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are not very evident in our poorly preserved specimens ; the up- 

 per part of opercle scaled but the rest of the head naked; the 

 scales on nape a little smaller than those on sides; the depth 

 of the wide flat caudal peduncle a little greater than its length 

 and about 2.2 times in head; the length of caudal equals head 

 and is greater than that of pectoral; the ventrals usually do 

 not reach anus; the tips of dorsal spines more or less elongated, 

 the fifth one the longest and extending upon second dorsal when 

 depressed but only about f of the depth ; the second dorsal and 

 anal similar in outline, the dorsal the higher, their posterior 

 rays greater than the depth beneath them and extending upon 

 caudal. 



The color of a living specimen collected at Tawang, Samal 

 Island, was pale greenish, becoming whitish below, with five 

 brown crossbands widest dorsally, a small blackish spot on up- 

 per part of caudal base, several large pearl white spots on side 

 below soft dorsal, and numerous, small, bluish white spots scat- 

 tered on sides in the crossbands ; the snout was dusky, the sides 

 of head marked with alternate irregular streaks of pink and 

 white; white spots on opercle, with brown marks on posterior 

 margin ; the first dorsal irregularly blotched and margined with 

 violet, the second dorsal with a basal series of pink spots, per- 

 pendicular stripes of pink alternating with white specks, and 

 a pink margin; the anal pinkish, spotted with white, and with 

 a pink margin; the ventrals similar to anal but paler and with- 

 out the pink margin; the pectoral lemon yellow, with a basal 

 pink vertical bar; the caudal with longitudinal pink stripes and 

 dark green margins. 



In alcohol specimens are brown above and more or less sil- 

 very below, with five darker crossbands more or less evident, 

 and a small black spot on upper part of caudal base ; the scales 

 on sides each with a pearly spot, forming longitudinal rows; 

 the sides of head and base of pectoral covered with oblong to 

 circular, bluish or pearly spots; usually a blackish spot present 

 over upper posterior angle of opercle; the dorsal fins and anal 

 dusky, the original markings disappearing. 



Here described from nineteen specimens, varying in length 

 from 30 to 84 millimeters, from the following localities : 



Puerto Galera, Mindoro, 7. Samal Island, Davao, Minda- 



Bacon, Sorsogon Province, 1. nao, 1. 



Dumaguete, Oriental Negros, 5. Canigaran, Palawan, 1. 



Cagayan, Misamis Province, Balabac, 2. 

 Mindanao, 2. 



