NO. 1289. FISHES FROM FORMOSA— JORDAN AND EVER MANN 343 



ral 1.9; scales 12-52-20. Body rather short and deep, compressed; 

 caudal peduncle compressed and deep, its least width 1.65 in eye, its 

 least depth 2.5 in head; back g^ently and regularly arched from snout 

 to caudal peduncle, somewhat depressed in front of eyes; head large 

 and deep; mouth ver}^ large, somewhat oblique, jaws subequal; maxil- 

 lary very broad at tip, scarcely slipping under preorbital; teeth in a 

 strong villiform band on upper jaw composed of two rows, the outer 

 in front canine-like; those of lower jaw in one series, except in front, 

 where they are somewhat irregular; a large patch of villiform teeth 

 on tongue and hyoid bone; a narrow V-shaped patch on vomer, appar- 

 ently none on palatines; eye very large, rather high; nostrils close 

 together, the posterior the larger. Scales moderate, weakly ctenoid, 

 covering entire head, body and bases of dorsal, caudal and anal; max- 

 illary densely scaled; base of pectoral scaled; preopercle at the angle 

 with blunt coarse teeth. Fins moderate; dorsal spines rather short 

 Ijut strong, the soft part of dorsal somewhat elevated; anal similar to 

 soft dorsal, the third spine considerabh^ longest; caudal moderate, 

 shallowl}^ lunate, the lobes rounded; pectoral short and l)road; ven- 

 trals scarcely reaching vent. 



Color in alcohol, rusty silver}^; head darker, somewhat purplish; 

 edges of scales on side darkish, the bases brassy; dorsal, anal and 

 caudal dusky; pectoral and ventral pale; a large brownish blotch on 

 membrane below preorbital. 



105. LUTIANUS FULVIFLAMMA Forskal. 



{'ILnt'tKuH.'^ Iioteen Richardson. ) 



A single specimen, badly faded. No. 332, from Keerun, It is iden- 

 tical with another received from Okinawa, and probably belongs to 

 Lutianus hoteen^ which Giinther identifies with L. fmcescens from 

 Celebes. In its dull olive coloration it approaches Z, hoteen rather 

 than L. fulviflamma Richardson, with which it agrees in the indis- 

 tinctly notched preopercle. 



It is not unlikely, however, that this is identical with the species 

 figured by Dr. Day as the typical Lutianus fuhriflamma us distinct 

 from the golden-streaked Lutian t/.s russeUL 



Two specimens from Keerun. One large specimen. No. 311, from 

 Formosa, F. I. 



106. LUTIANUS ANNULARIS (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



One specimen, No. 291, from Formosa, F. I, Black l)lotch on 

 caudal peduncle above very distinct, l)ordered before and l)ehind b}' 

 white; faint dark streaks along the rows of scales, those above oblique, 

 those below horizontal, no trace of streak from first dorsal spine to 

 eye. D. XI, 13; A. Ill, S; scales 53. 



