46 ACANTHOPTERTGII. 



25. Lutianus quinquelinearis, Plate XIV, fig. 1. 



Holocentms quinquelinearis, Bl. iv, p. 84, t. 239. 



Grammistes quinqiievittatus, Bl. Schn. p. 187. 



Biacope octoUneata, Cuv. and Val. ii, p. 418 and yi, p. 526, (in part) ; Ricliardson, Icli. China, p. 22P. 



Mesoprioii etaapee, Less. Voy. Co(i. ii, p. 229. 



Diacope decemlineata, Cuv. and Val. vi, p. 528. 



Mesoprioii odolineatus, Bleeker, Perc. p. 40. 



Mesoprion piomacantlius, Bleeker, Amb. p. 407 (in part). 



•Genyoroqe Bengalensis, Giintiier, Catal. i, p. 178 (in part). 



Genyoroije granmiica, Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1870, p. G79 (not Bleeker). 



Mesopjrion Bengalensis, Kner, No vara Pische, p. 31. 



Lutjanus quinquelineatus, Bleeker, Lutjani, p. 37. 



B- vii, yJ.Q^e, P. 16, V. 1/5, A. ^'y, C. 17, L. 1. 56, L. r. f|, L. tr. 8/19, Cisc. pyl. 5. 



Length of head 2/7, of caudal 1/6, height of body 3/10 to 2/7 of the total length, ^es— diameter 3/10 to 

 1/3 of the length of head, about 1 diameter from end of snout, and 3/4 of a diameter apart. Dorsal profile more 

 convex than that of the abdomen, Avhich is nearly horizontal : lower jaw slightly the longer : distance from the 

 eye to the upper edge of tlie maxilla equals a little more than half the diameter of the orbit. The maxilla reaches 

 to below the first third of the orbit. Vortical limb of preopercle with a very deep emargination and a rounded 

 angle, the whole being serrated, the serrations at the lower angle being coarse, lower limb also serrated. A 

 strong interopercular knob : opercular points indistinct. Teeth — a pair of moderate sized curved canines in the 

 premaxillaries, an outer row of curved canine-like teeth in either jaw, those in the upper being the largest : villi- 

 form ones in a ^.-form in the vomer, a band on the palatines, but none on the tongue. Fins — dorsal spines of moderate 

 strength, increasing in length to the fourth which equals 2^ in the height of the body, from it thej- slightly 

 decrease to the last which equals one diameter of the orbit in length, the soft portion of the fin rounded, the 

 highest ray equal to half the length of its base. Pectoral not quite so long as the head, second anal spine rather 

 longest and strongest, it equals half the height of the body, the rayed portion highest anteriorly where its 

 rays equal the length of its base, its lower edge rounded : caudal emarginate. Scales — in oblique rows above the 

 lateral-line, and in horizontal ones below it, superioi-ly they extend forward to above the anterior third of the eye : 

 the suborbital ring of bones is more or less scaled, and in adults some are even present on the preorbital. Colours 

 — olive-yellow, with a deep black finger-mark on the lateral-line below the last few dorsal spines and the first few 

 rays : some lines above the nape formed by a dark spot on each scale. Five blue bands pass from the eye, the first 

 three from above it to the dorsal fin or its termination, the two next from the middle and lower edge of the eye 

 join on the end of the opercle and pass direct to the middle of the base of the tail : the lowest from the 

 snout is continued past the pectoral fin to the end of the base of the soft anal : fins yellow : c-audal with a light 



Neither Bloch's specimen* or figure shows any lateral blotch, which according to Bleeker is sometimes 

 absent, all my specimens possess it, and in all that I examined I found 5 ciBcal appendages, whereas the Benga- 

 lensis has none. 



Genyoroge -notata Giinther, has D -j-i-, and 9 rows of scales between the lateral-line and the first dorsal 

 spine, otherwise it resembles the fish described above, and of which I consider it is a variety. 



Habitat. — Seas of India to the Iilalay Archipelago. The specimen figured (6 inches long) is from the 

 Andaman islands, but the species is common at Madras. 



26. Lutianus vitta, Plate XIV, fig. 2. 



Serraims vitta, Quoy and Gaim. Voy. Frey. p. 315, pi. 58, f. 3 ; Cuv. and Val. ii, p. 239, vi, p. 505 ; 

 Eichards. Ich. China, p. 234. 



Biacope vitta, Temm. and Schleg. Fauna Japon. p. 13, t. 6, fig. 1. 



Mesoprioii enneacantJnis, Bleeker, Perc. p. 40 (D. -j\) : Giinther, Catal. i, p. 209. 



Mesoprion phaiotfeniatus, Bleeker, Perc. p. 43. 



Mesoprion vitta, Bleeker, Perc. p. 44; Giinther, Catal. i, p. 207 ; Kner, Novara Fische, p. 37. 



Mesoprion opliuysenii, Bleeker, Sumatra, p. 74. 



Lutjanus vitta, Bleeker, Ternate, p. 233 and Lutjani, p. 25. 



B. vii, D. ia P. 16, V. 1/5, A. |, C. 17, L. 1. 50, L. r. f|:fg, L. tr. 8/12. 



Length of head from 2/7 to 3/11, of caudal 1/6, height of body 2/7 of the total length. .Byes— diameter 

 2/7 to 1/4 of length of head, 1^ to 1| diameter from end of snout, and 2/3 of a diameter apart. Body .somewhat 

 compressed, dorsal profile more convex than that of the abdomen, but above the eyes it is somewhat concave. 

 Lower jaw slightly the longer : the maxilla reaches to below the first third of the orbit. Suborbital ring of 

 bones below the front thu'd of the orbit equalling three-fourths of the diameter of the eye in depth. Vertical 

 limb of preopercle with a shallow emargination, its angle slightly rounded but not produced, its lower edge rather 

 oljlique, it is finely serrated along both limbs, most coarsely so at its angle: opercle with two small and flat 



• Bloch's specimen is S^'j, inches long, and in goott preservation at Berlin, it is marlced thus by Valenciennes, Holocentrus 

 quinqtievittatus, Bl. t. 239 ; Dlacoie decemlineata, C.V. 



