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freshl}^ captured the bars across the caudal fin are very distinct." 

 To this we take exception, in that our specimens appear to never 

 have had a dark shoulder spot and the white or pale spots on the 

 body are greatly more numerous with age. It is therefore quite 

 evident that both Giinther and Day did not have Schneider's fish. 



16264, 15403. Atulayan Island. June 18, 1909. Length 188 to 240 mm. 



6307. Biigsuk Island, Balabac. January 5, 1909. Length 192 mm. 



A527. Bulan Island. September 13, 1909. Length 305 mm. 



A581. Busbus Point, Siasi Island. September 20, 1909. Length 280 mm. 



9822. Cagayan, Sulu Island. January 8, 1909. Length 228 mm. 



9949, A1523, A1524, 14270 [2181]. Doc Can Island, Sulu Sea. January 7, 1909. 

 Length 177 to 248 mm. Generally olivaceous fading to greenish yellow, back 

 with rather smoky purplish wash. Side of head brighter greenish yellow, with 

 3 distinct purplish stripes under eye and parallel with lower limb of preopercle. 

 Top of head with ground color showing as brownish yellow spots in broad net- 

 work of very dusky violet, nearly violet black. Side under and above pectoral 

 extended with vertical lines of smoky purplish, below and behind forming regular 

 network. On back ground color appears as spots in more regular broad network 

 of purplish, somewhat as on top of head. Dorsal olivaceous, rays with pale 

 spots. Anal like dorsal, markings less distinct. Caudal rather olivaceous, more 

 or less clouded with purplish basally. Pectoral very pale hyaline yellow. 

 Ventral dusky and whitish. 



A492. Isabela River. September 11, 1909. Length 270 mm. 



10552. Jolo. March 7, 1908. Length 240 mm. 



15525. Langao Point, Luzon. June 24, 1909. Length 243 mm. 



A487, A488, 12242 [1919]. Lampinigan Island. September 11, 1909. Length 

 205 to 220 mm. General color of head and side purplish, reticulations enclos- 

 ing olive areas fading to sulphur yellow; larger on back where about }4 of 

 pupil diameter and on lower side J^ of pupil. Breast and belly slaty drab, 

 without spots. Spinous dorsal and anal hyaline, more or lesa mottled with 

 darker; rays of soft fins spotted with pale and dark olive. Caudal more 

 dusky. Pectoral pale yellow. Ventral like spinous dorsal. 



9158, 9159, 7969. Little Santa Cruz, Zamboanga. May 26, 1908. Length 183 

 to 290 mm. 



9296 to 9298. Murcielagos Bay. August 9, 1909. Length 238 to 277 mm. 



12565, 12566, 17326, 20299, 20300. Near Palag Bay, Luzon. June 16, 1909. 

 Length 183 to 235 mm. 



7967. Pagapas Bay, Luzon. February 20, 1909. Length 214 mm. Very dark 

 brown, fading purplish above and white below, then showing numerous brassy 

 or sulphur yeUow spots about size of number 12 shot, somewhat larger at side 

 medianly then lower disappearing; spots show very dimly through brown 

 before fading. Three horizontal purplish stripes cross cheek merging in 

 ground color on hind portion of head, upon which numerous rather larger spots. 

 Fins show no markings, color like body; membranes of soft fins hyaline. Pec- 

 toral rays hyaline yellow. 



4891. Siasi Island, Jolo. February 17, 1908. Length 160 mm. "Banis" (Moro) . 

 Generally pale purplish blue, darker above. Back and sides with faint yellow 

 lines, spots and vermiculations. Apparent line at base of soft dorsal violet. 

 Dorsal rays and spines pale greenish, membranes anteriorly with greenish mot- 

 tling, posteriorly hyaline. Caudal pale green, with 6 greenish cross-bars, 

 darkest on upper and lower fin margins. Anal like dorsal. Pectoral pale 

 yellow. Ventral rays bluish white, membranes mottled green and white. 

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