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along background color fades to dusky yellowish; both head and body 

 abundantly spotted with brown, spots on head roundish from size of nostril 

 to about half nostril diameter; spots on back immediately under dorsal fin 

 also roundish and somewhat larger ; above lateral line spots apparently 

 irregularly scattered, ground color between assumes in places sort of 

 hexagonal reticulation, below lateral line spots follow rows of scales giving 

 rise to oblique stripes upward and backward ; spots much smaller on lower 

 portion than on upper portion of body, none on lower head, breast or belly 

 or lower part of peduncle; dorsal and upper part of caudal mai-gined by 

 dusky, becoming almost black on posterior part of dorsal, body of fin yellow, 

 with large brown or blackish spots larger than any on body, nearly one-half 

 diameter of pupil ; none on terminal portion of fin for distance equal to 

 breadth of spot; lower part of caudal, including all but two rays of lower 

 half, bluish black, showing little of spots at base ; anal and ventrals similar, 

 but not quite so darkly colored, without spots except on scaled part ; pectoral 

 hyaline ; rays slaty gray, except underneath ; few yellowish spots in axil 

 and black at upper base externally; inside of mouth scarlet, apparently 

 only in patches on vomer and one on each side of mouth above and in 

 corners below, 



5047. Sandakan, Borneo. February 29, 1908. Length 242 mm. 



6803. Kowloon market, China. September 18, 1909. Length 268 mm. 



20635. Kowloon market. September 26, 1909. Length 112 mm. 



6862. Kowloon market. October 22, 1909. Length 114 mm. 



8143 U.S.N.M. Hong Kong, China. W. Stimpson. Length 149 mm. 



32721 U.S.N.M. Indian archipelago. Royal Museum Leiden. Length 168 mis. 



53027. U.S.N.M. Jolo. Bureau of Fisheries. Length 230 mm. 



56309 U.S.N.M. Cavite. Dr. G. A. Lung. Length 75 to 140 mm. 3 examples. 



57605 U.S.N.M. Japan. P. L. Jouy. Length 90 to 286 mm. 8 examples. As 

 PlectorJiynchus diagrammus. 



59749 U.S.N.M. Hamashima, Japan. Dr. H. M. Smith. Length 81 to 95 mui 

 2 examples. 



71201 U.S.N.M. Kagoshima. Bureau of Fisheries. Length 90 mm. 



71269 U.S.N.M. Nafa, Okinawa, Riu Kiu. Albatross Collection 1906. Length 

 110 mm. 



72669 U.S.N.M. Java. Bryant and Palmer. Length 202 mm. 



75487 U.S.N.M. Nagasaki. Jordan and Snyder. Length 165 to 178 mm. 2 

 examples. 



75488 U.S.N.M. Nagasaki. Jordan and Snyder. Length 240 mm. 



76642 U.S.N.M. Takao, Formosa. Dr. F. Baker. Length 64 to 91 mm. 3 

 examples. 



84184 U.S.N.M. Cebu. Dr. F. Baker. Length 99 mm. 



25136 A.N.S.P. Padang, Sumatra. A. C. Harrison and H. L. Hiller. Length 

 381 mm. When fresh in alcohol mostly drab gray, little darker or more 

 drab above. Head and greater iwrtion of body, especially above and on 

 back, with numerous olivaceous yellow spots. Side of head with similar 

 colored horizontal streaks and bars. Fins, except pectoral, with yellowish 

 olive spots, more or less inclining to deep brown or blackish terminally ; 

 this more especially on soft dorsal, anal and caudal, which deep brown or 

 grayish black on outer portions. Spots on vertical fins numerous and rather 

 small. Pectoral pale, tinged with olive yellow. Ventral similar, tip dusky, 

 reddish basally. Iris pale orange. Peritoneum white. 



