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pattern. Quite likely Plectorhynchus doanei, based on an example 

 but 40 mm. long, is the young. It is described as orange red, with 

 7 large white areas, margined black; front one on snout, second 

 nuchal and on opercle, third from gill opening to ventrals, with 

 square red band across thorax. Dark ocular band width of eye from 

 eye down around base of mandible. Fourth white area round black 

 spot behind and above pectoral bases; sixth just above and includes 

 anal origin; seventh oblique white ring at outer 2/3 of caudal 

 peduncle. Caudal with hind 2/3 white, with oblong dusky patch 

 on each lobe. 



8738. Agojo Point, Catanduanes Island. June 10, 1909. Length 448 mm. 

 21836. Atulayan Bay. January 17, 1909. Length 102 mm. 

 8634, 8635. Biri Channel, Balicuatro Islands. June 1, 1909. Length 242 to 



253 mm. 

 8359. Buang Bay, Talajit Island. March 15, 1909. Length 380 mm. 

 8806, 8807. Butauanan Island, Luzon. June 13, 1909. Length 240 to 268 mm. 

 7794. Candaraman Island. January 4, 1909. Length 250 mm. 

 5529. Catbalogan, Samar. April 16, 1908. Length 198 mm. 

 7733. Caxisigan Island. January 2, 1909. Length 398 mm. 

 7535. Endeavor Strait, Palawan. December 23, 1908. Length 268 mm. 

 8235. Galvaney Island. March 9, 1909. Length 387 mm. 

 5184. Jolo Island. March 7, 1908. Length 460 mm. 

 8838. Maculabo Island. June 14, 1909. Length 462 mm. 

 14461 [1892]. Managua River, Cebu. August 25, 1909. Length 112 mm. 

 19, 17646. Pandanon Island. March 23, 1909. Length 127 to 170 mm. 

 5917, 5918. Parang, Mindanao. May 23, 1908. Length 325 to 459 mm. 

 11039. Port Maricaban. July 21, 1908. Length 223 mm. 

 7261. Port Matalvi. November 23, 1908. Length 323 mm. 

 15759. Sacol Island, east of Zamboanga. September 9, 1909. Length 113 mm. 

 17601. San Miguel Island, Tabaco Bay. June 4, 1909. Length 135 mm. 

 A470. Tulnalutan Island, east of Zamboanga. September 9, 1909. Length 



485 mm. 

 6430. Tilig. July 14, 1908. Length 240 ram. 

 6490. Tilig. July 15, 1908. Length 223 mm. 



7658. Ulugan Bay, Oystet Inlet, Palawan. December 28, 1908. Length 458 mm. 

 6626, 6627. Varadero Bay. July 23, 1908. Length 244 to 293 mm. 

 [455], Talisse Island, north of Celebes, Dutch East Indies. November 9' 



1909. Length 98 mm. 

 7267 U.S.N.M. Java. Bryant and Palmer. Length 300 ram. 

 84212 U.S.N.M. Cebu. Dr. F. Baker. Length 114 mm. (not 150 as stated by 



Fowler and Bean). 



Subgenus Spilotichthys Fowler 



Scales 1122 to 126 in lateral line. 



PLECTORHINCHUS PICTUS (Thunberg) 



Perca phta Thunberg, Kon. Vet. Akad. Nya Handl., vol. 13, 1792, p. 143. Japan. 



Grammistes pictus Schneider, Syst. Ichth. Bloch, 1801, p. 190 (Japan). 



Lutjamis picttis LAcfipEOE, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 5, 1803, pp. 687, 688 (Japan). 



Diagramma pictum Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 5, 1S30, p. 315 (Java, 

 Pondicherry, Japan). — Valenciennes, Eegne Animal Cuvier, 111., Poiss., 

 1839, p. 86. Dl. 30, &s. 3. — Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Poiss., pts. 2-i, 1843, 



