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very fine, nonstriate. Color in alcohol dull brownish generally, 
scarcely paler below. Vertical fins and ventrals brownish, all with 
more or less dusky terminally. Pectoral pale. Length, 183 mm. 
Cebu. 
Compared with Philippine examples in the Academy. 
SIGANUS FUSCESCENS (Honttuyn). 
Head, 32; depth, 23; D. I, XIII, 10,1; A. VII, 9, 1; snout, 22 in 
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head; eye, 34; maxillary, 34; interorbital, 3. Teeth and scales as 
in preceding. Color in alcohol faded dull brownish generally, 
scarcely paler on abdomen. Dorsals and anals dark gray, mottled 
or obscurely blotched with darker on membranes, also on caudal, 
though traces of about five outer marginal darker blotches on each 
lobe most distinct. Paired fins pale. Ventral membrane dusky. 
Length, 155 mm. Cebu. 
Agrees with Philippine material in the Academy. 
SIGANUS ROSTRATUS (Valenciennes). 
Head, 3% to 4;/depth, 22 'to 22; DiI, XIE, once: X11, 10,2; 7Ac 
VII, 9, 1; snout, 22 to 22 in head; eye, 3} to 32; maxillary, 3% to 4; 
interorbital, 3 to 34. Teeth and scales as in S. javus. Caudal 
strongly forked. Color in alcohol dusky-brown generally, often 
clouded white on ventral region and lower surface also frequently 
pale vinaceous-drab. Spinous dorsal grayish, blotched with purple- 
drab, likewise spinous anal and ventral. Other vertical fins grayish, 
with brownish cloudings or specklings. Pectoral pale olive. Iris 
yellowish-white. Length, 188 to 163 mm. Four from Zamboanga. 
Our examples apparently young. They agree fairly with Gun- 
ther’s figure of Teuthis rostrata*® from an example obtained at 
Tahiti. Traces of the numerous gilded small spots are still evident. 
Quite characteristic are the 3 or 4 large dark blotches on the ventrals. 
SIGANUS CORALINUS (Valenciennes). 
Head, 32 to 34; depth, 2 to 24; D. I, XII to XIV, 9, 1, or 10,1; A. 
VII, 8, 1; or 9 1; snout, 1$ to 1,4 in head; eye, 3%; maxillary, 34 
to 84; interorbital, 34 to 34. Teeth and scales as in preceding species. 
Inner ventral spine, as depressed, very slightly less than outer. 
Color in alcohol nearly brownish-drab above, little paler below. 
Head, breast, belly, and ventral edge with moderate crowded dark 
edged gray ocelli, which much smaller and more or less as dark dots 
on trunk. Fins olive-gray, sometimes few obscure small clouded 
blotches on rayed vertical ones basally. Iris pale yellowish white. 
Length, 188 to 790 mm. Two from Zamboanga. 
Compared with Sumatran example in the Academy. 
8% Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, vol. 2-3 (5-6), 1874, p. 89, pl. 60. 
