FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 99 



Mesoprion yapiUii Day, Fishes of India, pt. 1, 1S75, p. 45, pi. 13, fig. 6 



(Madras). 

 Mesoprion immaculatiis (not Valenciennes) Bleeker, Verti. Batav. Genootsch. 



(Percoid.), vol. 22, 1849, p. 45 (Batavia). 

 IMesoprion maus Thioixieee, Fauna Woodlark, 1857, p. 147. Woodlark Island. 

 Mesoprion griseoides Gxhchenot, Notes He Reunion, vol. 2, 1862, p. 2(2.3). 



Reunion. 

 Lutjanus griseoides Satjvage, Hist. Nat. Madagascar, Poiss., 1891, p. 92, pi. 



9, fig. 3, a-h (type; Madagascar). 

 Mesoprion rubeUus (not Valenciennes) Day, Fishes of Malabar, 1865, p. 11, 



pi. 2; Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1865, p. 11 (Cochin, Malabar). 

 Mesoprion sillaoo (not Valenciennes) Day, Fishes of Malabar, 1865, p. 12 pi. 



11, fig. la; Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1865, p. 10 (Cochin, Malabar) ; 1870, 



p. 680 (Andamans). 

 Lutianus sillacoo Day, Fishes of India, pt. 1, 1875, p. 39, pi. 12, fig. 2. 

 Lutjanus sillaoo Day, Fauna Brit. India, Fishes, vol. 1, 1889, p. 473. — Pearson, 



Ceylon Administr. Rep., 1912-1913, pt. 4, p. E14 (Gulf of Manaar).— 



TiBANT, Service Oc^anogr. Peehes Indo Chine, 6* Note, 1929, p. 168 



(Quinhon). 

 Mesaprion garretti Gunthesi, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, vol. 1, pt. 1, 1873, p. 



15, pi. 13, fig, B. Kingsmill Islands. 

 Lutianus roseus (not Diacope roseus Valencienneis, 1830) Day, Fishes of 



India, pt. 1, 1875, pt. 11, fig. 1. Madras. — Thurston, Notes Pearl Fisher. 



Manaar, 1890, p. 91 (Pamban). — Fowler, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadel- 

 phia, ser. 2, vol. 12, 1904, p. 525 (Padang). 

 Lutjanus roseus Day, Fauna Brit. India, Fishes, vol. 2, 1889, p. 472. — Pearson, 



Ceylon Administrat. Report, 1912-13, p. E14. — Tirant, Service Oceanogr, 



Peehes Indo Chine, 6^ Note, 1929, p. 168 (Cochin China). 

 Lutianus jahngarah Day, Fishes of India, pt. 1, 1875, p. 40. Seas of India. 

 Lutjanus jahngarah Day, Fauna Brit. India, Fishes, vol. 1, 1889, p. 474. 

 Lutjanws lineatus (not Quoy and Gaimard) Streets, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 



No. 7, 1877, p. 90 (Christmas Island). 

 Lutianus lineatus Jordan and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 25, 1905 (1906), 



p. 264 (Apia, Samoa). — Smith and Seale, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 



vol. 19, 1906, p. 77 (Mindanao). — Evermann and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., 



vol. 26, 1906 (1907), p. 81 (San Fabian). 

 Mesoprion obscurns Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 5, 1881, 



p. 331. Endeavour River. — Kent, Great Barrier Reef, 1893, p. 370 



(Queensland). 

 Mesoprion roseigaster Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 5, 1881, 



p. 331. Rockingham Bay, Queensland (said to be from fresh water). — 



Kent, Great Barrier Reef, 1893, p. 370 (Queensland). 

 Mesoprion griseus (not Linnaeus) Schmeltz, Cat. Mus. Godeffroy, No. 8, 



1881, p. 5 (Pouape) ; No. 9, 1884, p. 26 (Ponape). 

 Lutianus riviilatus (not CLmER.) Seat^ and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 



vol. 33, 1907, p. 243 (one Zamboanga specimen). 

 Lutianus salmonoides Gilchrist and Tho.mpson, Ann. South Afric. Mus.. vol. 



6. 1908, p. 146. Natal ; East London ; Ann. Durban Mus., vol. 1, pt. 4, 



1917, p. 345 (copied). 



Depth 2% to 2%; head 22/5 to 2%, width 2 to 2%. Snout 21/2 

 to 3% in head; eye 3% to 6, I14 to 21/2 in snout, greater than in- 

 terorbital in voung to IVs with age; maxillary reaches V5 to 1/3 in 



