yS Dircflor' s Annual Report. 



Family LUTIANID^.— Snappers. 

 Genus I^UTIANUS Block. 

 104-106. lyUtianus fulvus (Bl.). Kakaka. 

 Head with flap 2.60; depth 3; eye 3.66; interorbital less than 

 eye; snout 3; D. x 14; A. in, 8. Scales 52, which are oblique 

 above lateral line, horizontal below. Maxillary equal to length of 

 snout. Interopercular knob well developed. The vertical limb of 

 the preopercle with a deep emarginatiou and a produced rounded 

 angle; above the notch the limb is serrated. Branchiostegals 7. 

 Pseudobranchiae developed. Body oblong, compressed. Fins: 

 Caudal fin emarginate. Length of peclorals equal to di.stance from 

 posterior margin of opercle to anterior nostril. Base of anal about 

 4 into base of dorsal. Ventrals 1.66 into head. Color in spirits: 

 Uniform yellowish, with slight wash of reddish. A dusky splotch 

 in axis and on base of pe(5f;orals. The upper third of dorsal black, 

 with a narrow white margin. Caudal more or less dusky, with a 

 narrow white margin. An indistinct dusky mark near middle of 

 anal. Pecflorals and ventrals yellow. Three specimens. L,ength 

 6-8 inches. Guam, June, 1900. Hab. Andamans, Polynesia, 

 Marianas. 



107. I/Utianus bengalensis (Block.). 



Head 2.50, including opercle flap; depth 3; eye 4; interorbital 

 2.33 into snout; D. x 15; A. in 9; V. i 5; P. 15. Scales 64. Max- 

 illary 2.66 into head. Vertical limb of the preopercle with a notch 

 above its rounded angle. Interopercular knob distinct. Teeth 

 villiform on vomer and palatines, small-sized canines in premax- 

 illary with a row of small curved conical teeth in each jaw. Gill- 

 rakers of moderate size, 13 on lower limb. Fins: Caudal forked. 

 Pecftorals equal to distance from tip of opercular flap to hind nostril. 

 Ventrals about 2 into head. Base of anal 3.86 into base of dorsal. 

 Color in spirits: Yellowish white, a slight wash of bluish above. 

 Four blue, brown-edged stripes, one-half as wide as pupil, along 

 sides of body; first from interorbital to eighth dorsal spine, second 

 from upper posterior margin of orbit to 4-6 dorsal ray, third from 

 upper anterior margin of opercle on a line wdth middle of orbit to 

 behind the last dorsal ray, fourth from sides of snout below orbit 

 across opercles to middle of caudal fin. Fins: Yellowish white. 

 Dorsal with dusky tip. One specimen. I^ength 7 inches. Guam, 

 June 14, 1900. Hab. Red Sea, seas of India, Malay Archipelago, 

 Marianas. 



108. I/Utianus erythropterus Bl. 



Young-.- Head 2.50; depth 2.66; eye 3.20; interorbital 6 into 

 head; snout equal to eye; maxillary reaches to below the pupil; 

 D. X, 13 ; A. Ill 8. Scales 55. Body oblong, compressed, and 

 slightly elevated. Color in spirits: Yellowish white, with a slight 



