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Fishes Australia (Off. Eec. Philadelphia Cent. Exhib. Victoria), p. 11, 1875 

 .(Queensland). — Alleyne and Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, 

 vol. 1, p. 276, 1877 (Percy Islands to Cape York). — Castelnau, Proe. Linn. 

 Soc. New South Wales, vol. 3, p. 350, 1878 (Port Jackson). — Saville-Kent, 

 Great Barrier Reef, p. 369, 1893 (Queensland). — Stead, Fishes of Australia, 

 p. 125, 1906 (Queensland, New South Wales); Edible fishes New South 

 Wales, p. 78, 1908.— McCulloch, Fishes of New South Wales, ed. 2, p. 61, 

 1927.— Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, p. 216, 1928 (compiled). 



Depth, 2K; head 2)^, upper profile straight till above eye. Snout 

 1% in head from snout tip; eye 4%, 2% in snout (1}^ to 3 in Gtinther); 

 maxillary reaches % to eye, length 2)'z in head; 4 canines in front of 

 each jaw, 10 or 11 conic teeth following each side, of which last 3 

 smaller, lower, more blunt but not actually fiat crowned; behind 

 canines band of villiform teeth; interorbital low. 



Scales 46 in lateral line to caudal base; 5 above, 17 below; predorsal 

 extend forward not quite opposite eye. 



D. X, 8 (XI, 9, I on figure), third spine 2% in total head length, 

 third ray 2^; A. Ill, 8 (III, 8, i on figure), third spine 3K, first ray 2%; 

 caudal IK, emarginate; least depth of caudal peduncle Z)i] pectoral 

 IK; ventral \%. 



Deep brown. Inside mouth reddish orange. Length, 343 mm, 

 (Richardson,) 



Austraha, Norfolk Island. Giinther gives the color as olive, each 

 scale of back and sides with black vertical streak at base. Head, 

 vertical fins, and ventrals blackish brown. Caudal variegated with 

 lighter. Characteristic, the third dorsal spine is subequally long as 

 the last spine. 



LETHRINUS RAMAK (Forsk&l) 



Sciaena rarnak Forskal, Descript. Animal., p. 52, 1775 (type locality: Arabia). — 

 Bonnaterre, Tabl. Ichth., p. 124, 1788 (Red Sea). — Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 

 Linn., vol. 1, p. 1305, 1789 (Arabia). — Lacepede, Hist. Nat, Poiss.. vol. 4, 

 pp. 34, 112, 1802 (Arabia). 

 Sparus ramak Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 4, p. 34, 1802, 

 Lethrinus ramak RtJPPELL, Neue Wirbelth., Fische, pp. 117, 120, pi. 28, fig. 3, 

 1835 (Djedda, Red Sea).— GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, p. 459, 

 1859 (Red Sea, Ceylon). — Playfair, Fishes of Zanzibar, p. 45, 1866. — Klun- 

 ziNGER, Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 20, p. 752, 1870 (types). — GUnther, 

 Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, vol. 2-3, pts. 5-6, p. 64, pi. 46, 1874 (Samoa, Pelew, 

 Kingsmill Islands). — Day, Fishes of India, pt. 1, p. 137, 1875. — Bleeker, 

 Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 8, p. 119, 1876-1877 (copied Gijnther). — 

 ScHMELTz, Cat. Mus. Godeffroy, No. 6, p. 12, 1877 (Massaua); No. 7, p. 40, 

 1879 (Massaua).— KossMAN, Zool. Anz., vol. 2, p. 22, 1879 (Red Sea).— 

 Klunzinger, Fische Roth. Meer., p. 40, 1884. — Pohl, Cat. Mus. Godeffroy, 

 No. 9, p. 29, 1884 (Massaua). — Meyer, Anal. Soc. Espan, Hist. Nat., Ma- 

 drid, vol. 14, p. 19, 1885 (North Celebes, Cebu, Ternate). — Boulenger, Proc. 

 Zool, Soc. London, 1887, p. 658 (Muscat). — Day, Fauna Brit. India, Fishes, 

 vol. 2, p. 40, 1889.— Jordan and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 25, p. 269, 

 1905 (1906) (Apia). — Kendall and Goldsborough, Mem. Mus. Comp. 

 Zool., vol. 26, p. 289, 1911 (Taritari, Gilbert Islands) .—Ztjgmayer, Abh. 

 Bayer. Akad. Wiss., math.-phys. Kl., vol. 26, pt. 6, p, 11, 1913 (Oman),— 



