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Color in spirits of head, body, and fins, except pectorals, bright sky blue; each scale of sides with 
one or two very small round black specks; a black band as wide as pupil from the top of the gill-opening, 
through eye, to end of snout; two narrower, wavy or broken black lines on cheek below eye, and three of 
these crossing opercle; top of head between eyes with several small black specks; spinous dorsal plain 
sky blue; soft dorsal, caudal, and anal sky blue, specked with dusky outwardly, and tipped with 
black; rays of ventrals sky blue, dusky toward tips; pectorals sky blue at base, otherwise colorless 
(transparent). 
' Known from 6 specimens from Ticao Island, 1.25 to 1.75 inches long. The sky-blue color of body 
and fins, and the black-edged soit dorsal, caudal, and anal appear to distinguish this species. The type 
is no. 20207, Stanford University; cotypes are no. 61682, U. S. National Museum. 
176. Dascyllus melanurus Bleeker. Calitbobo. 
A single specimen, 2.33 inches long, from Cagayancillo. 
General color in life pale green, belly white; body decorated with four wide black bars which 
extend on fins above and below; one across frontal region, eye, and chin; one from anterior third of 
dorsal through base of pectoral and on ventrals, which fins are black; one from posterior third of dorsal 
to and including anal; and the last on posterior two-thirds of caudal. 
Family LABRIDA. 
CHOIRODON Riippell. 
177. Choirodon anchorago (Bloch). Banquilan. 
A single specimen from Cuyo, 4 inches long. Life color, above gray; lower half and belly white; 
head greenish; opercle and preopercle spotted with brick red; line above eye and two irregular lines 
from eye to mouth brick red; spots of the same color from head backward to end of dorsal, above lateral 
line; pectoral rich yellow, the base blue crossed by a line of dark brick red; ventral white, membrane 
between first and second rays pale red; dorsal dull greenish, barred with two lines of brick red, one 
subterminal and one near the base, the latter ending on first ray; anal light lemon yellow and white, 
tipped with a marginal line of bright orange; caudal-dirty reddish brown, base pale blue; iris bronze, 
surrounded by blue. 
178. Choirodon oligacanthus (Bleeker). 
One specimen from Iloilo, 3.50 inches long. 
AMPHECES Jordan & Snyder. 
179. Ampheces pterophthalmus (Bleecker). 
One specimen from Cuyo, 6 inches long. 
General color in life, dark purple; a large ocellate black spot on posterior part of dorsal and anal 
fins, surrounded with yellow; a bluish interocular stripe; pectoral yellow. 
STETHOJULIS Giinther. 
180. Stethojulis strigiventer (Bennett). 
Four specimens from Cuyo, 2.50 to 4 inches long. 
Life colors of Cuyo specimen: A line of light blue from above nose through top of eye along middle 
of body to and on to base of caudal; side above this line brown, below it white, washed with yellow; 
another blue line from snout backward below eye, ending just below base of pectoral; a third blue line 
from gill-opening passing below pectoral and ending below middle of dorsal; space between the last 
two lines salmon pink in front of pectoral; opercle washed with pink; a light blue line on each side 
of dorsal, uniting posteriorly; a bit of blue on side of chin; fins all clear and colorless. 
181. Stethojulis phekadopleura [leeker. 
Four specimens, 1.50 to 2.75 inches long, from Cuyo and Calayan. 
Color in life of Cuyo specimen (2.75 inches in length): Above black, finely speckled on body with 
pale blue; lower parts bluish; two@ parallel rows of large spots extending from pectoral to below end 
of dorsal; dorsal and caudal slightly red; dorsal finely speckled with pale blue. 
aA third and fainter row shows in preserved specimens. 
