82 BULLETIN 10 0, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Vegetichthys Tanaka ^ described as a new genus of Lutjanidae 

 in Japanese only, I am nnable to translate. 



ANALYSIS OF GENERA 



o\ Maxillary broad, scaly, scarcely sheathed by preorbital, with distinct 



supplemental bone; gill rakers long and slender. 



6\ Glaucosomattnae. Teeth in bands, without distinct canines ; supplemental 



maxillary narrow ; preopercle coarsely toothed ; scales moderate, entirely 



cover head and soft dorsal and anal bases ; lateral line extends on 



caudal ; dorsal continuous with graduated spines ; caudal lunate ; pectoral 



short Glaucosoma. 



y. DoDERLEiNiiNAE. Teeth unequal, canines numei'ous, moderate ; supplemen- 

 tal maxillary broad ; scales large ; soft dorsal and anal scaleless ; dorsal 



deeply notched, spines 10; pectoral long, not falcate Doderleinia. 



a^ Maxillary without supplemental bone. 

 c\ Vomer and palatines with teeth. 



(l^. LuTJANiNAE. Interorbital convex, not flattened ; jaws usually with 

 canines ; dorsal continuous, 

 e". Soft dorsal and anal more or less scaly, last ray not extended. 



f. Gill rakers few, rather short Lutjanus. 



f. Gill rakers very numerous, fine, long Macolon 



e^ Soft dorsal and anal scaleless, last ray of each extended, filamentous. 



g^. Pectoral vei*y short, shorter than ventral ; dull olive Apsilus. 



g'. Pectoral long as head or longer ; red or red and golden. 



Tropidinius. 

 d\ Etelinae. Interorbital flat above, top of head naked; dorsal and 

 anal naked ; opercle spineless ; caudal deeply and in adult unequally 

 forked. 



h^. Dorsal fin continuous. 



i\ Pectoral short, not falcate Aprion. 



i\ Pectoral long, falcate Pristipomoides. 



7^^ Dorsal fin deeply notched, though 2 fins not completely sepa- 

 rated well contrasted Etelis. 



c'. Palate toothless; jaws with very small teeth, disappearing with age; 

 dorsal and anal scaleless, last rays produced ; pectoral falcate, lower 

 rays produced with age Aphareus. 



Genus GLAUCOSOMA Schlegel 



Glaucosoma Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Poiss., pts. 2-4, 1843, p. 62. Atypic; 



pt. 15, 1850, p. 317. Type Olaucosoma bilrgeri Richabdson, monotypic. 

 Breviperca Castelnau, Office. Rec. Centennial Exhib. Philadelphia (Rec. Fishes 



Australia), 1875, p. 6. Type Breviperca lineata Castelnau, monotypic. 

 Reganichthys Ogilby, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 3, 1915, p. 123. Type Rega- 



nicMliys magnificus Ogilby, monotypic. 



Body robust to deeply ovate, compressed. Head large. Mouth 

 large, terminal, protractile, lower jaw protruding. Maxillary very 

 wide, with narrow supplemental bone, scarcely slipping below pre- 

 orbital. Teeth small, some canine-like, in narrow bands in jaws, on 

 vomer and palatines, also on tongue. Preopercle with blunt teeth at 



^ NihOD San Gyorui (Journ. Zool. Studies, Imperial University, Tokyo), vol. 39, No. 13, 

 1918, p. 7. Type Vegetichthys tumidus Tanaka, monotypic. 



