20 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Two of these specimens have the eye much larger and the body slightly more elongate, and may prove to 

 be a different species. 



95. Epinephelus megachir (Richardson). 



Head 2.30 in length; depth 3.10; eye 3.7.5 in head; pieopercle serrated, the serrations larger at angle; 

 dorsal xi. 16: anal ill, 8; scales 85; 14 gillrakers. Body with extremely large brown spots which also cover 

 the fins. One specimen from Cavitc. length 5 inches. 



96. Ephinephelus tauvina (Forskal). 



Head 2.60 in length: depth 3: eye 5 in head; scales 110. Grayish dusky above, with 6 indistinct bands 

 and scattered large brown spots; preopercle serrated, the serrations much larger at angle. Three specimens 

 from Cavite, length about 5 inches. 



Family PRIACANTHID/E 



PKIACANTHDS Cuvier. 



97. Priacanthus cruentatus (Lac6pe.de). 



Head 3 in length : depth 2.5; eye 2 in head; dorsal x, 12; anal in, 13; scales about 75; maxillary reaching 

 to below anterior of pupil, 2 in head; preopercle serrated, with long spines at angle, the spine reaching to below 

 middle of base of pectoral, tenth dorsal spine 2 in head, the ninth about as long. Color in spirits dull brown, 

 margin of dorsal dusky, tips of ventrals dusky, also tip of caudal. Two specimens from Cavite, length 3 

 and 3.50 inches. 



Family LUTIANID£. 



LUTIANUS Bloch. 



98. Lutianus dodecantheoides (Bleeker). 



Head 2.50 in length; depth 2.30; dorsal xi, 12; anal in. 9; scales 11-55; eye 4.75 in heaa; snout 2.75. 

 Color in spirits yellowish white, with narrow oblique dusky lines above lateral line and about 10 longitudinal 

 lines below; a silvery white blotch in posterior axil of dorsal: a broad black saddle over caudal peduncle: 

 dorsal tipped with black; a dusky wash on anal; tips of ventrals black. One specimen from Manila, length 7 

 inches. 



99. Lutianus vitta (Quoy & Gaimard). 



Head 2.50 in length: depth 3; dorsal x, 13; anal in, 8; scales 11-66; eye 4.50 in head; snout 3.10. 



Color yellowish white, center of scales above lateral line with dark spots, forming dark oblique lines one-fourth 



as wide as interspaces, a broader brown band from eye along side to below posterior axil of soft dorsal; no 



color on fins: notch and knob of opercle small but distinct. Eighteen specimens from Cavite, length 3.25 



to 9 inches. 



100. Lutianus quinquelineatus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



One specimen from Cavite. Five blue stripes along side; a large dusky lateral blotch., 



101. Lutianus russelli (Bleeker). 



Head 2.75 in length: depth 2.75; eye 3.50 in head: snout 3. .50; dorsal x, 14; anal m, S: scales about 47. 

 Two young examples from Cavite, length 3 inches. 



102. Lutianus gibbus (Forskal). 



Head 2.75 in length: depth 2.75; eye 4 in head, 1.50 in snout ; preopercular knob and notch large, acute; 

 dorsal x, 14; anal HI, 8; scales 8-6.5. Color yellowish white, with many (35 to 40) narrow oblique dusky 

 lines following the oblique lines of scales entirely across the body. Spinous dorsal with dusky margin; 

 soft dorsal dusky with white upper margin: ventrals tipped with dusky; anal witli margin of white and 

 intramarginal area of dusky; caudal dusky with white margin. One specimen, 7 inches long, from Cavite. 



As compared with Lutianus gibbus of the same size from Samoa, the maxillary is shorter, the depth of 

 body is less, and the snout is less pointed. 



