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Pearson, Ceylon Administr. Rep., 1915-1918, pp. F16, F17.— Jordan and 



Starks, Ann. Carnegie Mus., vol. 11, Nos. 3-4, p. 451, 1917 (Ceylon).— 



Herre and Montalban, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 33, No. 4, p. 411, pi. 



9, fig. 2, 1927 (Tablas Island and Bennett Island). — Fowler, Mem. Bishop 



Mus., vol. 10, p. 214, 1928 (Fate, Fiji?, Apia, Taritari); Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 



Philadelphia, 1929 (1930), p. 609 (Hong Kong), p. 642 (Apia); Mem. Bishop 



Mus., vol. 11, No. 5, p. 335, 1931 (reference). 

 Letrinus ramak Elera, Cat. Fauna Filip., vol. 1, p. 482, 1895 (Luzon, Manila, 



Cebu, Nasugbu). (Error.) 

 Lethrinus fasciaius Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, p. 290, 1830 (type 



locality: Trinquemale, Ceylon). 

 Lethrinus flavescens Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, p. 299, 1830 (type 



locality: Tongatabu). — Saville-Kent, Great Barrier Reef, p. 369, 1893 



(reference) . 

 Lethrinus azureus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, p. 300, 1830 (type 



locality: Cartaret Harbor, New Ireland). 

 Lethrinus ehrenbergii Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, p. 312, 1830 (type 



locality: Massauah, Red Sea). 



Depth 2% to 2%; head 2% to 2%, width 2Ko to 2%. Snout 2 to 2Ko 

 in head, upper profile slightly concave anteriorly and posteriorly con- 

 vex; eye 3)8 to 4, 1% to 1% in snout, equals interorbital ; maxillary 

 reaches opposite hind nostril, length 2% to 2% in head; teeth as villi- 

 form bands in front of each jaw with outer enlarged row of conic 

 teeth, of which 4 as canines in front above and below; each side 

 above last 3 and similarly below last 2, as molars with slight median 

 longitudinal depression; interorbital 3% to 3%, broadly convex; 

 preopercle edge entire. Gill rakers 5 + 5, low short tubercles, 1% in 

 gill filaments, which % of eye. 



Scales 45 or 46 in lateral line to caudal base and 1 or 2 more on 

 latter; 6 above, 14 below, 9 predorsal; suprascapula entire. Scales 

 with 14 or 15 basal radiating striae; 90 to 92 apical denticles, with 5 

 transverse series of basal elements; circuli very fine. 



D. X, 9, I, fourth spine 2% to 3 in head, third ray 2% to 2%; A. Ill, 

 8, I, third spine 3 to 3)^, second ray 2% to 3; caudal 1% to Iji, deeply 

 concave behind; least depth of caudal peduncle 2% to 3; pectoral 1}^ 

 to IK; ventral 1% to 1%. 



Brown, with slight olive tinge on back, lower surfaces paler. Iris 

 light yellowish brown. An indistinct pale or lighter broad a.xial band 

 from upper gill opening to middle of caudal basally. Also another, 

 narrower and shorter, from pectoral axil. Some of scales on back 

 with slightly paler centers. Fins dull brown. 



Red Sea, Arabia, Zanzibar, Ceylon, Philippines, China, Micronesia, 

 Melanesia, Polynesia. 



Lethrinus flavescens Valenciennes was based on an example 200 mm 

 long. Snout moderately long, rectilinear; front somewhat convex and 

 enlarged between eyes. Teeth small, rounded posteriorly in mouth. 

 Head reddish, without spots. Body tinged yellowish, somewhat 

 green on back, without mixture of other tints. Dorsals gray, with 



