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and tail spots generally larger and fewer in young. Iris pale yellow- 

 ish or gray-white. At suprascapula dusky blotch equal or little longer 

 than eye and with pale border though body spots extend within its 

 confines. Vertical fins largely dusky with age though thickly spotted 

 with brown and most distinct in young examples. Pectoral pale or 

 olivaceous. Ventral grayish with about 4 rows of dark blotches in 

 young and clouded dusky, especially terminally, with age. 



Bourbon, Seychelles, Malabar, Philippines. Possibly Amjjhacan- 

 thus mertensii Valenciennes '" is this species which it is described as 

 approaching in its small head. The brief original notice is condensed 

 as follows : 



D. XV, 10; A. VII, 10. Dull violet strewn with small and some- 

 what brilliant distinct orange dots. Caudal violet. Pectoral soiled 

 orange and other fins reddish-gray. Length 204 mm. 



13731. Alimango Bay, Burias Island. March 5, 1909. Length 200 mm. 



331. Atulayan Island. June 18, 1909. Length 190 mm. 



9490. Balalo Bay, Palawan Island. December 21, 1908. Length 218 mm. 



6509. Balikias Bay. July 17, 1908. Length 292 mm. 



16275, 21860. Biii Channel. June 1, 1909. Length 153 to 225 mm. 



16870. Bisucay Island. April 9, 1909. Length 165 mm. 



7821,9356,11635,12203. Bugsuk, Balabac Island. January 5, 1909. Length 



168 to 285 mm. 

 16458. Busin Harbor, Burias Island. April 22, 1908. Length 182 mm. 

 7843, 15695, 17692. Busin Harbor. March 8, 1909. Length 174 to 202 mm. 

 8795. Butauanan Island. June 12, 1909. Length 230 mm. 

 7868. Cagayan, Jolo. January 8, 1909. Length 323 mm. 

 4924. Casogoran, Malhon Island. July 27, 1909. Length 203 mm. 

 6425. Cebu market. April 7, 1908. Length 178 mm. 

 22136 [1907]. Cebu market. September 4, 1909. Length 113 mm. 

 7536, 7541, 7585. Endeavor Strait, Malampaya Sound, Palawan. December 

 23, 1908. Length 240 to 315 mm. (7541.) Smoky purple with bronzed spots 

 and black shoulder blotch size of eye, but without golden blotch in dorsal 

 axil. (7536.) Dark, speckled with white and black shoulder blotch larger 

 than eye. 

 14496, 15524. Langao Point, Luzon. June 24, 1909. Length 185 to 198 mm. 

 8317, 11133. Lode Bay, Destacado Island. March 13, 1909. Length 214 to 



290 mm. 

 8822, 8826. Maculabo Island. June 13, 1909. Length 310 to 319 mm. 

 21619. Makesi Island, Palawan. April 5, 1909. Length 139 mm. 

 6156, 6157. Mansalay, Mindoro. June 4, 1908. Five examples. Length 51 



to 270 mm. 

 9048. Masbate Reef, Masbate. April 20, 1908. Length 163 mm. 

 6269. Medio Island, Galera Bay, Mindoro. June 9, 1908. Length 253 mm. 

 7940. Pagapas Bay, Luzon. February 20, 1909. Length 205 mm. Large round 

 shoulder spot dark chocolate, margined with white circle. Spots on body light 

 reddish-brown. Ground color ligliter above pectorals and on shoulder. 

 8753. Parangpong Island. June 10, 1908. Length 374 mm. 

 8205. Port Busin, Burias Island. March 8, 1909. Length 278 mm. 



"> Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 10, 1835, p. 150. No locality (on figure by M. Mertens).— Kner, Reise Novara, 

 Fische, 1865, p. 206 (Java). 



