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Genus HEMIPTERONOTUS Lacepede 



Hemipteronotus LAcfipfeoE, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 3, 1802, p. 214. Type 

 Hemipteronotus quinque-maculatus Lac^pJide, designated by Bleeker, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. London (December 10), 1861, p. 414. 



Body strongly compressed, oblong, rather deep. Head deep, 

 elevated, upper profile parabolic, well compressed. Mouth low, 

 moderate. No hind canines. Cheek with several rows of small 

 scales. Lateral line interrupted. Dorsal spines 9, of which first 

 2 separated from others, rays 12. Anal spines 3, rays 12. 



Indo-Pacific. 



ANALYSIS OF THE SPBCIBS 



a '. Cheek scales extend well down to lower branch of preopercle; caudal 

 peduncle pale pentadactylus. 



a 2. Cheek scales only on upper half of cheeks; side of caudal peduncle with 

 dark blotch celebicus. 



HEMIPTERONOTUS PENTADACTYLUS (Linnaeus) 



Coryphaena pentadactylus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1758 p. 261. 

 ' India. 



Novacula pentadactyla Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 14, 1839, p. 

 69, pi. 395 (Celebes).— Richardson, Proc. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. (Ich. 

 Chin. Jap.), 1846, p. 261 (China, Celebes).— Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. 

 Mus., vol. 4, 1862, p. 177 (Amboina and China). — Klxjnzinger, Verb. zool. 

 bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 21, 1871, p. 532 (Koseir, Red Sea).— Day, Fishes of 

 India, pt. 3, 1877, p. 402 (Bombay). — Meyer, An. Soc. Hist. Nat. 

 Madrid, vol. 14, 1885, p. 37 (North Celebes).— Day, Fauna British 

 India, vol. 2, 1889, p. 411.— Elera, Cat. Fauna. Filip., vol. 1, 1895, p. 

 554 (Luzon, Lobo, Batangas). 



Hemipteronotus pentadactylus Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N6erl., vol. 1, 

 1862, p. 150, pi. 30, fig. 4 (Bali, Celebes, Ternate, Buru, Amboina, Ceram) . — 

 Bleeker, Rec. Fauna Madagascar, Pollen et Van Dam, vol. 4, 1874, 

 p. 65.— Jordan and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 26, 1906 (1907), p. 31 

 (Manila). — Weber, Siboga Exp., vol. 57, Fische, 1913, p. 377 (Menado* 

 Kawa, Ambon). — Fowler, Copeia, No. 58, June 18, 1918, p. 64 (Philip- 

 pines). 



Novacula {Hemipteronotus) pentadactyla Sauvage, Hist. Nat. Madagascar 

 Poiss., 1891, p. 459 (types). 



Hemipteronotus quinque-maculatus Lac^pI^de, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 3, 

 1802, pp. 214, 215. China, Moluccas, East Indies. 



Xirichthys cyanirostris (Cuvier) Guerin-Meneville, Icon. R6g. An. 

 Poiss., vol. 3, 1829-1838, p. 27, pi. 43, fig. 3. Pondichery. 



Novacula sez-macWo^a Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 14, 1839, p. 72. 

 Bombay. 



Novacula punctulata Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 14, 1839, p. 73. 

 Bombay. — Elera, Cat. Fauna Filip., vol. 1, 1895, p. 555 (Cavite, Luzon, 

 Santa Cruz). 



Novacula tessellata Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 14, 1839, p. 74. 

 Mauritius. 



Hemipteronotus umbrilatus Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 19, 1899 

 (1900), p. 53, fig. 10. Honolulu. 



