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narrow band of fine teeth on vomer and palatines; interorbital 4 

 to 4l^, slightly convex; preopercle with short obtuse spine at angle. 

 Gill rakers 6 or 7+21 to 25, lanceolate, 2i/2 in eye; gill filaments % 

 gill rakers. 



Scales 97 to 102 close along and above lateral line to caudal base 

 and 7 to 9 more on latter; tubular scales 70 to 78 in lateral line to 

 caudal base and 5 to 8 more on latter; 10 or 11 scales above lateral 

 line to base of third dorsal spine, 34 to 37 below, 43 to 54 predorsal, 

 14 to 18 rows across cheek. Scales with 3 or 4 strong basal lobes; 

 apical points about 11, become obliterated with age; circuli fine. 



D. X, 14, tenth spine 2l^ to 2% in total head length, third ray 

 11/2 to 2 ; A. Ill, 15 or 16, third spine 21/3 to 3, third ray li/g to 23/5 ; 

 caudal 1% to 1%, truncate, very slightly emarginate with age ; least 

 depth of caudal peduncle 4 to 414; pectoral 1% to l/o; ventral 

 1 to 12/5. 



Brown, paler and with silvery white shades below. Fins all pale 

 brownish. Ventrals with lower surfaces whitish, membranes with 

 dusky tints. 



While largely distributed in the tropical and subtropical regions 

 of the Atlantic, also reported from the extreme west of the Indo- 

 Pacific in x4.rabia and South Africa. The above description from 

 examples obtained at Rio Janeiro. Brazil, in the collection of the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia; largest 270 mm. 

 The species reaches 350 mm. and is known by its nearly immaculate 

 red color in life. 



PRIACANTHUS MACRACANTHUS Cuvier 



Priacanthus macracanthus CxrviEU, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 3, 1829, p. 108. Aui- 

 boina.— Lesson, Voy. Coquille, Poiss., vol. 2, pt. 1, Nov. 12, 1831. p. 22.5 

 (Amboina). — Guntheb, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 220 (Japan). — 

 Castelnau, Proc. Linn. Sec. New South Wales, vol. 3. 1878, p. (349) 369 

 (Port Jackson ) .—BouLENGER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1895, p. 354 

 (Japan, Formosa, Banda, Arafura Sea, Port Jackson). — Ishikawa and 

 Matsuura, Prelim. Cat. Fish. Mus. Tokyo, vol. 1, 1897, p. 55. — Jordan and 

 Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 23. 1901, p. 358 (Tokyo) ; Annot. Zool. 

 Japon., vol. 3, 1901, p. 83 (Yokohama and Nagasaki). — Stead, Fishes of 

 Australia, 1907, p. 262 (New South Wales and Queensland). — Franz, Abh. 

 Bayer. Akad. Wiss., vol. 4, Suppl. Band 1, 1910, p. 40 (Yokohama ; Aburat- 

 subu). — Jordan and Thompson, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 41. 1912, p. 530 

 (Tokyo and Nagasaki). — Jordan and Met2, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 6, No. 

 1, June 1913, p. 30 (Korea; Fusan). — McCijlloch, Australian Zoologist, vol. 

 1, 1919, p. 49 (New South Wales). — Izuka and MATStruRA, Cat. Zool. Spec. 

 Tokyo Imp. Mus., 1920, p. 154 (Tokyo market). — Jordan and Hubbs, Mem. 

 Carnegie Mus.. vol. 10, No. 2, June 27, 1925, p. 232 (Osaka, Mikawa Bay, 

 Fukui, Miyazu). — Fowleir, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, 1928, p. 190 (Hono- 

 lulu, Maui ?, type of Priacanthus ineeki) ; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 

 1929, p. 591 (Nagasaki), p. 633 (Honolulu). 



PriacantJms dublus Schlegel, Fauna Japon.. Poiss., pt. 1. 1842. p. 19. Japan. — 

 GuNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 221 (copied). 



