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olive small spots, one to each scale. Finally or still posteriorly an 

 elongated whitish blotch nearly twice diameter of eye. Iris pale 

 reddish or yellowish brown. Broad dusky brown area on opercle 

 vertically. Fins all pale brownish, little darker terminally. 



East Indies, Philippines, There is little doubt but that Scolopsis 

 hulanensis Evermann and Scale is the young. They say it is re- 

 lated to Soolopsis personatus but there is no question they ignored 

 Giinther's excellent figure in their comparison, as their selection of 

 Scolopsis personatus is irrelevant. 



A413, A414. Jolo market. March 7, 1908. Length 180 to 210 mm. Back 

 olivaceous. NarroAV blue stripe along dorsal bases. Silvery yellow blotch 

 just above middle of side under dorsal posterior. Lateral line slightly 

 dusky, under its origin pearl blue blotch placed along incline of scales, bor- 

 dered on either edge of an interrupted sepia line ; between latter and silvery 

 blotch 5 or 6 oblique lines made up of about 4 round dots in each. Lower 

 head and body merging into a dusky white tint. Snout above darker than 

 rest of head. Preorbital below with bluish stripe in front of spines. Dusky 

 blotch at top of opercle. Dorsal very pale, slightly pinkish posteriorly. 

 Edges of caudal lobe brick red, center yellowish, very pale. Anals and ven- 

 trals almost colorless, with slight wash of straw yellowish. Pectorals pale 

 pink. Lips and roof of mouth posteriorly pinkish. 



55909 U.S.N.M. Bulan, Sorsogon. Bureau of Fisheries (3845). Length 108 

 mm. Type of Scolopsis hiilanensis. 



SCOLOPSIS MARGARITIFER (Cuvier) 



Scolopsides mm-garitifer Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol., 5, 1830, p. 337. 

 Waigiu. — Lesson, Voy. Coquille, Zool., vol. 2, pt. 1, Nov. 2, 1831, p. 98 (Off- 

 bach Bay, Waigiu). — Bleeker, Nederland. Tijdschr. Dierk., vol. 4, 1874, 

 p. (117) 150 (China) ; Atlas Ichth. Ind, N6erland., vol. 7, 1873-1876, pL 

 (39) 317, fig. 2. 



Scolopsis marffaritifer Gvntrer, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 355 (no 

 locality). — Knek, Reise Novara, Fische, 1865, p. 58 (Singapore). — 

 Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N^^erland., vol. 8, 1876-1877, p. 3 (Sumatra, Batu, 

 Singapore, Biliton, Java, Duizend Islands, Celebes, Halmahera, Burn, Am- 

 boiua, Waigiu). — Alleyne and Macijeay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South 

 Wales, vol. 1, 1876, p. 271 (Cape Grenville, Queensland). — Karoli, Termesz, 

 Fuzetek, Budapest, vol. 5, 1881, p. 154 (Singapore). — Weber, Siboga Exp., 

 vol. 57, Fische, 1913, p. 283 (Macassar; Banda). — Fowler, Mem. Bishop 

 Mus., vol. 10, 1928, p. 208 (compiled). 



Scolopsis margaritiferum Evermann and Seale. Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 26, 

 1906 (1907), p. 84 (Bacon, Bulan). 



Scolopsides pectinatus (Kuhl and Van Hasselt) Cvvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 

 vol. 5, 1830, p. 346. Java. 



Scolopsis pectinatus Gijnther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 362 

 (copied). 



Scolopsis macrophthnlmiis Ramsay and Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South 

 Wales, vol. 7, 1882, p. 238 (New Guinea) ; ser. 2, vol. 10, 1886, p. 10 (Port 

 Moresby, New Guinea). 



Depth 21/5 to 21/2 ; head 3 to Si/g, width ly^ to 2. Snout 3 to 3% 

 in head ; eye 2% to 3^8, greater than to subequal with snout, greater 

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