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Synagris furcosus Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, p. 373, 1859 (Amboina, 

 Louisiades, Chaumont Island, [Damlay] Darnley Island, Australia). — 

 Alleyne and Macleay, Proc. Linn. New South Wales, vol. 1. p. 271, 1876 

 (Palm Islands to Cape Grenville). — Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South 

 Wales, vol. 5, p. 383, 1881 (North and Northeast Australia, Palm Islands, 

 Cape Grenville); vol. 8, p. 262, 1883 (Moresby Island, New Guinea).— 

 Meyer, Anal. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat., Madrid, vol. 14, p. 15, 1885 (North 

 Celebes) . 



Dentex marginatus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, p. 245, 1830 (type 

 locality: Vanicolo; Java). 



Nemipterus 7narginatus Whitley, Journ. Pan Pacific Inst., vol. 3, No. 1, p. 12, 1928 

 (Santa Cruz Islands). 



Dentex taeriiopterus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, p. 246, 1830 (no 

 locality). — Bleeker, Nederland. Tijdschr. Dierk., vol. 2, p. 173, 1865 

 (Siam); Versl. Meded. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam, ser. 2, vol. 4, p. 250, 1870 

 (Yang Tse Kiang, Pa Yang; Kau, Kiang, Ning Po); Atlas Icbth. Ind. Neer- 

 land., vol. 8, p. 83, pi. (56)334. fig. 5, 1876-1877 (Sumatra, Singapore, 

 Java, Celebes, Batjan, Amboina, Timor). — Tirant, Service Oc^anogr. 

 Pech. Indo-Chine, 1929, Note 6, p. 168 (Phu Yen). 



Synagris taeniopterus Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, p. 374, 1859 (north- 

 east coast Australia; Molucca Sea). — Kner, Reise Novara, Fische, p. 269, 

 1865 (Madras). — Alleyne and Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South 

 Wales, vol. 1, p. 272, 1877 (off Cape Sidmouth).— Macleay, Proc. Linn. 

 Soc. New South Wales, vol. 5, p. 384, 1881 (northeast coast Australia and 

 Cape Sidmouth). — Karoli, Termesz. Fiizetek, Budapest, vol. 5, p. 154, 

 1881 (Sarangoon) .— Day, Fauna Brit. India, Fishes, vol. 1, p. 29, 1889.— 

 Saville-Kent, Great Barrier Reef, p. 283, 1893 (Queensland). 



Nemipterus taeniopterus Jordan and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 26, p. 21, 1906 

 (1907) (type locality: Cavite). — Evermann and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., 

 vol. 26, p. 82, 1906 (1907) (San Fabian).— Schmidt, Trans. Pacific Comm. 

 Acad. Sci. U. S. S. R., vol. 1, p. 45, 1930 (Itoman and Kominato, Riu Kiu). 



Dentex (Synagris) notatus Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1870, p. 684 (type 

 locality: Andaman Islands). 



Dentex notatus Fowler, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 2, vol. 12, p. 527, 

 1904 (Padang); Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1929 (1930), p. 645 

 (Padang example) . 



Synagris notatus Day, Fishes of India, pt. 1, p. 93, pi. 24, fig. 3, 1875. — Ramsay and 

 Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, ser. 2, vol. 1, p. 8, 1886 (Strick- 

 land River, New Guinea). 



Nemipterus robtistus Ogilby, Proc. Roj'. Soc. Queensland, vol. 28, p. 114, 1916 

 (another new name for Synagris furcosus GtJNTHER) . 



Nemipterus giintheri Ogilby, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 6, p. 58, 1918 (on 

 Synagris furcosus Gunther, 1859, thought not of Valenciennes). 



Genyoroge rubricauda (de Vis) Saville-Kent, Great Barrier Reef, p. 281 (369), 

 1893 (type locality: Queensland). (No description.) 



Lutianus rubricundus (de Vis) Ogilby, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 6, p. 58, 1918 

 (Somerset, North Queensland). (Name in synonymy; description of type.) 



Depth 2% to 3%; head 2% to 3%, width IJU to 2%. Snout 2% to 2% 

 in head; eye 4}^ to 4)^, 1% to Iji in snout, slightly greater than inter- 

 orbital; maxillarj^ reaches }i in eye, expansion Iji to 1% in eye, length 

 2% to 2% in head; teeth in narrow villiform bands in jaws of 3 or 4 ir- 

 regular series and outer enlarged lateral row; 6 canines in front of 

 each jaw; palate and tongue toothless; interorbital Zji to 4%, very 



