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clouded with dusky and on rayed portions each ray with several 

 brown blotches. Pectoral pale uniform brown. Ventral grayish 

 with 4 series of deep brown blotches. 



East Indies, Philippines, Riu Kiu, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia. 

 Jordan and Scale contend that Siganus striolatus is distinct as "in the 

 type of striolatus the fins are said to be immaculate." We do not 

 think this distinction can be of any value as Glinther's types were 

 two stuffed specimens. Anyone familiar with old dried fish specimens 

 knows that the brown blotches on the rays, as in a species of the 

 present type, could readily fade out and appear immaculate. In our 

 young examples the pale lines often have a more hexagonal reticu- 

 lated appearance, several dark large blotches on the dorsals and anals, 

 often 2 dark brown bands across chin with posterior narrower, double 

 broad brown band across breast and another across belly behind ven- 

 tral fins. Variably brown bands may be formed as 5 blotches along 

 bases of anals. In the very young these blotches give the fish much 

 the appearance of being cross banded, the rest of the fins white or 

 immaculate and the bands extending out to the fin edges of the 

 spinous portions. 



Forty-four examples. Atulayan Bay, Luzon. June 17, 1909. Length .36 to 



80 mm. 

 19768, 19770. Bolalo Bay, Palawan. December 21, 1908. Three examples. 



Length 59 to 83 mm. 

 11998, 11999, 16044, 17141, 17142. Cabugan Island, Hinunangan Bay, Leyte 



Island. July 30, 1909. Length 134 to 163 mm. 

 11338, 11339. Cebu market. April 4, 1908. Length 103 to 108 mm. 

 22135. Cebu market. September 4, 1909. Length 90 mm. 

 One example. Cebu market. September 3, 1909. Length 38 mm. 

 19274. Inamucan Bay, Mindanao. Length 112 mm. 

 5971, 9165, 9166, 12809, 12810. 22238. Little Santa Cruz, Zamboanga. May 26, 



1908. Length 130 to 218 mm. 

 20389. Maculabo Island. June 14, 1909. Length 75 mm. 

 Six examples. Mahinog, Camiguin Island. August 3, 1909. Length 36 to 



85 mm. 

 Four examples. Mansalay, Mindoro. June 4, 1908. Length 45 to 53 mm. 

 20356, 20357. Nasugbu, Luzon. January 16, 1908. Length 83 mm. 

 Fifty-nine examples. Olangapo (over ship's side). January 7, 1908. Length 



21 to 25 mm. 

 One example. Opol, Mindanao Island. August 4, 1909. Length 123 mm. 

 Two examples. Pancol. December 25, 1908. Length 35 to 42 mm. 

 Six examples. Port Caltom. December 15, 1908. Length 67 to 92 mm. 

 One example. Port Galera. June 9, 1908. Length 35 min. 

 Four examples. Reef opposite Cebu. April 7, 1908. Leiigth 21 or 22 mm. 

 Five examples. Subig Bay. January 7, 1908. Length 22 to 25 mm. 

 13349. Suragao Point, Luzon. June 24, 1909. Length 158 mm. 

 21787. Tara Island. December 15, 1908. Length 75 mm. 

 16260. Teomabal Island. September 18, 1909. Length 120 mm. 

 19372. Ulugan Bay, Palawan Island. December 29, 1908. 



{'356, 8357. Reefs in Apra Bay, Guam. November 19-21, 1907. Lengtli 80 

 to 104 mm. 



