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Teuthis lineata Gunthbr, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 3, 1861, p. 322 (copied) 

 Siganus lineatus Jordan and Sbalb, Bull. Bur. Fish., vol. 26, 1906 (1907), 



p. 35 (Manila). — Evermann and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fish., vol. 26, 1906 



(1907), p. 98 (Bacon). — Jordan and Richardson, Bull. Bur. Fish., vol. 



27, 1907 (1908), p. 271 (Cuyo).— Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 42, 



1912, p. 511 (Okinawa). 

 Siganus aurolineatus Ogilby, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 1, 1912, p. 56. 



Somerset, North Queensland. 

 Teuthis flava De Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 9, 1884 (1885), 



p. 462. No localit3^ — Kent, Great Barrier Reef, 1893, p. 286 (Queensland). 



Depth 23^; head 3%, width 2. Snout IJ^ in head; eye 3^, 1^ in 

 snout, 13^ in interorbital; teeth about 46 in each jaw; maxillary 33^ in 

 head; interorbital 2^^, broadly convex; preopercle limb, suprascapular 

 arch and opercle feebly striate. Gill rakers 6 + 16, short, flexible points. 



Scales minute, ovoid elongate, cycloid, 86 to 108 circuli. Cheek 

 more or less entirely covered with small scales to preopercle ridge. 



D. XIII, 10, 1, fourth spine 2% in head, third ray \%; A. VII, 9, 

 I, third spine 2 1^, second ray 1% ; caudal evenly emarginate, 1 ; least 

 depth of caudal peduncle 2>}i', pectoral 13^; ventral \%. 



Back dull brownish generally, sides and below white. Below lat- 

 eral line about a dozen parallel longitudinal pale blue-gray bands 

 wide as interspaces and each with brown border line; many of bands 

 joined or anastomose in places; bands also continue on head, but 

 more or less obliquely; above lateral line become greatly irregular, 

 often forming vermiculations, arcs, spots, etc. Iris yellowish, brown- 

 ish externally. Fins all dull or drab brown, rayed vertical ones with 

 scattered or obscure deeper brown spots or blotches. Below last 

 rays of soft dorsal pale to neutral blotches on tail above. 



Compared with the original figure our specimen differs a little, lilcely 

 a condition of age. It shows more horizontal bands and the spots on 

 the soft vertical fins are more indistinct. It seems quite likely that 

 Siganus aurolineatus Ogilby is based on a half-grown example. 



1296. No locality, likely Philippines? 

 1891. Length 303 mm. 



SIGANUS SPIN US (Linnaeus) 



Sparus spinus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10 vol. 1, 1758, p. 281. East 

 Indies. — Osbeck, Reise Ost. China, 1765, p. 357 (China). — Linnaeus, 

 Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 471.— Bonnaterre, Tabl. Iclith., 

 1788. p. 103 (East Indies).— Gmelin, Syst. Nat. Linn., vol. 1, pt. 3, 1789, 

 p. 1278 (East Indies).— Walbaum, Arted. Pise, vol. 3, 1792, p. 291 (on 

 Linnaeus). — Forster, Fauna Indica, 1795, p. 15. 



Amphacanthus marmoratus QuoY and Gaimard, Voy. Uranie, Zool., 1825, p. 

 367, pi. 62, figs. 1-2. Guam. — Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 10, 

 1835, p. 124 (Mariannes; Java). — Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederland Indie, 

 vol. 10, 1856, p. 360 (Terna'e); vol. 11, 1856, p. 95 (Banda), p. 489 

 (Ceram); vol. 12, 1856, p. 193 (Ternate); vol. 13, 1857, p. 56 (Kajeh, 

 Burn), p. 478 (Karangbollong), p. 479 (Prigi, Java); vol. 14, 1857, p. 245 

 (Prigi); vol. 15, 1858, p. 200 (Coram); vol. 16, 1858, p. 209 (Batjan); 



