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LUTJANUS FUSCESCENS (Valenciennes) 



Mesoprion fuscescens Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, 1830, p. 5.3S. Fresh 

 waters of Celebes. — Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 201 

 (types of Mesoprion koteen). — Kakoli, Termesz. Fiizetek, Budapest, vol. 5, 

 1881, p. 151 (Matang, Borneo). — Meyer, Anal. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat., 

 Madrid, vol. 14, 1885, p. 11 (North Celebes).— Eleea, Cat. Fauna Filip., 

 vol. 1, 1895, p. 460 (Cebu). 



Lutjanus fuffcescens Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 8, 1876-1877, 

 p. 48, pi. (43)321, fig. 3 (Celebes, Batjan, Ceram). 



Mesoprion hoteen Richardson, Ichth. China Japan, 1846, p. 229. Canton, China. 



Depth 2%. Snout 2-i% in head from snout tip; eye Si^, 2 in snout, 

 greater than to subequal with interorbital: maxiUary reaches % 

 in eye, length 21/^ in head from snout tip; teeth in bands in jaws, 

 outer row enlarged and as small canines in front of each jaw; vomer 

 and palatines with bands of fine teeth, tongue edentulous ; interorbital 

 convex; hind preopercle edge finely denticulate, scarcely emarginate 

 above angle. Scales 55 to 57 counted along above lateral line, 50 

 along below lateral line (figure shows 61 tubes in lateral line to 

 caudal base and 3 more on latter) ; 6 scales aboA^e lateral line, 16 

 below, 12 predorsal to occiput, 6 rows on cheek with broad naked 

 preopercle flange. D. X, 13, third spine 31/5 in total head length, 

 sixth ray 2; A. Ill, 9, second spine 3, fourth ray 2%; caudal ly^, 

 hind edge only very slightly emarginate; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 2% ; pectoral 1% ; ventral 1%. 



Above olivaceous, below silvery. Iris yellowish or rosy, pupil 

 edge golden. Scales of back and sides with olivaceous gray basal 

 spot. Black blotch little larger than eye on lateral line below middle 

 of soft dorsal base. Spinous dorsal base yellowish golden, terminally 

 fin dusky brown. Soft dorsal medially, spinous anal membranes 

 and caudal posteriorly, violaceous, fins otherwise dull olivaceous. 

 Pectoral grayish basally. Front margin of ventral violaceous. 

 Reaches 280 mm. (Bleeker.) 



East Indies, Philippines, China. Bleeker says it frequents river 

 mouths. 



LUTJANUS PALMERI. new species 



Depth 21/3 ; head 2%, width 214. Snout S% in head from snout 

 tip; eye 4, li/4 in snout, greater than interorbital; maxillary reaches 

 y^ in eye, expansion 1% in eye, length 2% in head from snout tip; 

 teeth fine, in narrow bands in jaws, with 4 anteriorly outside in each 

 slightly larger; vomer and palatine each with narrow band of fine 

 teeth; interorbital 5^, but slightly convex; preopercle edge finely 

 denticulate, emargination above angle shallow. Gill rakers 6 + 11, 

 of which 4 or 5 above and below rudiments, lanceolate, much longer 

 than gill filaments or ^ of eye. 



Scales 44 in lateral line (counted along and close above) to caudal 

 base and 8 more on latter ; tubular scales 41 in lateral line to caudal 



