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math.-nat. Kl., vol. 71, pt. 1, p. 133, 1907 (Bal Haf, Gischin, South Arabia).— 

 Pbllegrin, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, vol. 13, p. 203, 1907 (Baie de Tul6ar, 

 Madagascar). — Jordan and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 26, p. 24, 1906 

 (1907) (Philippines). — Evermann and Seale, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 31, 

 p. 508, 1906 (Jolo); Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 26, p. 87, 1906 (1907) (Philip- 

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

 (Zamboanga) . — Jordan and Richardson, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 27, p. 259, 

 1907(1908) (Cuyo). — Kendall and GoLDSBOROuan, Mem. Mus. Comp. 

 Zool., vol. 26, p. 290, 1911 (Vavau, Tonga). — Seale, Philippine Journ. Sci., 

 vol. 9, No. 1, p. 67, 1914 (Hong Kong). — Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 

 10, p. 213, 1928 (Fiji, Vavau); Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1931, 

 p. 247 (Port Sudan, Red Sea); Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 11, No. 5, p. 335, 

 1931 (reference). 



Lethrinus mashsenoides Schmeltz, Cat. Mus. Godeffroy, No. 1, p. 8, 1864 (Viti 

 Levu). — Sauvage, Hist. Nat. Madagascar, Poiss., p. 206, 1891 (type). 



Lethrinus mansenoides Saville-Kent, Great Barrier Reef, p. 369, 1893 (refer- 

 ence) . (Error.) 



Lelrinus mahsenoides Elera, Cat. Fauna Filip., vol. 1, p. 482, 1895 (Luzon, 

 Manila Bay). 



Lethrinus insulindicus Bleeker, Nederland. Tijdschr. Dierk., vol. 4, p. 334, 1873 

 (type locality: Java; Celebes; Amboina; Timor; Philippines). — Jordan and 

 Richardson, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 4, No. 4, p. 189, 1909 (Takao, 

 Formosa). — Oshima, Japan. Journ. Zool., vol. 1, No. 5, p. 131, 1927 (com- 

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

 424, pi. 5, fig. 1, 1927 (Zamboanga). 



Lethrinus mashena (not Forskal) Kner, Reise Novara, Fische, p. 270, 1865 

 (Ceylon). (Error.) 



Depth 2%; head 2%. Snout 2% in head; eye 3, 1% in snout, equals 

 suborbital depth, impinging very slightly on upper profile; maxillary 

 reaches eye, length 2% in head; canines strong, molars little stronger 

 above than below; interorbital very low, narrower than eye. 



Scales 48 in lateral line to caudal base; 5 above, 13 below, predorsal 

 extend forward nearly to eye (2 rows of small postocular scales on 

 figure) . 



D. X, 9 (X, 8 on figure), fourth spine 2% in head, fifth ray 2%; 

 A. Ill, 8, third spine 3K, second ray 3K; caudal 1%, em arginate; least 

 depth of caudal peduncle 3; pectoral 1)^; ventral 1%. (Sauvage.) 



According to Valenciennes the color is pale green, with a white spot 

 at the angle of each scale. Numerous white points on cheek. Mem- 

 branous edge of opercle red. Vertical fins greenish. Iris yellow. 

 Length, 175 mm. 



Red Sea, Arabia, Alozambique, Madagascar, Ceylon, East Indies, 

 Philippines, Formosa, China, Polynesia. 



U.S.N.M. No. 55628. Jolo. Dr. E. A. Mearns. Length, 250 to 359 mm. Three 



examples. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 56067. Philippines. Bureau of Fisheries (No. 4167). Length, 



260? mm. 



LETHRINUS CHRYSOSTOMUS Richardson 



Lethrinus chrysostomus Richardson, Voy. Erebus and Terror, Ichth., p. 118, 

 1844-1848 (type locality: Norfolk Island).— GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. 

 Mus., vol. 1, p. 457, 1859 (type; Cape York, Victoria).— Castelnau, Res. 



