﻿70 The Philippine Journal of Science m* 



Stethojulis kalosoma Bleeker. 



Color dull yellowish, lighter below; a dark, white-margined 

 stripe from slightly below eye to a line with origin of soft dorsal 

 fin; each scale on the lower posterior portion of body with a 

 round brown spot; no spot on caudal or dorsal. (6635.) 



Halichceres dussumieri (Cuv. and Val.). 



Julis exornatus Richardson, Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. for 1845 



(1846), 258. 

 Halichceres nigrescens Bleeker. 



(6568, 6578, 6584, 6605, 6614, 6647, 6652.) 

 Halichceres javanicus Bleeker. 



Color in alcohol yellowish, with 6 irregular purplish bands 

 over the back, these being made up of purplish spots; dorsal 

 with yellowish rings; anal with yellowish rings, almost obliter- 

 ated in one specimen and entirely faded out in another; head 

 with yellowish violet specks; a blue spot behind orbit and in 

 axil of pectorals. (6580, 6589, 6626.) 



Halichceres poecilopterus (Schlegel). 



One specimen, length, 170 millimeters. (6648.) 

 Chcerops ommopterus Richardson. 



Dorsal spines, 12; scales of lateral line, 30; color in alcohol 

 dull greenish, almost all the scales on the side showing a short 

 vertical blue mark; on the caudal peduncle the blue marks are 

 longitudinal instead of vertical, these form about 5 blue stripes 

 on each side of the caudal peduncle; a blue stripe from angle 

 of mouth to margin of opercle ; a blue circle on base of pectoral ; 

 a darker line from eye along sides of snout to upper jaw; some 

 blue lines on upper opercle; a jet-black spot below the base 

 of the last dorsal spines. No yellowish area behind this spot 

 as in C. schoenlieni Bleeker. Anal fin with blue lines and spots ; 

 ventrals yellowish, with slight markings of blue; none of the 

 fins elongate. Length, 22 centimeters. (6571.) 



SCARICHTHYID^E. (Parrot fishes, kai kung yu) 



Callyodon limbatus (Richardson) . 

 (6555, 6556, 6557, 6558, 6559.) 



Callyodon dubius Bennett. 



Pseudoscarus teruginoaa Gunther. 

 Color in alcohol pale greenish brown, 3 white stripes on sides 

 of belly; lips wide, 3 rows of scales on cheeks, the lowest row 

 of 2 scales. (6603, 6611.) 



