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long, his figure measuring 190 mm. Herre and Montalban, who later 

 redescribe this specimen, say "it measures 177 mm. in length." 



LETHRINUS FRENATUS Valenciennes 



Lethrimis fnenatus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, pp. 291, 1830 



(type locality: Ceylon). 

 Lethrinus frenatus Sauvage, Hist. Nat. Madagascar, Poiss., p. 200, pi. 21, 



fig. 1, 1891 (type). 

 ? Lethrinus maculatus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, p. 292, 1830 



(type locality : Pondicherry) . 

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



locality: Kaitz, Ceylon). — Day, Fishes of India, pt. 1, p. 135, 1875 (Madras); 



Fauna Brit. India, Fishes, vol. 2, p. 38, 1889. — Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. 



Sci. Philadelphia, 1927, p. 282 (Orani, Orion, Calapan, Bacon). 

 ? Lethrinus erythracanthus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, p. 314, 1830 



(type locality: Luganor, Mariannes). 

 Lethrimis anaiarius Richardson, Zool. Voy. Sulphur, Fishes, p. 145, 1844 



(type locality: Canton); Ichth. China Japan, p. 242, 1846 (Sea of China; 



Canton) . 

 Lethrinus richardsonii Gxjnther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, p. 456, 1859 



(type locality: China Sea and Hong Kong); Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, vol. 



20, p. 59, 1867 (China, Cape York). — Schmeltz, Cat. Mus. Godeffroy, No. 7, 



p. 5, 1879 (China). — Ishikawa and Matsuura, Prelim. Cat. Fishes Mus. 



Tokyo, p. 53, 1897. — Rutter, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1897, 



p. 76 (compiled). — Smith and Pope, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 31, p. 477, 



1906 (Susaki). 

 Lethrinus richardsoni Klunzinger, Sitz. Ber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, math.-nat. lO., 



vol. 80, pt. 1, p. 357, 1879 (Endeavour River, Port Darwin). — Sauvage, 



Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, ser. 7, vol. 5, p. 105, 1881 (Swatow, China).— 



Meyer, Anal. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat., Madrid, vol. 14, p. 19, 1885 (North 



Celebes). — Saville-Kent, Great Barrier Reef, p. 369, 1893 (Queensland). — 



EvERMANN and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 26, p. 86, 1906 (1907) (Bacon). 



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



anga) . — Kendall and Goldsborough, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 26, p. 291 , 



1911 (Truk Group; Vavau).— Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 42, p. 500, 



1912 (Okinawa). — Herre and Montalban, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 33, 

 No. 4, p. 405, pi. 2, fig. 2, 1927 (Iba; Manila Bay; Calapan; Bacon; Con- 

 cepcion; Estancia; Bantayan Island; Carigora; Camigaran; Dumaguete; 

 Surigao; Cagayan de Misamis; Balabac Island; Loay; Samal and Caldera 

 Bay; Sandakan, Borneo). 



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

 Manila) . 



Lethrinus ornatus (not Valenciennes) Evermann and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., 

 vol. 26, p. 87, 1906 (1907) (Bulan). 



Lethrinus harak (not ForskAl) Fowler, Copeia, No. 58, p. 64, 1918 (Philip- 

 pines); Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1927, p. 281 (part; Philippines). 



Depth 2% to 2%; head 2% to 2%, width 2Ko to 2%. Snout 2 to 2)i in 

 head; eye 3 to 3^, 1}^ to 1% in snout, Uttle greater than interorbital ; 

 maxillary reaches % to 1 in snout, length 2% to 2% in head; teeth 

 uniserial, conic, usually pair in front of each jaw more or less canine- 

 like and posterior teeth as 4 or 5 broadly subconic each side; band 

 of fine villiform teeth in front of each jaw behind canines; interorbital 



