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15275 [1330], 17481 [1318]. Canmahala Bay. March 11, 1909. Length 148 to 

 173 mm. Very dark olive green ; stripes slaty on anterior body and back ; 

 orange on side of head made up of dots on each scale in both cases ; posterior 

 soft verticals blue-black, red central area on body distinct; dorsal marked 

 as usual but comma-shaped marks of posterior dorsal missing, all of dots being 

 uniformly round or short bars across membranes and second to fifth or 

 sixth membranes of spinous dorsal showing dusky blotch near base vphen 

 viewed by transmitted light. 



22734. Dumaca River, Luzon. February 25, 1909. Length 137 mm. 



17091. Dupon Port, Leyte. March 17, 1909. Length 169 mm. 



9697. Endeavor Strait, Palawan. December 22, 1908. Length 144 mm. 



144, 13350, 16552, 16553, 16557, 16559. Langao Point, Luzon. June 24, 1909. 

 Length 114 to 164 mm. 



16969, 16970. Lode Bay, Destacado Island. March 13, 1909. Length 123 to 172 

 mm. [1336.] General color olivaceous ; lines of light scarlet on cheek 

 below eye and spots on opercle ; dorsal very deep smoky, with blue-black 

 spots on membranes ; caudal deep smoky, unmarked ; anal almost black, 

 margin blue ; dorsal with very narrow submargin of light scarlet ; pectoral 

 very dusky, ventrals more so; bright scarlet below middle of side; back 

 smoky olivaceous. 1337. General color of head smoky olivaceous, very dark 

 above, lighter below ; posterior part of body from point of anal brilliant 

 scarlet ; rows of spots over scale rows on back and upper part of side, reaching 

 back as far as base of 18th or 20th dorsal ray ; these spots somewhat circular 

 in shape, very deep smoky blue, one on each scale ; dorsal deep scarlet ; two 

 blackish spots larger than pupil, occupying centers of membranes between first 

 and second or second and third rays ; upper part of dorsal with wavy lines of 

 deeper red, breaking into dots in anterior portion, margin of dorsal deep 

 blue; caudal scarlet, margined with blue, no other markings; pectoral trans- 

 lucent brick red; ventrals light wine, anterior margin blue. 



12280, 12281. Masbate Reef, Masbate. April 20, 1908. Length 166 to 173 mm. 



9338. Matnog Bay, Luzon. May 31, 1!X)9. Length 105 mm. 



Nineteen examples. Pasacao, Ragay Gulf, Luzon. March 8, 1909. Length 28 

 to 41 mm. 



18154, 18155. San Miguel Harbor, Ticao Island. April 21, 1908. Length 158 

 to 166 mm. 



4889. Talajit Island, Buang Bay. March 15, 1909. Length 201 mm. 



9524. Tara Island. December 15, 1908. Length 125 mm. 



9696, 14400, 14420. Talisse Island, north of Celebes, Dutch East Indies. Novem- 

 ber 9, 1909. Length 119 to 139 mm. 



19948, 22691, 22692. Gane Road, Gillolo Island. December 1, 1909. Length 113 

 to 133 mm. 



13067, 13069. Gomomo Island. December 3, 1909. Length 114 to 138 mm. 



11164. Nan Wan Bay, Formosa. January 25, 1910. Length 148 mm. 



56053 U. S. N. M. Bacon. Bureau of Fisheries (4216). Length 37 mm. 



DAMPIERIA MELANOTAENIA (Bleeker) 



Cichlaps melarwtaenia Bleeker. Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 3, 1852, p. 

 765. Macassar. — GtJNTHEB, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 2, 1860, p. 259 

 (copied). — Bleeker, Verb. Kon. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam, No. 5, vol. 15, 

 1875, p. 7, pi. 2, fig. 3 (Banka, Celebes, Sangi) ; Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., 

 vol. 9, 1876-77, pi. (1) 395, fig. 5. — Jordan and Richardson, Bull. Bur. 

 Fisher., vol. 27. 1907 (1908), p. 261 (Cuyo). 



