art.2. FORMOSA AND PHILIPPINES FISHES—FOWLER AND BEAN. 87 
scales above lateral line to soft dorsal origin, 8 above to spinous 
dorsal origin, 15 or 16 below to spinous anal origin; 14 or 15 pre- 
dorsal scales; snout, 22 to 24 in head; eye, 2% to 3; maxillary, 31 to 
34; interorbital, 34 to 32. Gill-rakers, 5-+-5, short low tubercles; 
gill-filaments, 22? in eye. Scales with 15 or 16 basal radiating striae, 
65 to 97 blunt apical denticles and circuli moderately fine. Color in 
alcohol, back brown, lower surfaces whitish. About five or six rather 
irregular narrow vertical cross bands of darker brown than body 
color. Dorsals with two longitudinal dark bands or lines and each 
caudal lobe with fine transverse dark bands. Other fins pale. Length, 
207 to 210 mm. Two from Zamboanga. 
CAESIO LUNARIS Cuvier. 
Head, 3 to 34; depth, 24 to 23; D. X, 13,1; A. IIT, 9, 1; tubular 
scales 48 to 50 in lateral line to caudal base and 6 more on latter; 
7 scales above lateral line to soft dorsal origin, 14 below to spinous 
anal origin; 24 or 25 predorsal scales; snout, 32 to 4 in head; eye, 
24 to 84; maxillary, 24 to 3; interorbital, 35 to 4. Gill-rakers, 11+-23, 
lanceolate, 14 in eye; gill-filaments, four-fifths of gill-rakers. Scales 
with 12 to 15 basal radiating striae, pointed apical denticles 60 to 70, 
and circuli fine. Color in alcohol with black dusky-drab, paler on 
sides and whitish on under surfaces. Dorsals dusky, other fins pale, 
except deep brownish axillary blotch of pectoral. Mandible tip 
brownish like maxillary. Length, 1483 to 150 mm. Six from Zam- 
boanga. 
Our examples differ from Bleeker’s figure and account in that the 
caudal tips are not blackish, but pale like the rest of the fin. 
CAESIO COERULAUREUS Lacépéde. 
_ Head, 32; depth, 34; D. X, 15,1; A. IIT, 12, 1; tubular scales 60 
in lateral line to caudal base and 6 more on latter; 7 scales above 
lateral line to soft dorsal origin, 14 below to spinous anal origin; 
24 predorsal scales; snout, 32 in head; eye, 44; maxillary, 3; inter- 
orbital, 23. Gill-rakers, 11-26, lanceolate, 14 in filaments or 12 in 
eye. Scales with 11 to 17 basal radiating striae, tuberculate apical 
denticles 83 to 70 and circuli fine. Color in alcohol faded olivaceous 
above to pale brown below. Beginning over eye and following along 
lateral line close above, obscure dull olive band, 24 scales wide and 
bordered narrowly above and below slightly darker than general 
color of back. Dorsals like back. Caudal with median portion of 
each lobe dull olive-dusky, borders all paler. Dusky blotch at pec- 
toral origin, axil broadly dusky. Other fins all pale. Length, 205 
mm. Cebu. 
