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small points, with 7 or 8 transverse series of basal elements; circuli 

 fine. 



D. X, 14, I, second spine I14 to 1% in total head length.; A. Ill, 

 12, I, third spine S% to 34^, first ray 31/2 to 33/5; caudal li/g to II/5, 

 well forked ; least depth of caudal peduncle 3% to 3% ; pectoral 

 li/s to 11/5; ventral 1% to 1%. 



Brown generallj", grayish above, below paler to whitish. Dorsals 

 brownish. Caudal pale, end of each lobe black. 



East Indies, Philippines, Japan?, Micronesia. Known by its uni- 

 form coloration, the caudal alone contrasted with black tips. 



12713. Atulayan Island, Lagonoy Gulf, Luzon. June 18, 1908. 2 examples, 



one 145 mm., other headless and little smaller. 

 One example. Butauanan Island, Luzon. June 13, 1909. Length 75 mm. 

 17423. Candaraman Island, North Balabac Strait. January 4, 1909. Length 



143 mm. 

 7834, 7835. Cebu market. April 7, 1908. Length 119 to 120 mm. 

 21815. Cebu market. March 20, 1909. Length 74 to 86 mm. 3 examples. 



[1423.] 

 3254 [D. 5360]. Corregidor Light, N. 74° W., 6.9 miles (14° 21' N., 120° 41' 



E.), Manila Bay. February 8, 1909. Length 68 to 111 mm. 7 examples. 

 8139. Dasol Bay. May 9, 1909. Length 98 mm. 



10425, 10426. East side of Verde Island. July 22, 1908. Length 120 to 124 mm. 

 7133, 7134, 7136 to 7138, 9927 to 9930. Inamuncan Ba^', Mindanao. August 



8, 1909. Length 98 to 142 mm. 

 18413. Limbones Cove, Luzon. January 17, 1908. Length 136 mm. 

 16715. Maculabo Island. June 14, 1909. Length 110 mm. 

 21089. Malanipa Island, east of Zamboanga. September 8, 1909. Length 



117 mm. 

 19094, 19293, 19295 to 19298. Malapascua Island. March 16, 1909. Length 91 



to 153 mm. 

 16175 to 16183. Mantacao Island, west coast of Bohol. April 8, 1908. Length 



115 to 146 mm. [527.] Back purplish. Narrow axial stripe from above 



eye to caudal base yellow. Similar band under dorsal. Lower surface 



pale, more or less washed with scarlet, sometimes entirely scarlet, again 



fading. Dorsal basally like back, tip darker purplish and narrow scarlet 



submarginal band. Caudal and anal bright rosy, nearly scarlet, both lobes 



tipped with seal brown to nearly black. Paired fins paler rosy. Travels in 



schools, a large number of about same size killed at one shot. These fish 



are dried by stringing, as a gridiron between two sticks. 

 Eight examples. Maribojac Bay, Maribojac, Bohol. March 26, 1909. Length 71 



to 133 mm. 

 7309 to 7313. Masbate, Masbate Island. April 21, 1908. Length 137 to 148 mm. 

 12545, 13442, 13444, 20569, 20641, 20642. Opol, Mindanao. August 4, 1909. 



Length 95 to 135 mm. 

 11217 to 11220. Paluan Bay, Mindoro. December 11, 1908. Length 115 to 125 mm. 

 17647, 17648. Pandanon Island. March 23, 1909. Length 128 to 146 mm. 8 



examples. 

 13117 to 13119, 21022. Paron Point, Albay Gulf, Luzon. June 21, 1909. Length 



99 to 114 mm. 

 11125. Pasacao, Ragay Gulf, Luzon. March 9, 1909. Length 146 mm. 

 6937. Port Galera, Mindoro. June 9, 1908. Length 165 mm. 



