266 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
182. Stethojulis bandanensis (Bleeker). 
One example 4 inches long from Cuyo, and one, 3 inches, from Cagayancillo. 
Life color of Cuyo specimen: Above dark greenish, finely and regularly speckled with pale blue; 
a salmon-colored spot over pectoral and a small blue crescent in axil; a short yellow band from angle of 
mouth to below eye; a fine blue line under eye; a small ocellated spot on lateral line at end of caudal 
peduncle; dorsal finely spotted with blue; lower parts very pale blue. 
183. Stethojulis zatima Jordan & Seale. Lugday. 
One example, 2.50 inches long, from Cuyo, and 3 from Calayan, less than 1 inch in length, all 
obtained in tide pools. 
Mr. McGregor has the following note on the lize colors of the Cuyo specimen: ‘‘Dark grass green, 
tending to pale blue on belly; sides below lateral line crossed by about five light lines; a narrow silvery 
line from mouth across head, becoming brilliant blue on opercle; a narrow dark bar at base of tail and 
a small black dot on tail above lateral line; caudal and ventral pale blue, washed basally with golden; 
preopercle silvery.” 
PLATYGLOSSUS (Klein) Bleeker. 
184. Platyglossus notopsis (Kuhl & Van Hasselt). 
Four specimens, 1.50 to 1.75 inches long, from Calayan. Color in life, black, with six or eight pale 
yellow lines from snout and lower jaw to tail, radiating over side of body; in some specimens these lines 
are obsolete; caudal white. 
HALICHGRES Rippell. 
185. Halicheres centiquadrus (Bleeker). Payuc. 
One specimen from Cagayancillo, 5 inches in length. 
Life colors: Body white, each scale with a black mark, these larger on upper than on lower part of sides; 
belly pure white; a large black spot below and on anterior portion of dorsal; in front of dorsal the black 
spots are salmon instead of black; head green; lips light yellow; several curious dark salmon marks on 
head, one from maxillary through eye, two on opercle, and one from chin to margin of preopercle; a spot 
of salmon on part of lower preopercle; several pink spots on scales below pectoral; three bright lemon- 
yellow spots next to dorsal, one of them in front of the black spot, another some distance behind it, and 
the third one behind dorsal; dorsal reddish with numerous large chrome-yellow spots; caudal brilliant 
chrome yellow; pectoral and ventral clear; a bright vermilion spot on base of pectoral behind; a dark 
spot on base above; anal with stripes of pale pink and yellow. 
186. Halicheres gymnocephalus (Bloch & Schneider). 
Two specimens, 3 and 4 inches long, from Cuyo. 
General color in life, including dorsal, caudal, and anal, light green; a large black blotch on side 
behind pectoral; belly white; a pink band from snout to eye; a dark green spot on preopercle, bordered 
with blue; base of pectoral yellow with a dark band; a light green band under base of pectoral; iris 
light green. 
187. Halicheres trimaculatus (Quoy & Gaimard). 
One example, 3 inches long, from Cagayancillo. 
General color in life, pale yellowish above and white below; each scale marked with a vertical bar 
of pinkish, on some scales mixed with brown; on lower part of body the bars are faint or wanting; head 
beautifully marked with bands of pink and pea green, two of each color from eye to snout; behind eye 
and on upper opercle several pink spots; preopercle light yellow; top of head from interorbital to dorsal 
dotted with pink; a pink band beneath pectoral; dorsal transparent, with three longitudinal bands of 
pink and one of green; anal transparent; a band of pink near base; pectoral transparent, a small dark 
spot in its axil, bordered with blue; ventral pale pea green; caudal transparent, tipped with a reddish 
wash. 
188. Halichcres miniatus (Kuhl & Van Hasselt). 
One specimen from Calayan, 2.50 inches long. 
