous small spots with age, especially caudal. Paired 

 fins brownish. 



Mauritius, East Indies, Philippines, Melanesia. A well-marked, 

 deep-bodied species, readily known by its vermiculated coloration. 

 The very young are certainly similar to the young of Siganus concat- 

 enatus, but usually are distinguished entirely by theu' color pattern. 

 This shows at least slight traces of a vermiculated design in the 

 present species. 



8937. Atulayan Island, Leyte Gulf. June 18, 1909. Length 225 mm. 



Twelve examples. Bagaong River, 4 miles from mouth, Sablayan Bay, Min- 



doro. December 13, 1908. Length 28 to 47 mm. 

 Four examples. Below mouth of Mindanao River, Cotabato, Mindanao. 



May 20, 1908. Length 37 to 58 mm. The 2 larger approach somewhat the 



pattern of color of Siganics concatenatus, though the smaller are distinctly 



vermiculated. 

 19106 to 19108, 19110. Buena Vista, Guimaras Island. January 14, 1909. 



Length 90 to 109 mm. 

 One example. Cotabato, below mouth of Mindanao River, Mindanao. May 



20, 1908. Length 55 mm. 

 5846. Canmahala Bay, Ragay Gulf. March 11, 1909. Length 150 mm. 

 12814. Cavite and San Roque markets. June 27, 1908. Length 148 mm. 

 One example. Estero, Sablayan Bay, Mindoro. December 13, 1908. Length 



78 mm. 

 17000, 17006. Galvaney Island, Ragay Gulf, Luzon. March 9, 1909. Length 



129 to 130 mm 

 A477. Isabela River, Basilan Island. September 11, 1909. Two examples. 



Length 205 mm, 

 7892. Mariveles River, Mariveles. January 30, 1909. Length 172 mm. 

 9637. Nato River, Luzon tidal. June 18, 1909. Length 200 mm. 

 5349. Nonucan River, Camp Overton, Mindanao. August 6, 1909. Length 



87 mm. 

 7941. Pagapas Bay, Luzon. February 20, 1909. Length 250 mm. 

 11429, 11435 [1094]. Pucot River, Mariveles. January 29, 1909. Length 63 to 



108 mm. 

 8694, 8695, 8703. San Miguel Island. June 4, 1909. Length 323 to 377 mm. 

 12638. Santiago River, Pagapas Bay, Luzon. February 20, 1909. Length 



95 mm. 

 19874. Stream at Maagnas, Lagonoy Gulf, Luzon. June 17, 1909. Length 



105 mm. 

 8320, 8321. Subig Bay, Subig. January 7, 1908. Length 115 to 120 mm. 

 A992. Togian Bay, Togian Island. November 19, 1909. Length 263 mm. 

 5072. Sandakan Bay, Borneo. February 9, 1908. Length 320 mm. 

 55950 U.S.N. M. San Fabian, Philippines. Bureau of Fisheries [4037]. Length 



285 mm. 

 55962 U.S.N.M. Zamboanga. Bureau of Fisheries [3251]. Length 90 mm. 

 55971 U.S.N.M. Zamboanga. Bureau of Fisheries [3252]. Length 103 mm. 



SIGANUS CORALLINUS (Valenciennes) 



Amphacanthus corallinus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 10, 1835, p. 

 139. Seychelles, Java. — Schlbgel and Muller, Verh. Nat. Ges. Neder- 

 land. Zool., 1839-44, p. 10, pi. 2, fig. 2 (Batavia).— Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. 



