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two obscure rows of brown spots. Caudal yellow. Articulation of 

 three unpaired fins black. Pectoral yellow. Ventral somewhat 

 spotted with pale brown. 



Lethrinus ehrenhergii Valenciennes is based on an example 250 mm 

 with elongated body. Green, 'with silvery reflections, scale borders 

 forming brown network. Fins reddish, except violet ventral. 



9023. Langao Point, Luzon. June 24, 1909. Length, 238 mm. 



A1469. Kait Point, Libani Bay, Celebes. December 29, 1909. Length, 245 

 mm. [A1469.] Gray with reddish stripes; first includes most of back from 

 first row of scales above lateral line; second below lateral line covers most of 

 five rows anteriorly, crossing lateral line on front of caudal peduncle and 

 divided by light stripes in middle posteriorly; lower stripe behind base of pec- 

 toral and covers about 2 rows of scales. Fins very pale reddish. Dorsal 

 mottled with olive and caudal slightly so in central portion. 



U.S.N.M. No. 52437. Apia, Samoa. Bureau of Fisheries (No. 02429). 

 Length, 296? to 302 mm. Two examples. 



U.S.N.M. No. 65904. Taritari, Gilbert Islands. Alhaiross collection. Length, 

 183 to 244 mm. Two examples. 



A.N.S.P. No. 52969. Fat^, New Hebrides. April-May, 1903. Alvin Scale. 

 Bishop Museum (1080). Length, 98 mm. 



LETHRINUS ERYTHRURUS Valenciennes 



Lethrinus erythrurus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, p. 293, 1830 (type 

 locality: Ceylon). (Young.) 



Lethrinus ornatus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, p. 310, 1830 (type 

 locality: Java). — Day, Fishes of India, pt. 1, p. 137, 1875. — Bleeker, Atlas 

 Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 8, p. 118, pi. (72)350, fig. 4, 1876-1877 (Sumatra, 

 Java, Bali, Celebes, Flores, Timor, Ternate, Ceram, Amboiua, Banda, 

 Coram, Aru, New Guinea). — Day, Fauna Brit. India, Fishes, vol. 2, p. 40, 

 1889. — Fowler, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 2, vol. 12, p. 529, 

 1904 (Padang).— Pearson, Ceylon Administr. Rep., 1915-1918, pp. FIO, 

 F17. — Malpas, Ceylon Administr. Rep., 1921, pp. E7, E8. — Herre and 

 Montalban, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 33, No. 4, p. 422, pi. 9, fig. 1, 1927 

 (Luna, Manila Bay, Calapan, Halsey Harbor, Bantayan, Zambanginta, 

 Malangas). — Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, p. 214, 1928 (compiled); 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1929 (1930), p. 642 (Padang). 



Lethrinus xanthotaenia Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 2, p. 176, 1851 

 (type locality: West Sumatra). — GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 

 p. 461, 1859 (compiled).— Day, Proc, ZooL Soc. London, p. 648, 1870 

 (Andamans). — Seale and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 33, p. 244, 1907 

 (Zamboanga) . 



7 Lethrinus aurolineatus Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 7, p. 

 247, 1882 (type locality: New Guinea). 



Depth 2)i to 2%; head 2% to 3, width \% to 2)i. Snout l%o to 2 in 

 head; eye ?>}i to 4^, 1% to 1% in snout, iKo to 1^ in interorbital; 

 maxillary reaches opposite front nostril, length 2% to 2% in head; 

 upper lip moderately fleshy; teeth in broad villiform bands anteriorly 

 in jaws, with outer row enlarged and largely conic, of which 4 in 

 front above and below caninelike and last 2 or 3 on each side molar- 



