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(Amboina and Kiusiu).— Alleyne and Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New 

 South Wales, vol. 1, p. 275, 1877 (Cape GrenvlUe and Pipon Islands).— 

 Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N6erland., vol. 8, p. 114, pi. (59) 337, fig. 3, 

 1876-1877 (Amboyna). — Meyer, Anal. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat., Madrid, vol, 

 14, p. 18, 1885 (North Celebes; Cebu). — Saville-Kent, Great Barrier 

 Reef, p. 369, 1893 (Qvieensland) . — Jordan and Snyder, Annot. Zool. Japon., 

 vol. 3, p. 80, 1901 (Nagasaki). — Evbrmann and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., 

 vol. 26, p. 86, 1906 (1907) (Bulan).— Jordan and Thompson, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., vol. 41, p. 559, 1912 (Wakanoura, Tokyo, Bulan, Moreton 

 Bay).— Weber, Stboga Exped., Fische, vol. 57, p. 288, 1913 (Makassar). — 

 Fowler, Copeia, No. 57, p. 64, 1918 (Philippines).— Izuka and Matsuura, 

 Cat. Zool. Spec. Tokyo Mus., Vertebr., p. 149, 1920 (Ogasawarajima).— 

 Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1927, p. 281 (Philippines). — 

 Herre and Montalban, Philippine Joum. Sci., vol. 33, No. 4, p. 401, pi. 1, 

 fig. 2, 1927 (Calapan, Bulan, Dicuayan, Estancia, Bantayan, Siquijor, 

 Subic Bay, Dipolog, Cagayan de Misamis). — McCulloch, Fishes of New 

 South Wales, ed. 2, p. 61, 1927. — Fowler, Mem, Bishop Mus., vol. 10, 

 p. 215, 1928 (note). 



Leirinus nemacanthus Elera, Cat. Fauna Filip., vol. 1, p. 482, 1895 (Cebu), 

 (Error.) 



Lethrinus xanthopterus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, p. 315, 1830 

 (type locality: Ulea). 



Depth 2y3 to 3K; head 2% to 2%o, width 2% to 2%. Snout 1% to 2}^ in 

 head; eye 3K to 4%, 1% to 2K in snout, greater than interorbita] in 

 young to 1 to 1% with age; maxillary reaches front nostril or nearly 

 to hind nostril with age, length 2% to 2% in head; bands of vilUform 

 teeth in jaws and outer enlarged row, as 4 front upper canines and 2 

 lower front ones, and 5 upper postero-laterals as small molars, lower 

 subconic; interorbital 3% to 4, very shghtly convex. Gill rakers 5 + 5, 

 short low tubercles, greatly less than gill filaments, which 2}^ in eye. 



Scales 46 or 47 in lateral line to caudal base and 2 or 3 more on 

 latter; 5 or 6 above, 15 below, 8 predorsal. Scales with 12 to 15 basal 

 radiating striae; 63 to 73 apical denticles with 8 to 12 transverse 

 series of basal elements; circuli fine. 



D. X, 9, 1, second spine 1% to 2 in head, first ray 2% to 3; A. Ill, 8, 

 I, third spine 3M to 3}^, first ray 3 to 3%; caudal Iji to IK, deeply 

 emarginate; least depth of caudal peduncle 3 to 3%; pectoral 1^; 

 ventral IK to 1%. 



Brown, paler below. Dusky blotch Httle smaller than eye, below 

 lateral line well behind gill opening. Head vermiculated with Uttle 

 deeper brown, especially on cheeks. About 8 or 9 transverse dark 

 streaks on body, variably broken in most specimens. Several 

 transverse dark bands across front and interorbital. Iris slate gray. 

 Dorsals grayish, with obscure dusky spots, mostly on spines and rays. 

 Caudal with 4 or 5 transverse brown crossbars. Other fins brown. 



East Indies, Philippines, Riu Kiu, Formosa, Japan, Queensland, 

 Melanesia. I^ow^n chiefly by its second dorsal spine longest. 



