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Serranus luti Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 2, 1828, p. 363 (Red 



Sea). 

 Pseudoserranus louti Klunzinger, Verh. zool. hot. Ges. Wien, vol. 20, 1870, 



p. 687 (Red Sea); Fische Roth. Meer., 1884, p. 7. 

 Variola louti Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 7, 1873-76, p. 24 



(Sumatra, Java, Celebes, Timor, Ternate, Batjan, Amboina, Waigiu, New 



Guinea); vol. 8, 1876-77, pi. (70) 288, fig. 3.— Day, Fishes of India, pt. 



1, 1875, p. 26, pi. 7, fig. 3; Fauna Brit. India, vol. 1, 1889, p. 459, fig. 



143. — Fowler, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 2, vol. 12, 1904, 



p. 521 (Padang, Sumatra). — Jordan and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 



25, 1905 (1906), p. 257 (Apia and Pago Pago). — Jordan and Richardson, 



Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 27, 1907 (1908), p. 256 (Calayan).— Snyder, Proc. 



U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 42, 1912, p. 497 (Okinawa).— Weber, Siboga Exp., 



vol. 57, Fische, 1913, p. 198 (Sanguisiapo and Sulu, Sulu Archipelago; 



Lirung; Salomakie; Banda). — Fowler, Bishop Mus. Bull., No. 22, 1925, 



p. 33 (Samoa). — Fowler and Ball, Bishop Mus. Bull., No. 26, 1925, p. 



13 (Wake Island).— Fowler, Bishop Mus. Bull., No. 38, 1927, p. 13 



(Christmas Island); Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, 1928, p. 173, pi. 14, fig. 



B (Fate, Fanning Islands, Palmyra, Wake Island, Christmas Island, Apia, 



Society Islands, Apiang). 

 Epinephelus louti Boulenger, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol, 1, 1895, p. 173 



(Red Sea, Zanzibar, Seychelles, Mauritius, Mascarencs, Manado, Amboina, 



Timor, Aneiteum, Samoa, Marshalls). 

 Epinephelus (Variola) louti Pellegrin, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, vol. 39, 



1914, p. 224 (Nossi-Be, Madagascar). 

 Labrus punctulalus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 3, 1802, pp. 431, 477, 



pi. 17, fig. 2. The Great Ocean (Indo-Pacific). 

 Serranus punctulalus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 2, 1828, p. 367 



(Moluccas, Waigiu, Ceylon); vol. 9, 1833, p. 435 (Mauritius). — Quoy and 



Gaimard, Voy. Astrolabe, Zool., vol. 3, 1834, p. 654, pi. 3, fig. 2 (New 



Ireland). — Guichentot, Notes He Reunion, vol. 2, 1862, p. 23. 

 Serranus flavimarginatus Ruppell, Atlas Reise nordl. Afrika, Fische, 1828, 



p. 109. Near Mohila.— Gtjnther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, 



p. 103 (copied). 

 Variola flavimarginata Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 7, 1873-76, 



p. 23 (Amboina).— Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 42, 1912, p. 492 



(Okinawa). 

 Pseudoserranus louti var. flavimarginata Klunzinger, Fische Roth. Meer., 



1884, p. 7. 

 Variola louti var. flavimarginata Weber, Siboga Exp., vol. 57, Fische, 1913, 



p. 198 (Banda). 

 Serranus phaenistomus Swainson, Nat. Hist. Animals, Fishes, vol. 2, 1839, 



p. 201 (on Serranus louti Ruppell, pi. 26, fig. 2). 

 Variola longipinna Swainson, Nat. Hist. Animals, Fishes, vol. 2, 1839, 



p. 202 (on Serranus louti Ruppell, pi. 26, fig. 2). 

 Pcrca irrorata Lichtenstein, Descript. Animal., Forster, 1844, p. 222. 



Saint Christian, Wait alio. 

 Serranus melanotaenia Bleeker, Act. Soc. Sci. Ind. Neerland. (Amboina), 



vol. 2, 1857, p. 33. Amboina. — Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 



1859, p. 504 (copied). 

 Variola melanotaenia Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N6crland., vol. 7, 1873-76, 



pi. (11) 289, fig. 4. 



Depth 3 to 3M; head 2% to 3, width 2}{ to 2%. Snout ?>Y 2 to 

 3^5 in head from snout tip; eye 4% to 5%, 1)4 to 1% in snout, 



