40 Fishes of the South Pacific. 



Family LUTIANID^. 



I/Utianus monostigma (Cuvier& Valenciennes). 



One specimen, No. 744 B. M., from Tubuai, Austral Ids. 



Two specimens, Nos. 842* and 1077* B. M., from Fate, New 

 Hebrides. 



One specimen, No. 2236 B. M., from Marquesas Ids. 



lyutianus fulvus (Bloch). 



Two specimens, Nos. 1431 and 1432 B. M., from Tahiti. 



lyUtianus nukuhivse Seale, new species. 



Depth 2.75; head 2.75; e3'e equal to interorbital, 4 in head; 

 D. XI, 14; A. Ill, 8; scales small, 73 in lateral line. 



Body oblong, compressed, lateral line complete: head conical, 

 mouth large, maxillary reaching to line with anterior of eye; small 

 teeth in jaws, vomer and palatines, two small curved canines in 

 anterior of each jaw; posterior margin of preopercle with fine teeth, 

 a distinct notch above the angle which receives the large notch of 

 the interoperculum; no spines on the opercles; cheeks and oper- 

 cles scaled; fourth dorsal spine the longest, 2.50 in head; ventrals 

 1.75 in head; pectorals 1.20; caudal emargiuate. 



Color in spirits: the anterior two-thirds of the body is dusky 

 brown, the centre of the scales lighter, giving the appearance of 

 narrow longitudinal streaks; posterior third of the body, including 

 caudal, from a line with eighth dorsal ray and third anal ray, yel- 

 low; spinous dorsal, ventrals, spinous anal and anterior half of the 

 soft dorsal and anal dusky; pectorals, caudal, posterior two-thirds 

 of soft dorsal and soft anal yellow: the caudal has a dusky inter- 

 marginal wash on its upper and lower rays; axis of the pectoral 

 and a line on its base dusky. 



One specimen. No. 2164 (Fig. 5) B. M., from Nukuhiva, 

 Marquesas Ids. 



I/Utianus tahitiensis v'^eale, new species. 



Depth 2.75; head 2.75; eye 3.85 in head; D. x, 15; A. in, 9; 

 scales in lateral line 79: interorbital 4. 85 in head. 



Body oblong, compressed, the upper outline quite convex; 

 scales small, in oblique lines; caudal peduncle 2 in head. Head 

 compressed, conical, the profile from nuchal region to tip of snout 

 straight; snout 2.80 in head; lips rather thin; mandibles 2.20 in 

 head; maxillary not reaching the anterior margin of orbit by the 

 width of the pupil; all but the tip of the maxillary hidden under 

 the wide preorbital; teeth in jaw, vomer and palatines; one, some- 

 times two, recurved sharp teeth on each side of the upper jaw; gill- 

 rakers rather long, 20 on the lower limb; interopercle with a 

 prominent knob which fits into a deep notch of the preopercle; 

 preopercle, both above and below the notch well toothed; dorsal 



