FISHES OB' THE ISLANDS OF LUZON AND PANAY. 29 



LEPIDAPLOIS Gill. 



145. Lepidaplois macrurus (Luc-epecic). 



Head 3 in length; depth 2.9.J; dursiil .\u, 9; anal in, 12; scale.s 32. Color in .spirits yellowish white; 

 4 red bands through interorbital space over nuchal region and back over upper half of body; 2 similar lines 

 through eye and 2 or 3 below eye, these extending back on body ; a wide deep black area below- soft dorsal, 

 at the lateral line sending an oblique band-like projection of black downward and backward, running out on 

 lower caudal rays to tip; ventrals black; margin of anal black, a dusky wash on belly. One specimen from 

 Manila, length 10 inches. 



HALICH(ERES Kiippell. 



146. Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider). 



Head 3.20 in length : depth 3: eye (i in head; dorsal IX, 12; anal in. 12; a strong canine at angle of jaw; 

 scales 28. Color in spirits yellowish, with bluish gray on upper two-thirds of body more or less distinctly 

 arranged in 8 or 9 cross-bands; a blue-black yellow-edged ocellus between the fifth to .seventh doi-sal spines; 

 margins of caudal bright yellow, the inner part with blue and yellow cross-bands, dusky below; a black spot 

 in axil of pectoral; outer edge of dorsal and anal bluish, the inner half of the.se fins with roundish yellowish 

 markings; head W'ith blue lines. Three specimens from Manila, length 3.75 to 5.20 inches. 



147. Halichoeres hyrtli I Bleeker) . 



Head 3.50 in length; depth 4; dor.sal i.x, 12; anal iii, 11; scales 29; teeth in a single row in each jaw, with 

 a distinct posterior canine. Color in spirits yellowish, the scales with a tint of brown; a wide distinct brown 

 band from snout through eye tc base of caudal ; a black yellow-edged ocellus at posterioi- end of tiiis line on base 

 of caudal; a brown band along base of caudal; the lines of each side uniting at tip of .snout; a black spot 

 l>etween the first and second dorsal spines at ba.se sometimes extending back to third spine; dorsal, anal, and 

 caudal with indistinct reticulating lines or white spots; base of pectorals with a black six)t. Three specimens 

 from Manila, length 2.50 to 3.10 inches. 



148. Halichoeres scapularis (Bennett) 



Head 3 in length; depth 4; eye 4 in head; snout 3.75; interorbital 1.75 in snout : dor.sal i\, II ; anal m. 

 11 ; scales 3-27-9; a distinct canine at angle of jaws. 



Body oblong, moderately compressed ; depth of caudal peduncle 2.30 in bead ; snout rather shaip-pointed . 

 the lips thick; sharp-pointed teeth in a single .series in each jaw; the anterior canines of each jaw sliglitly 

 enlarged; posterior canines distinct; gillrakers short, sharp-pointed, 11 on lower limb; scales in front of dorsal 

 and on thorax small, 9 series in front of doi-sal; dorsal fin low, its longest spine 2..tO in head, the rays slightly 

 longer; base of anal equal to length of head, its longest ray 2.50 in head; pectorals l.tiO; \enlrals 2.10; caudal 

 rounded, 1.75. 



Color in spirits dull gray; a distinct black stripe from eye along side to up|)ci' base of caudal; a narrow 

 narrow indistinct light line on the median line from lobe of opercle to middle of caudal; lins yellowish white 

 without markings; no black spot in axil of [)ectoral or on base of caudal. 



Two specimens from Panay, length 2.75 inches. 



A specimen from Manila which was 5..50 inches long had head 4 in length; depth 4; eye 5..^0 in lieaii; 

 a blunt tooth at angle of mouth; some small scales behind the eye. C'olor in spirits (specimen much faded), 

 above grayish green, the scales with darker centers, yellowish below; caudal banded; dorsal and anal with 

 2 or 3 longitudinal bands of dusky and yellowish ; cheek with bands and dots, especially a band behind eye and 

 2 spots on upper part of opercle; a dusky obli(|ue liand on each side of belly from inner axil of pectoral. 



149. Halichceres binotopsis (Bleeker). 



Head 3.20 in length; depth 3.75; dorsal ix. 11; anal in. 11; scales 28. Color in spirits (badly faded i 

 yellowish, with indistinct dusky spots and 4 or 5 indistinct cross-bands; a black dot on upper ba>e of caudal; 

 a duskv ocellus between first and second dor.sal spines and another between first and secoiifl dorsal rays; 

 .some lines on head, one of which forms a short but rather wide vertical dark line behind eye. 



Another specimen has the head 3 in length; depth 3.50; eye 4 in head. Color in spirits bluish, witli 5 

 dark bands with white hues between them; dorsal with ocelli; anal with a row of ocelli; caudal with ocelli; 

 a black bar behind eye; lines on cheek not forming a complete circuit. 



Numerous specimens from Cavite, length 2.25 to 3.25 inches. 



