286 EXPEDITION OF THE "ALBATROSS," 1S99-1900. 



PRIACANTHIDAE. 



Priacanthus cruentatus (Lacepede). 



Jordan & Evermanx, Bull. U. S. Fish. Comm., 191)o, 23, pt. 1, p. 229. 

 Labrus cruentatus L.\cepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 1S02, 3, p. 522. 



No. 05858, a specimen 85 inches long from Papeete, Tahiti, Society Islands. 



LUTIANIDAE. 



Lutianus kasmira (Forsk.\l). 



Sciaena kasmira Forskal, Desoript. Anim., 1775, p. 46. 



Holocentrus bengalensis Block, Avisl. Fische, 1790, 4, p. 7, Ichth., p. 82, taf. 246, fig. 2. 

 Lutianus bengalensis Day, Fishe.s of India, 1.S75, ]). 3)5, ])1. 10, fig 4. Bleeker, Atlas Ichtli. 

 1S77, 8, p. 44, 55, 3.3.3, Perc. .55, fig. 4. 



No. 08865, 5 inches long from Suva, Fiji Islands. This specimen has but 

 10 dorsal spines, differing from Bloch and Day, who each give 11 dorsal spines. 

 Bleeker found 10 or 11 spines in the dorsal. 



Lutianus gibbus (Forsk.\l). 



Day, Fishes of India, 1875, p. 43, pi. 13, fig. 2, 3. 

 Sciaena gihba Forsk.Il, Descript. Anim., 1775, p. 4(). 



Two specimens, Nos. 08866, 5 inches long, and 08868, 51 inches long from 

 Suva, Fiji Islands. Four specimens from Paumotu Islands, Nos. A19, 14 

 inches and A22, M. C. Z. 29741, 145 inches long from Rangiroa, A66, 14i inches 

 long from Makemo, and A41, M. C. Z. 29758, 9 inches long from Fakarava. No. 

 108, M. C\ Z. 29757, 9| inches long from Takaa, Society Islands. No. A166, 

 5i inches long from Taritari, Gilbert Islands. Two specimens from Marshall 

 Islands, Nos. A176, 13 inches long from Rongelab and A183, 141 inches long 

 from Arhno Atoll. 



Lutianus marginatus (('cvier & Valenciennes). 



Day, Fishos of India, 1875, p. 44, pi. 13, fig. 5. 



Diaciipe marginata Cuv. & Val., Hi.sf. Nat. Poiss., 1828, 2, ji. 320 (425). 



No. 05869, 7i inches long from Makemo, Paumotu Islands. No. 05871, 

 84 inches long. Bora Bora, Society Islands. Three specimens from Caroline 



