FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 119 



8870. Buang Bay, Talajit Island. March 15, 1909. Length 318 mm. 



19111. Buena Vista, Guimaras Island, Iloilo Strait. January 14, 1909. Length 

 115 mm. 



5626, 5633. Busin Harbor, Burias Island. April 22, 1908. Length 222 to 253 

 mm. 



11051. Busin Harbor. March 8, 1909. Length 202 mm. 



8270, 11796. Canmahala Bay, Ragay Gulf, Luzon. March 11, 1909. Length 

 210 to 310 mm. 



5970, 5971. Cavite market. December 1, 1908. Length 81 to 87 mm. 



8166 [1861]. Cebu market. August 29, 1909. Length 75 mm. 



21919, 21920. Cebu market. September 1, 1909. Length 74 to 98 mm. 



11727. Cotabato, Mindanao. May 20, 1908. Length 114 mm. 



19711, 22167. Davao, Mindanao. May 16, 1908. Length 54 to 98 mm. 



7489. Endeavor Strait, near anchorage, Palawan. December 22, 1908. Length 

 258 mm. Orange on maxillary and broken dashes backward from maxillary 

 to base of i)ectoral ; dorsal with more or less vermilion, soft portion and 

 caudal dusky ; lower fins bright yellow ; pectoral pale orange ; no lateral 

 blotch. 



7551, 7560, 7561, 7583, 12487. Endeavor Strait, near anchorage, Palawan. De- 

 cember 23, 1908. Length 221 to 310 mm. [7551]. Orange on side of head, 

 but no lateral stripes ; upper fins dusky ; soft dorsal and caudal tipped with 

 white; lower fins yellow. [17560, 7561]. Slaty with orange scarlet shades; 

 black dusky, below pale cadmium ; lower fins bright cadmium, upper dusky 

 with vermUion wash; edge of soft dorsal white. [7583]. Dark reddish shades 

 and above and on upper fins ; lower side and below white, more or less red 

 washes ; side of head with small orange spots ; side of body with ill-defined 

 narrow brownish stripes ; caudal with white margin in fork ; anterior tip of 

 soft dorsal white ; lower fins more or less orange. 



4942. Iloilo market, Panay. March 29, 1908. Length 108 ram. 



13980. Iloilo market. May 31, 1908. Length 180 mm. 



13189. Iloilo market. June 1, 1908. Length 157 mm. 



7924. Limbones Cove, Luzon. February 8, 1909. Length 205 mm. Top of 

 head with lilac and reddish shades ; back pale olive ; each scale with a dash 

 of bright yellow, in the center forming obscure stripes, horizontal above lat- 

 eral line, horizontal and more pronounced below ; dorsal reddish brown 

 terminally, purplish black wash on rays, extreme margin in fork white; 

 paired and anal fins bright yellow ; from maxillary across lower cheek spots 

 and dashes of orange ; chin and breast white, latter with slight yellow wash, 



19876. Luzon shore, San Vicente Harbor. November 13, 1908. Length 81 mm. 



5407, 5408. Mactan Cove, Mactan Island. April 6, 1908. Length 202 to 212 

 mm. Olivaceous above, white below, with more or less of orange wash on 

 head, side and lower part ; sulphur yellow above eye. Dorsal and caudal 

 dusky vermilion; tips of spines and rays of dorsal white; a dusky band 

 centrally on posterior spinous and soft part and cadmium yellow, tipped with 

 white, on soft rays ; caudal white, tipped within fork ; paired fins cadmium 

 yellow ; mouth white inside ; iris silvery. 



8836. Maculabo Island. June 14, 1909. Length 238 mm. 



19353, 19354. Mahinog, Camiguin Island. August 3. 1909. Length 74 to 

 115 mm. 



9071. Malhon Island, Samar-Leyte. July 27, 1909. Leniith 305 mm. Brassy 

 yellow wash over posterior side of head and all of body showing brightest 

 in centers of scales; dorsal dusky scarlet in exposed membranes and rays, 

 scaled portion similar to back ; til) of soft dorsal whitish ; caudal dusky 



