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in straight section to caudal base. 
D. 80 to 83, fin height 2 l/4 to 2 l/3 in total head length; 
A* 57 to 60, fin height 3 to 3 3/4; caudal 1 l/3 to 1 3/5, convex behind; 
least depth of caudal peduncle 2 4/5 to 3; pectoral 2 l/8 to 2 3/5 in 
combined head and body to caudal base, upper ray ending in long filament; 
ventral 1 2/5 to 1 3/4 in total head length. 
Pale bromn generally on left side, inclining to buff marginally 
on body and more or less obscurely variegated with darker brovm. Orbits 
dark neutral gray. Pins brownish, rays specked with dusky. Right side 
whitish; vertical fins with only indistinct brownish or darker dots. 
Laccadives, Maldives, Seychelles, Nicobars, East Indies, Austral¬ 
ia, Melanesia, As my examples are all small, none show the first dorsal 
ray nearly so prolonged as in Norman’s figure. Their type of coloration, 
is however, with traces of spots much as he shows. The males with elonga¬ 
ted pectorals also show about 4 large dark cross blotches. 
4398, 4400. l).5134. Balukbaluk Island (N.) S,59*il., 6.25 miles 
(lat, 6*44*45’*N., long. 121*48'B.), Sulu Archipelago. In 25 fathoms, 
February 7, 1908. Length 59 to 60 mm. 
4415. D,5099. Corrogidor Light, N.36“E., 4.30 miles (lat. 14* 
18*55”K., long, 120“31'20”E.), China Sea off southern Luzon. In 30 fath¬ 
oms, January 2, 1908. Length 50 mm. 
4424. D,S144. Jolo Light, S,50“W,, 3.40 miles (lat, 6*05’50”N., 
long. 121*02’15**E.), vicinity of Jolo* In 19 fathoms. February 15, 1908. 
Length 53 mm. 
