FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 223 



8887, 17317. Near Palag Bay, Luzon. June 16, 1909. Length 220 to 300 mm. 



9232. Opol, Mindanao. August 14, 1909. Length 300 mm. 



Six examples. Pagapas Bay, Luzon. February 20, 1907. Length 105 to 126 



mm. 

 13116. Paron Point, Albay Gulf, Luzon. June 21, 1909. Length 137 mm. 

 8987. Porongpong Island, Palumbanes Islands. June 10, 1909. Length 222 



mm. 

 8008, 8010, 10773, 11743, 12052. Port Banalacan, Marinduque. February 23, 



1909. Length 207 to 278 mm. 

 8188. Port Busin, Burias Island. March 8, 1909. Length 305 mm. 

 11256, 14709. Port Caltom, Busuanga Island. December 15, 1908. Length 182 



to 220 mm. 

 18712. Port Dupon, Leyte. March 17, 1909. Length 232 mm. 

 6383. Port Jamelo, Luzon. July 13, 1908. Length 235 mm. 

 16527, 20794. Port Mataivi, Malapascua Island. November 22, 1908. Length 



128 to 135 mm. 

 7263, 17158 to 171C0. Port Mataivi. November 23, 1908. Length 113 to 248 mm. 

 Three examples 423. Port Uson, west of Pinas Island. December 17, 1908. 



Lengtli 66 to 99 mm. 

 6136. Puerta Princesa, Palawan. April 5, 1909. Length 180 mm. 

 8787. Quinalasag Island. June 21, 1909. Length 295 mm. 

 8989, 13404, 13405. Kapurapu Island. June 22, 1909. Length 128 to 314 mm. 

 8216, 8217. Refugio Island, Pasacao, Ragay Gulf, Luzon. March 9, 1909. 



Length 212 to 255 mm. Four examples. 

 5278, 5290. Romblon Harbor. March 25, 1908. Length 190 to 218 mm. Dusky 



hooker green above anteriorly, washed v^ath yellow posteriorly, caudal dusky 



greenish yellow ; lower parts brilliant geranium, scales bordered with silvery 



white; head with three stripes of slaty purple; first above eyes, obscurely 



across interorbital region ; another behind eye ; third across cheek from 



upper corner of mouth. Dorsal edged with dusky ; centrally with rosy wash ; 



anal vermilion, margined with white, yellowish centrally; ventral rays ver» 



milion, front white and membranes hyaline; pectoral rays dusky geranium, 



membranes hyaline, upper axil blackish ; iris with red, tip of nose and chin 



dusky ; supraorbital and opercle behind eye washed with yellow, purplish 



under scales. 

 5481, 5486, 12265 to 12267. San Juanico Strait, Leyte, Samar. April 13, 1908. 



Length 190 to 214 mm. 

 12006 to 12009. San Miguel Harbor, Ticao Island. Length 140 to 210 mm. 

 17592, 17593. San Miguel Island, Tabaco Bay. June 4, 1909. Length 182 to 



194 mm. 

 6555, 6556, 9123. San Roque, Leyte. July 29, 1909. Length 64 to 247 mm. 13 



examples. 

 11715 to 11717, 14178. Santa Cruz Island, Marinduque. April 24, 1908. Length 



102 to 134 mm. 

 21201 to 21203. Sianga Bay. May 17, 1908. Length 94 to 102 mm. 

 5221 [121], 5222 [122]. Siasi Island market. February 17, 1908. Length 210 



to 212 mm. 

 9404, 9405, 10687, 20020. Surigao, Mindanao. May 8, 1908. Length 107 to 



126 mm. 

 7347, 7355. Tara Island. December 14, 1908. Length 288 to 318 mm. 

 9435. Tulayan Island. September 15, 1909. Length 183 mm. 

 16086, 10300 to 16392. Ulugan Bay, Oyster Inlet, Palawan. December 28, 1908. 



Length 53 to 109 mm. 



