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189. Halicheres pecilus (Lay & Bennett). 
Two examples from Calayan, 3 and 3.50 inches long, from a tide pool. 
Color in life: A pea-green band on cheek; a large brown spot bordered with blue on opercle; dorsal 
and anal greatly variegated, mottled with green and light claret; a large black spot between second and 
third dorsal rays; ventral pale green, edged with claret. 
190. Halichcres nebulosus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 
Three specimens from Cuyo, 2.75 to 3.25 inches long. 
In life brightly colored and variegated; on head various irregular markings of light brick red and 
bright green, bordered narrowly with bright blue; body purplish, marked with green spots and blotches; 
dorsal reddish, marked with ocellated green spots; anal similar to dorsal, with a median green band 
bordered with bright blue; caudal pale yellowish, with spots of dark red; pectoral colorless; ventral 
pale green, the long rays pale reddish. 
191. Halicheres opercularis (Giinther). 
Seven specimens from Calayan, 2 to 3 inches long, and one without locality label. One of the 
Calayan specimens has asmall black spot on the back part of the soft dorsal, in addition to the normal 
median and anterior spot. It does not otherwise appear to differ from the other examples. 
CHEILIO Lacépéde. 
192. Cheilio inermis (Forskal). 
Three specimens from Cuyo, 6 to 7.50 inches long. 
General color in life, dark green above and light brown below median line; each scale below with 
a pale blue spot; a median line of black spots; dorsal and caudal pale green; pectoral, ventral, and anal 
clear; a few dark reddish marks on chin. 
THALASSOMA Swainson. 
198. Thalassoma dorsale (Quoy «& Gaimard). 
One specimen from Cagayancillo, 3 inches long. 
194. Thalassoma guntheri (Bleecker). 
One specimen from Calayan Island, 3 inches long. 
Color in life: Head and body with broad longitudinal lines of rank emerald green and purple; dorsal 
with lines of same green and more delicate shades; pectoral and ventral washed with pale green; belly 
light blue; caudal washed with pale red, green, and yellow, tending to form bars; two outer rays of 
caudal deep purple. 
195. Thalassoma umbrostigma (Riippell). 
A single specimen, 2 inches long, from Calayan. 
CHEILINUS Lacépeéde. 
196. Cheilinus digrammus (Lacépéde). 
One specimen from Romblon, 5 inches long. 
197. Cheilinus oxycephalus Bleeker. 
Depth 2.50 in length to base of caudal; head 2.80; nose 3.66; interorbital space 1} times eye; eye 4.4 
in head; maxillary 3.33; canines small; dorsal x, 9; anal m1, 8; pectoral 2 in head; ventral 1.70; scales 
20; lateral line interrupted; head fully scaled. 
One example from Cuyo, 3.50 inches long. 
Color in spirits brownish, vaguely mottled and clouded with darker both on body and on vertical 
fins; four dusky spots, each about size of pupil, forming a row along middle of each side, the first spot 
above the tip of the reflexed pectoral, the next one above the middle of the anal, the third above the 
back of the anal, and the last at base of caudal fin; soft dorsal with an indistinct dusky blotch at the base 
of its last rays. 
General color in life, green, sparsely spotted with brick red, most thickly on head; edges of dorsal, 
caudal, and anal marked with red. 
NOVACULICHTHYS Bleeker. 
198. Novaculichthys teniurus (Lacépéde).  Calili. 
A single example, 5.50 inches long, from Cagayancillo. The specimen in spirits shows two short 
dark lines radiating backward from posterior margin of orbit, and two longer ones extending downward 
and backward across cheek and opercle. 
B. B. F. 1907—18 
