. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 306 BULLETIN 10 0, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM Iris grayish. Fins all pale brown, some examples with soft dorsal becoming dark dusky brown at terminal hind point. Ventral pale, with broad outer or anterior darker band. Red Sea, Mozambique, Amboina, Philippines. Alcoholic speci- mens usually with the pale oblique band from the lower eye edge down and out on the pectoral base. Possibly Anthias (Pseudanthias) gibbosus may be a young stage, as suggested by Boulenger, for it is described from an example but 74 mm. long. Klunzinger gives the col
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 306 BULLETIN 10 0, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM Iris grayish. Fins all pale brown, some examples with soft dorsal becoming dark dusky brown at terminal hind point. Ventral pale, with broad outer or anterior darker band. Red Sea, Mozambique, Amboina, Philippines. Alcoholic speci- mens usually with the pale oblique band from the lower eye edge down and out on the pectoral base. Possibly Anthias (Pseudanthias) gibbosus may be a young stage, as suggested by Boulenger, for it is described from an example but 74 mm. long. Klunzinger gives the color as reddish, with nearly hori- zontal or little inclined clear streak from the hind lower eye edge to the middle of the pectoral base. He also mentions that one example has a clear yellowish band from the opercular spine sloping behind to the caudal fin. The Japanese nominal forms described by Franz> Jordan, Thompson, and Tanaka, all seem to us to be variants of the present Figure 27.—Anthias squamipinnis (Peters), young 290, 289, 15309. Busin Harbor, Burias Island. March 8, 1909. Length 104 to 112 mm. 6066. Cagayan Island, Cagayanes Islands, Jolo Sea. March 31, 1909. Length 92 to 102 mm. 10 examples. 15043. Calangaman Island, between Leyte and Cebu. March 16, 1909. Length 94 mm. 22152, 22153. Canmahala Bay, Ragay Gulf, Luzon. March 11, 1909. Length 71 to 73 mm. One example. Caracaran, Batan Island, east coast Luzon. June 8, 1909. Length 89 mm. Twenty-one examples. Galera Bay, Mindoro. June 9, 1908. Length 68 to 97 mm. 9918, 22935, 22936. Inamucan Bay, Mindanao. August 9, 1909. Length 78 to 103 mm. Seven examples. Ligpo Point, Balayan Island, Luzon. January 18, 1908. Length 62 to 90 mm. Four smaller quite dark or swarthy. Also each caudal lobe with broad pale band longitudinally 20028. Malapascua Island, between Leyte and Cebu. March 16, 1909. Length 78 mm. One example. Mantacao Island, west coast Bohol. April 8, 1908. Length 64 Please note that these imag
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