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Nederland. Indie, vol. 3, 1852, p. 740 (Macassar); vol. 5, 1853, p. 319 

 (Amboina); vol. 12, 1856, p. 230 (Batu Islands); Act. Soc. Sci. Ind. 

 Nderland., vol. 3, No. 4, 1857-58, p. 3 (Manado); No. 5, 1857-58, p. 2 

 (Macassar). — Weber, Siboga Exp., vol. 57, Fische, 1913, p. 326 (Lombok, 

 Macassar, Gisser). 



Teuthis corallina Guntheb, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 3, 1861, p. 316 (Moluc- 

 cas). — Bleeker, Verslag. en Mededeel. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam, vol. 2, ser. 

 2, 1868, p. 284 (Solor).— Gunther, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, vol. 2-3, Heft 

 5-6, 1874, p. 88 (Pelew Islands). — Meyer, An. Soc. Espanola, Hist. Nat. 

 Madrid, vol. 4, 1885, p. 22 (Rubi, New Guinea). — Fowler, Journ. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 12, ser. 2, 1904, p. 546 (Padang). 



Teuthis corallinus Playfair, Fishes of Zanzibar, 1866, p. 50 (Seychelles). 



Siganus corallinus Jordan and Richardson, Bull. Bur. Fish., vol. 27, 1907 

 (1908), p. 271 (Cagayancillo).— Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 42, 

 1912, p. 511 (Okinawa). — Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 

 1918, p. 69 (Philippines; Padang); Copeia, No. 58, June 18, 1918, p. 64 

 (Philippines).— Fowler and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 62, 1922, 

 p. 58 (Zamboanga; Padang). — Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadel- 

 phia, 1927, p. 287 (Philippines). 



? Sigan^is fuscus Griffith, Animal Kingd. Cuvier, vol. 10, Fishes, 1834, 

 (p. 359) pi. 35. No locality. 



Teuthis sluderi Peters, Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1876 (1877), p. 834. 

 New Britain. 



Teuthis gibbosus De Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 9, 1884 

 (1885), p. 461. Queensland Coast. 



Teuthis teuthopsis De Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 9, 1884 

 (1885), p. 462. Queensland Coast. 



Depth 2 to 214; head 3^ to 3^, width 2 to 2}4. Snout IJ4 to 2 

 in head; eye 3 to 4, 1% to 2}/^ hi snout, 1 to 1 3^ in interorbital; teeth 

 about 32 in jaws; maxillary 4 to 43^8 in head; interorbital 2^ to 3^^, 

 broadly and slightly convex; preopercle flange, opercle and scapular 

 arch striate. Gill rakers 4 + 18, short, cuneate points. 



Scales minute, ovoid, cycloid, with 28 to 33 cuxuli, leaving rather 

 long, entire median area. Cheek, excepting upper preorbital region, 

 covered with numerous small scales; squamous area equally exten- 

 sive in young. 



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

 A. VII, 9, 1, third spine 1% to 2, second ray 1^ to 1%; caudal deeply 

 forked, 2^^^ to 3^ in combined head and body; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle SJ/g to 43/8 ^^ head; pectoral !}{ to 13^; ventral Ij^ to 1%. 



Light brown generally, head, trunk and tail everywhere with small 

 light blue-gray ocelli bordered with deeper brown, variable and usually 

 most distinct and largest on head and trunk anteriorly. Along breast, 

 belly, and lower basal region of spinous anal, spots as bars or short 

 lines with u-regular or semi-waved appearance. Spots also extend 

 out on caudal base somewhat and slightly on dorsals and anals in some 

 examples. Iris pale yellowish. Fins all pale or light brownish gen- 

 erally, inclining to yellowish. 



Seychelles, East Indies, Philippines, Riu Kiu, Micronesia. Our 

 examples quite variable in the size and disposition of the spots on the 



