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outer row enlarged and conic, with 4 front ones above and below 

 caninelike and each side posteriorly third or fourth tooth from last 

 enlarged or robust but not molars as their ends broad conic points; 

 interorbital S% to 3%, broadly convex; naked region of head finely 

 rugose striate. Gill rakers 6 + 8, short, low, broad tubercles, about % 

 of gill filaments. 



FiGVRE 3.—Lethrinus kallopterus Bleeker, young 



Scales 43 to 46 in lateral line to caudal base and 1 to 4 more on 

 latter; 6 above, 16 below, 7 or 8 predorsal; caudal and pectoral with 

 small basal scales. Scales with 12 to 14 basal radiating striae, with 

 with 1 to 10 incomplete auxiUaries; 136 to 145 apical denticles, with 

 6 to 12 transverse series of basal elements; circuli very fine. 



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

 Ill, 8, I, tliird spine 2% to 3, fourth ray 2% to 2}^; caudal V/s to 1%, 

 moderately emarginate; least depth of caudal peduncle 2% to 3; pec- 

 toral l/e to IK; ventral \% to 1%. 



Brown, httle paler below. Most scales on back and sides each with 

 small pale whitish spot and along middle of sides each median at least 

 forming more or less complete whitish axial line. Several other vari- 

 ably incomplete whitish lines or rows of whitish spots may also form 

 both above and below. Head gray -brown, cheeks with some obscure 

 darker mottling. Fins brown, verticals blotched darker. Paired fins 

 pale. Iris yellowish brown. 



East Indies, Philippines. Bleeker's figure differs from my examples 

 in showing the median or axillary lateral wliite streak very pronounced 

 and continuous. Also the yellowish spots on the dorsals and anals 

 and caudal base appear to be much larger. The species may be easily 

 distinguished by its color pattern, together with its very large mouth, 

 slightly emarginate caudal, and large conic teeth in the jaws. Most 

 of my examples, at least the smaller, show a blackish blotch less than 



