NO. 1491. PHILIPPINE FISHES— EVERMANN AND SEALE. 509 



lo. LETHRINUS MCENSII Bleeker. 



Lethrinus mmm'i Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind., IX, 1855, p. 435. — Gunthkr, 

 Cat., I, p. 455. 



Head '2.90 in length; depth 3; eye 4 in head; snout 1.90; preorbital 

 2.50; intevorbital 3.20; D. X, 9; A. Ill, 8; scales 6-49-14; teeth in 

 single row, the 4 upper canines of upper jaw largest, curved; 6 flat 

 gillrakers on lower limb. 



Color in spirits, dirt}" grayish, with about 6 dusky bands over back 

 more narrow than interspaces; dorsal, caudal, and anal slightly clouded 

 with dusky; other flns yellowish; some indistinct dusky bars on body, 

 alternating with the bands over back. 



One specimen from Jolo, 9 inches long. 



Family ACANTHURID.E. 



II. HEPATUS MATOIDES (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



Acanthurus matoides Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., X, 1835, p. 



150, Oualan. 

 Acanthurus annularis Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., X, 1835, p. 



153, He de France. 

 Acanthurus blochii Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., X, 1835, p. 153, 



He de France. 

 Hepatus inatoidcs, Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., XXIII, 1903 



(1905), p. 387 (Honolulu). 



Head 3.45 in length; depth 1.78; e3'e 4.50 in head; snout 1.35; inter- 

 orbital 2.75; D. IX, 25; A. Ill, 26; teeth flat, crenulate; spines on side 

 of caudal peduncle small, equal to two-thirds of eye; caudal lunate. 



Color in spirits, uniform black, without lines; fins luiiform black 

 without lines, except pectoral, which is bright 3^ellow on distal half 

 of tin. 



Another specimen, probably the young of this species, has the fol- 

 lowing characters: 



Head 3 in length; depth 1.75; eye 2.75 in head; snout 1.75; inter 

 orbital 2.75; D. IX, 24; A. Ill, 24; spines on caudal peduncle small, 

 about one-half of eye; lateral line with a long low curve, becoming 

 straight under posterior part of soft dorsal; teeth flat, crenulate. 



Color in spirits, uniform black; pectoral yellow, the caudal with a 

 slight trace of whitish at base. 



One specimen 1.75 inches long from Zamboanga and one 8.75 inches 

 long from Jolo. 



