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A868. Cape Kait, Libani Bay, Celebes. December 29, 1909. Length 257 mm. 



A868. Limbe Strait, Celebes. November 10, 1909. Length 278 mm. 



21381. Labuan Blanda Island, Buton Strait. December 14, 1909. Length 



58 mm. Caudal tips uniformly pale. 

 18492 [2175]. Tanakeke Island, Flores Sea. December 21, 1909. Length 



128 mm. Black caudal tips ; yellow of posterior body and tail distinct. 



Rosy wash on lower surfaces and red on anal. Other examples of same size 



taken with this show almost exactly same coloration with exceptions noted 



and yellows slightly more distinct on dorsal fin. 

 One example. Gomomo Island, Pitt Passage. December 3, 1909. Length 



123 mm. 

 58038 U.S.N.M. Zamboan'ga. Dr. E. A. Mearns. Length 315 mm. 



72681 U.S.N.M. Java. Bryant and Palmer. Length 141 mm. 



72682 U.S.N.M. Java. Bryant and Palmer. Length 225 to 228 mm. 2 

 examples. 



84215 U.S.N.M.. Philippines. Dr. F. Baker. Length 140 mm. As Caesio 



coerulaureus. 

 84234 U.S.N.M. Zamboanga. Dr. F. Baker. Length 145 to 151 mm. 6 



examples. 



CAESIO AXILLARIS Bonlenger 



Caesio axillaris Botilenger, Marine Invest. South Africa, vol. 1, 1902, p. 10, 

 pi. 1. Buffalo Bay in False Bay, in 20 fathoms. — Gilchrist, Marine Invest. 

 South Africa, vol. 1, 1902, p. 110 (copied). — Von Bonde, South Afric. Fisher. 

 Marine Biol. Survey, Rep. No. 3, 1922 (1924), p. 22 (off South Africa in 

 36 fathoms).— Barnard, Ann. South Afric. Mus., vol. 21, pt. 2, Oct. 1927, 

 p. 649 (Table Bay, False Bay, Agulhas Bank, to 43 fathoms). 



Cantharus blochii (not Valenciennes) Pappe, Synops. Edible Fish Cape of 

 Good Hope, 1853, p. 21. 



Cantharus brama (not Bloch) Casteilnau, Mem. Poiss. Afrique Austral., 

 1861, p. 31 (Table Bay). 



Depth 2%; head 314. Snout 3% in head from snout tip; eye 4, 

 114 in snout, II/2 in interorbital ; maxillary reaches eye, 2% in head 

 from snout tip ; (teeth uniserial, none on vomer — Barnard) inter- 

 orbital convex. Lower gill rakers 22, long, slender. Scales 80 (64 

 to 65 — Barnard) in lateral line, 9 or 10 above, 20 below. D. XI, 

 12, 1, fifth spine 24^ in total head length, second ray 3% ; A. HI, 11, 

 third spine 314, first ray 3l^; caudal I14, deeply emarginate; least 

 depth of caudal peduncle 3V5; pectoral 3^4 in combined head and 

 body to caudal base ; ventral 1% in total head length. Silvery, tinged 

 yellow above. Length 275 mm. (Boulenger.) 



South Africa. According to Barnard bluish above, snout 

 brownish, fins rosy, reaches 320 mm. 



CAESIO XANTHONOTUS Bleeker 



Caesio xanthonotus Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 4, 1853, p. 

 466. Bat^via. — Gijnther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 391 (copied). 

 Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 7, 1873-1876, pi. (24) 302, 

 fig. 1; vol. 8, 1876-1877, p. 37 (Java, Amboina).— Meyer, Anal. Soc. 

 Espaii. Hist. Nat., Madrid, vol. 14, 1885, p. 20 (Manado, Celebes). — Fowler, 

 Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, 1928, p. 203 (type of Caesio teres). — Tirant, 

 Service Oc6anogr. Peches Indo Chine, 6^ Note, 1929, p. 168. 



