256 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
CENTROGENYS Richardson. 
(Myriodon Brisout de Barneville; Gennadius Jordan & Seale.) 
114. Centrogenys vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard). 
Scorpena vaigienis Quoy & Gaimard, Voy. Uranie, Zool., 324, pl. Lv11I, fig. 1, 1824; Waigiou. 
Centrogenys waigiensis, Bleeker, Atlas, V11, 68, pl. ccxcvit, fig. 1, 1876; East Indies. 
Sebastes stoliczkx Day, Fish. Ind., 148, pl. xxxv1, fig. 1, 1877; Nicobars (name corrected in addenda to Myriodon waigiensis). 
Gennadius stolicze, Jordan & Seale, Bul. U. 8. Bureau of Fisheries, xxv1, 1906 (1907), 37; Panay, P. I. 
Centrogenys vaigiensis, Boulenger, Cat., 147, 1895; Singapore to Philippines ahd Australia. 
One specimen from Cuyo, 3.25 inches long. The original figure of this species by Quoy & Gaimard 
shows the lower pectoral rays unbranched. 
VARIOLA Swainson. 
115. Variola louti (Forskal). l 
A specimen, 9.50 inches long, from Calayan. Color in life dark red, spotted with darker red; terminal 
half of pectoral ight yellow. 
CEPHALOPHOLIS Bloch & Schneider. 
116. Cephalopholis miniatus (Forskal). 
One finely preserved specimen from Calayan, 7.50 inches long. In life bright scarlet, thickly spotted 
with dark blue. 
117. Cephalopholis argus (Bloch). Turnutulin. 
One example, 5.50 inches long, from Cagayancillo. Color in life dark brown, everywhere spotted 
with deep blue, each spot surrounded with black; spots most numerous on dorsal, caudal, and anal fins. 
118. Cephalopholis leopardus (Lacépéde). 
A specimen, 6 inches long, from Calayan Island. Dorsal rx, 15; anal m1, 9; scales 7-75-30; color 
apparently much faded; two dusky blotches on top of caudal peduncle; fins pale; caudal with two 
oblique converging dark bars behind. In life bright scarlet, with dusky along sides of dorsal. 
EPINEPHELUS Bloch. 
119. Epinephelus diacanthus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 
A specimen, 4 inches long, from Cuyo, and one 3 inches long from Cagayancillo, apparently belong 
to this species. Oblique body bands distinct. Teeth in two rows in anterior part of lower jaw. 
120. Epinephelus megachir (Richardson). 
Four specimens from Calayan, 3 to 3.50 inches long, conform more nearly to the description of this 
species than any other. The pectorals are noticeably longer than in other East Indian species of 
Epinephelus, though somewhat shorter than the head. The teeth are in two rows anteriorly in the 
lower jaw and in a single row behind the anterior third of the jaw. Body, head, and fins are every- 
where closely spotted, the spots on the body being for the most part roundish and larger in size than 
the pupil. There are no cross bands. 
121. Epinephelus nebulosus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 
Depth 3.20; head 2.60; dorsal x1, 16; anal m1, 8; scales 17-98-42; snout 4.60, equaling eye; eye 4.60; 
interorbital space 1.6 in eye; lower jaw slightly projecting; maxillary 2.30 in head, scarcely extending to 
the vertical from posterior border of orbit; teeth in two series in lower jaw; canines moderate; preoper- 
cular angle with 5 or 6 teeth larger than the rest; middle opercular spine nearer lower than upper, the 
lower spine scarcely as far back as upper; opercular flap pointed; head covered with cycloid scales; 
maxillary not scaly; gill-rakers 15 on the lower part of the anterior arch; dorsal origin over base of 
pectoral; longest dorsal spine shorter than soft rays; pectoral 1.6 in head; ventral 1.9, not quite to 
vent; third anal spine scarcely as long as second; caudal rounded; scales of middle portion of sides 
ctenoid, those of belly and breast and above lateral line on anterior half of body cycloid. 
Color in spirits dark brownish, each side with numerous large circular pale spots, nearly as large as 
eye, and each encircled by a more or less continuous black border; two similar black-bordered spots on 
the opercle; three dark stripes radiating from the eye backward across the cheek; two zigzag black 
lines, bordering a pale interstripe, passing downward and backward from back of maxillary; a similar 
