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22745. Capunuypiigan Point, Generale Island, east coast Mindanao. May 9, 



1908. Length, 89 mm. 

 20272. Cataingan Bay, Masbate. April 18, 1908. Length, 72 to 98 mm. 



Three examples. 

 10711 to 10713. Cataingan Bay, Dumurug Point, Masbate. April 19, 1908. 



Length, 59 to 107 mm. Twelve examples. 

 22132 [1905] to 22134. Cebu market. September 4, 1909. Length, 93 to 105 mm. 

 Fifteen examples. Sarigao, Mindanao. May 8, 1908. Length, 34 to 88 mm. 

 U.S.N. M. No. 59747. Susaki, Japan. Dr. H. M. Smith. Length, 100 mm. 



As Lethrmus richardsonii. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 75504. Wakanoura. Jordan and Snyder. Bureau of Fisheries 



(No. 0201) . Length, 190 to 194 mm. Two examples. 

 Four examples, A.N.S.P. Calapan, Mindoro. Rev. Joseph Clemens. Length, 



130 to 147 mm?. 



Subgenus Lethrinus Cuvier 



LETHRINUS AMBOINENSIS Bleeker 



Lethrinus amhoinensis Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 6, p. 490, 

 1854 (type locality: Amboina). — Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 

 p. 455, 1859 (Amboina). — Kner, Reise Novara, Fische, p. 80, 1865 (Nico- 

 bars). — Gunther, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, vol. 2-3, pts. 6-6, p. 63, 1874 

 (Pelew Islands). — Martens, Preuss. Exped. Ost-Asien, p. 387, 1876 (Ter- 

 nate). — Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N^erland., vol. 7, pi. (33) 311, fig. 3, 

 1873-1876; vol. 8, p. 116, 1876-1877 (Amboina, Flores, Ceram) .— Schmeltz, 

 Cat. Mus. Godeffroy, No. 8, p. 5, 1881 (East Indies). — Jordan and Seale, 

 Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 26, p. 24, 1906 (1907) (Cavite) .—Jordan and Rich- 

 ardson, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 4, No. 4, p. 189, 1909 (Takao, For- 

 mosa). — Seale, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 5, No. 4, p. 277, 1910 (Sanda- 

 kan).— Sntder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 42, p. 500, 1912 (Okinawa). — 

 Weber, Siboga Exped., vol. 57, Fische, p. 288, 1913 (Malahia, Nusa Laut). — 

 OsHiMA, Jap. Journ. Zool., Trans. Abstract, vol. 1, No. 6, p. 131, 1927 (com- 

 piled). — Herre and Montalban, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 33, No. 4, p. 

 404, pi. 2, fig. 1, 1927 (Orani, Tondo, Calapan, Bacon, Concepcion, Dipo- 

 log). — Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, p. 216, 1928 (part; not Apia 

 specimen). — Schmidt, Trans. Pacific Comm. Acad. Sci. U. S. S. R., vol. 1, 

 p. 49, 1930 (Kominato, RiuKiu). — DuNCKERand Mohr, Mitteil. Zool. Mus. 

 Hamburg, vol. 44, p. 65, 1931 (Liebliche Island, southwest coast New 

 Pomerania) . 



Lethrinus jagorii Peters, Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1868, p. 257 (type 

 locality: Paracali, Luzon). — Bleeker, Nederland. Tijdschr. Dierk., vol. 4, 

 p. 332, 1874 (compiled) . 



Depth 3K; head 2%. Snout 2 in head; eye Zji, 1% in snout; maxil- 

 lary reaches % to eye, length 2^ in head; teeth conic; interorbital low. 



Scales 48 in lateral line, 5 above, 15 below, predorsal scales extend- 

 ing forward opposite hind eye edge; few small scales on postocular. 



D. X, 9 or 10, third spme 2K in head, fifth ray 2K; A. Ill, 8 or 9, 

 third spine 3K, first ray 2%; caudal 1)^, slightly emarginate; least depth 

 of caudal peduncle 3; pectoral 1%; ventral 1%. 



Olivaceous above, below yellowish rosy. Iris yellowish. Snout 

 and cheek without spots or lines. Above middle of pectoral below 

 lateral line round blackish brown blotch. Ten or 11 transverse dark 



