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SIGANUS VULPINUS (Schlegel and Miiiler). 
Head, 3} to 32; depth, 24 to 24; D. I, XIII, 11, rarely 10; A. VII, 
9; snout, 1 to 2 in head; eye, 34 to 43; maxillary, 5 to 51; interorbital, 
32 to 32. Teeth and scales as in preceding. Inner ventral spine 
about seven-eighths of outer. Color in alcohol, with back nearly 
burnt-umber, fading pale brown below and behind, especially on 
dorsals, anals, and caudal. Upper half of head, including snout, from 
slightly below maxillary end to lower eye edge then to suprascapular 
and spinous dorsal origin bone-brown. All of breast and chest before 
pectoral and ventral bases deep bone-brown. Lower half of head 
pale lavender-gray, finely dotted with bone-brown and as gray color 
extends over front of back, gradually fading after pectoral, also 
finely dotted. Pectoral tinted olive-gray, upper edge dark and similar 
tints on rayed vertical fins. Iris pale yellowish white. Length, 193 
to 230 mm. Four from Zamboanga. 
Jordan and Seale’s figure ** does not show the fine dark dots on 
the lower surface of the head, evidently having faded out. 
We give Lo Seale only eae rank, as in dentition, gill-rakers, 
and scale structure it agrees with all the other species we have exam- 
ined. Its sole distinction appears to be in the constricted lower 
branchial region. Jordan and Seale say *” it “is defined by the short 
tubular snout,” which is not at all the case. The snout is, in fact, 
as long as most of the long-snouted species we have seen. From 
Siganus corallinus, for instance, its branchial construction is only a 
condition of slightly greater restriction. 
Family BALISTIDAE. 
BALISTAPUS LINEATUS (Schneider). 
Head, 2% to 24; depth, 1,% to 2; D. I1I—n, 24; A. 1, 22 or 23; 
scales, 46 between gill-opening and caudal base and 4 more on latter; 
25 to 29 scales between soft dorsal and anal origins; 38 to 47 pre- 
dorsal scales; snout, 14 in head; eye, 52 to 6; interorbital, 4 to 44. 
Color in alcohol generally nearly bone-brown. Trunk with many 
inclined paler lines, extend from dorsal surface backwards toward 
anal and caudal. Several from muzzle with more or less yellowish 
white tinge. Spinous dorsal dark like back. Fins largely dull yel- 
lowish-white, narrow basal portion of each dorsal and anal ray, also 
of pectoral, bone-brown. Iris pale slaty. Length, 160 to 220 mm. 
Two from Zamboanga. 
The larger example shows three rows of antrorse spines on each 
side of caudal peduncle, the smaller has only two. 
* Bull. Bur. Fish. U. S., vol. 25, 1905 (1906), p. 361, fig. 67. 
87 Idem, p. 360. 
