108 BULLETIN" 10 0, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Manaar). — Weber, Siboga Exp., vol. 57, Fische, 1913, p. 253 (Salomakie 

 Island). — FowLEE, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, 1928, p. 198 (Palmyra, 

 Marcus, Shortland Islands, type of Lutianus nukiihivae, Upolu, Apiang) ; 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1929, p. 636 (Padang; Thornton. 

 Marcus and Shortland Islands). 



Lutjanus (Mesoprion) bohar Zugmayer, Abhandl. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., 

 Math.-physik. Klasse, vol. 26, 1918, p. 10 (Oman). 



Diacope bohar Cuviek, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 2, 1828, p. 433 (Eheenberg col- 

 lection). — RtippEi^L, Atlas Reise Nordl. Afrika, Fische, 1828, p. 73 (Red 

 Sea) ; Neue Wirbelth., Fische, 1835, p. 103 (Red Sea). — Klunzingeb, Verh. 

 zool. hot. Ges. Wien, vol. 20, 1870, p. 699 (Koseir, Red Sea). 



Mesoprion bohar Gxjnthek, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 190 (Madagas- 

 car). — Playfaie, Fishes of Zanzibar, 1866, p. 17 (Zanzibar). — GiJNTHEE, 

 Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, vol. 1, pt. 1, 1873, p. 13 (Society Islands, Paumo- 

 tus). — ScHMELTz, Cat. Mus. Godeffroy, No. 8, 1881, p. 5 (Upolu). — Pohl, 

 Cat. Mus. Godeffroy, No, 9, 1884, p. 26 (Upolu).— Klunzingeb, Fische Roth. 

 Meer., 1884, p. 14. — Meter, Anal. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat., Madrid, vol. 14, 

 1885, p. 10 (North Celebes). — Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1887, 

 p. 655 (Muscat). — Gorgoza, Anal. Soc. Espaii. Hist. Nat., Madrid, vol. 17, 

 1888, p. 283 (Manila Bay; Mindanao).— Elera, Cat. Fauna Fillip., vol. 1, 

 1895, p. 460 (Luzon, Manila Bay, Cavite, Santa Cruz, Mindanao, Zam- 

 boanga). 



Sparus lepisurus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 3, 1802, pi. 15, fig. 2; vol. 4, 

 1802, pp. 45, 141. Great Equinoxial Ocean [Indo Pacific]. 



Lutianus lepisurus Fovpler, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 2, vol. 12, 

 1904, p. 525 (Padang). 



Diacope quadriguttata CmiEK, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 2, 1828, p. 427. North 

 coast Mauritius ; Massauah ; Seychelles ; East Indies. — Ruppell, Atlas Reise 

 Nordl. Afrika, Fische, 1828, p. 73 (Red Sea). — Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. 

 Poiss., vol. 6, 1830, p. 533 (Red Sea). — Gtjichenot, Notes He Reunion, vol. 2, 

 1862, p. 23. 



Mesoprion fiaviroseus De Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South "Wales, vol. 8, 1883, 

 p. 446. New Britain. 



Lutianus nukuhivae Seals, Occas. Pap. Bishop Mus., vol. 6, No. 1, 1906, p. 40, 

 fig. 5 (No. 21(34). Nukuhiva, Marquesas Islands. 



Depth 21/3 to 2% ; head 21/2 to 22/3, width 1% to 23/5. Snout 21/2 

 to 3% in head; eye 3% to 6y^, lYg to 2% in snout, slightly greater 

 than interorbital in young to 1% to 2 in interorbital "with age ; max- 

 illary reaches Ve to I/2 in eye, expansion i/^ to % in eye, length 2^4 to 

 2% in head; band of villiform teeth in each jaw, outer row enlarged, 

 conic; 2 anterior canines in front of each jaw and often canines at 

 middle of each mandibular ramus; fine teeth on vomer, palatines 

 and tongue; interorbital 3i^ to 5, broadly convex; preorbital width 

 equals eye ; preopercle edge very minutely serrated, below with slight 

 incision, lower rounded portion with small and well separated den- 

 ticles but no suborbital knob. Gill rakers 8 + 16, 6 above and 2 below 

 rudimentary, length half of eye. 



Scales 49 or 50 in lateral line to caudal base and 4 more on latter, 

 9 to 11 above lateral line, 16 to 18 below, 16 predorsal, 8 rows on 

 cheek. Scales above lateral line in oblique rows to dorsal bases, be- 



