l!*2 UrilMA, ITS VEOl'LF. J.VK J'/l'iHrcT/O.VS. 



Dorsal spiuos strong, fourtli loii<rcst, from Tvliifh tlicy docroasc to tlio last. Scales 

 in olili(jiie rows aliove the lateral lino, anil horizontal ones below it. t'olonr uniform 

 yellowish red, with a dark spot in the a.\il. A dark mark aerots the anal. Caudal 

 black, edged with a white margin. 

 The Andamans. 



L. BIGUTTATUS, CuV. Ct Yal. 



B. vii. ; D. ^-^V, ; P. 16 ; V. 1 ; A. J ; C. 17. 



Vertical limb of prcoperclc finely serrated, with a moderately deep cmargination 

 to receive an ill-developed interopereular knob, angle rounded, lower limb almost 

 entire. A large canine on either side of the premaxillary, and between them two 

 smaller curved teeth, and some similar ones along the ujiper jaw. In the lower 

 jaw an outer row of curved canine-like teeth, becoming larger posterioi-ly. Dor.sal 

 spines weak, third and fourth longest. Scales as in Z. fidvus. Colour above 

 yellowish-grey, becoming yellowish-white on the sides and belly. A broad black 

 band from the eye to the middle of the caudal, dividing the dark back from the 

 paler sides, and a less marked one lower down. A pearly spot below the middle 

 of tlio spinous dorsal, and a second under the rayed part of the flu. 



The Andamans. 



L. cHRYsoT.i:xr.v, Bleoker. 



B. vii.; D. iJ; P. l(i; Y. i; A. ft; C. 17. 



Preopercle finely serrated throughout, its angle rounded, but not produced, ami 

 with a very shallow cmargination. No interopereular knoli. A pair of large curved 

 canines above, and a row of curved canine-like teeth in both jaws, more closely set, 

 but smaller in the upper. Villiform teeth on vomer in a lanceolate or T-shaped 

 patch, in a band in the palate, and a patch on the tongue. Scales as in L. fulcus. 

 Dorsal spines weak, third longest. Colour olive green. Three dark bands from the 

 eye, the lowest bordered below with a golden band, with a fourth dark band beneath. 

 Belly golden. A deep black spot in the pectoral axil. Colours vary somewhat. 



The Nicobars. 



L. AEGENTIMACULATUS, Gnicl. 



To-go-re-dah. Andamans. 



B. vii.; D. T-.i^;,; P. 16; V. i; A. i; C. 17. 



Preopercle with a shallow emargination to vertical limb, a rounded angle and 

 oblique lower limb. Vertical border finely serrated, angle and lower border more 

 coarsely. Large canines in the premaxillurios, and a row of canine-like teeth in either 

 jaw, the mandibular ones largest. Villiform teeth on the palate, and in a scabrous 

 patch on the tongue. Scales in horizontal rows. Dorsal spines increase to the third 

 and decrease from the fifth. Cherry-red, darker on bases of scales. Upper edge of 

 sjiinous dorsal orange. Sometimes the fins are dark spotted. 



The Andamans. 



L. JoHNii, Bloch. 



Nga-pa-ni. 



B. vii.; D. -nf^^; P. 16; V. A ; A. ,^; C. 17. 



Vertical limb of preopercle finely serrated, more coarsely on its produced and 

 rounded angle. Lower limb with a few serrations and erenulations. Teeth much as 

 in the last species. Scales above the lateral line are parallel with the dorsal profile, 

 below it, horizontal. Yidlowish, paler on the belly, and a large black finger-mark on 

 the lateral line between the 22nd and 31st scales. A dark line along each row of 

 scales. Fins dashed with red. Grows to a foot or more. 



Burma. 



L. QUINClUELINIATnS, Blocll. 



B. vii.; D. -rM-r; P. 10; V. 1; A. J; C. 17. 



