232 FISHES OF NEW GUINEA, 



23. Mesoprion fulviflamma, Cuv. & Yal. 



Gunth., Cat. 1, p. 201.— Bleek., Atl. Ichth. Perc. 65, tab6G, f. 3. 



*' Hau" of the natives. 



Several specimens about 10 inches in length. 



24. Mesoprion monostigma, Cuv. & Yal. 



Gunth., Journ. Mus. Godef., Heft 3, p. 14, taf. 16. 



*' Hau'^ of the natives. 



This species has been frequently confounded with the preced- 

 ing one. I have several specimens of both before me, and can 

 confidently assert them to be distinct. 



25. Mesoprion quinquelineatus, Cuv. & Val. 



Gunth., Cat. 1, p. 2 09. —Bleek., Atl. Ichth. Perc. 56, tab 65, f.4. 



'^Bonohiri" of natives. 



This species seems to resemble Genyoroge Bengalensis, and may 

 possibly be the same. Dr. Bleeker's plates of the two species only 

 differ in the number of the blue longitudinal lines, a by no means 

 satisfactory distinction. 



26. Mesoprion vitta, Cuv. & Yal. 



Gunth. Cat. 1, p. 207.— Bleek., Atl. Ichth. Perc. 51, tab 02, 

 f. 5.— Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, Yol. 5, p. 330. 

 Syn. — M. enneacanthuSf phcGotceniatus, and Ophuseniiy Bleek. 

 *^ Bai" of the Aborigines. 



27. Mesoprion chrysottenia, Bleek. 

 Atl. Ichth. Perc. p. 50, tab 24, f. 4.— Gunth, Cat. 1, p. 192. 

 ^' Marawah" of the Aborigines. 



28. Mesoprion rubens, 02. .«/;. 

 D. 10/14. A. 3 8. 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length, and a 

 little more than the length of tlie head ; the profile is convex ; 



