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30594 U.S.N.M. New Guinea. Australian Museum. Length 103 to 118 mm. 3 



examples. 

 52469 U.S.N.M, Apia, Samoa. Bureau of Fisheries. Length 86 to 108 mm. 5 



examples. 

 56068 U.S.N.M. Bacon. Bureau of Fisheries (341). Length 190? mm. 

 56219 U.S.N.M, Bacon. Bureau of Fisheries (3482). Length 120 mm. 

 59002 U.S.N.M. Bacon. Bureau of Fisheries (3473, 3985). Length 138 to 



194 mm. 2 examples. 

 72680 U.S.N.M. Java. Bryant and Palmer. Length 175 mm. 

 75493 U.S.N.M. Nafa, Okinawa, Riu Kiu. Albatross Collection 1906. Length 



183 mm. 

 84218 U.S.N.M. Philippines. Dr. F. Baker. Length 206 mm. Two dark bands 



along back. As Caesio pisang. 



The following are perhaps variations of Ca-sio caerulaureus, but 

 the dark band in each caudal lobe constantly narrower, also a single 

 dark line separates brown of back from blue of flanks : 



15459 to 15461. Bolinao Bay, Luzon. May 10, 1909. Length 78 to 80 mm. 

 9030. Bongao, Sulu Archipelago. February 24, 1908. Length 193 mm. 

 12457. Bugsuk, Balabac. January 5, 1909. Length 102 mm, 

 19649. Bulan Island, Samales Group. September 13, 1909. Length 148 mm. 

 16325. Endeavor Strait, north west coast Palawan. December 23, 1908. 



Length 114 mm. 

 12501. North west Verde Island. July 22, 1908. Length 214 mm. 

 12428, 12430, 20528, 20529. Port Galera, Mindoro. October 27, 1909. Length 



149 to 172 mm. 

 15835. Sitanki Reef. September 24, 1909. Length 164 mm. 

 14292. Teomabal Island. September 18, 1909. Length 173 mm. 

 19192, 19193. Tulnalutan Island. September 9, 1909. Length 163 to 198 mm. 

 14070. Uki, Bouro. December 9, 1909. Length 107 mm. 

 Two examples. Limbe Strait, Celebes. November 10, 1909. Length 67 to 



73 mm. 

 21473. Doworra Island. December 2, 1909. Length 93 mm. 

 9699, 9700, 9701, 14419. Talisse Island. November 9, 1909. Length 148 to 159 



mm. 



The following specimens all lack the black pectoral spot : 

 22412. Endeavor Strait, Palawan. December 23, 1908. Length 65 mm. 

 21975. Murcielagos Bay, Mindanao. August 9, 1909. Length 68 mm. 

 16587. Tulnalutan Island, east of Zamboanga. September 9, 1909. Length 65 



mm. 

 13530, 13532. Uki, Bouro Island, Dutch East Indies. December 9, 1909. Length 



130 to 299 mm. 

 22834, 22835. Daisy Island, west of Bumbum. January 6, 1910. Length 66 to 



73 mm. 

 13539. Gane Road, Gillolo Island. December 1. 1909. Length 106 mm. 

 13539. IMakyan Island. November 29, 1909. Length 201 mm. 

 27620 A.N.S.P. Padang, Sumatra. A. C. Harrison and H. L. Hiller, Length 



135 mm. When fresh in arrack deep steel blue black above, side and lower 



surface of head, caudal peduncle and caudal rosy red. Edges of caudal lobes 



and median rays black. Broad golden green longitudinal band from above 



eye to upper caudal lobe basally. Pectoral axil black. 



