FISHES OF THE PHHiIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 131 



Lutjanus johnii Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1925, p. 228 (Natal 

 and Delagoa Bay). 



LMtianus melanesiae Seale, Occas. Pap. Bishop Mus., vol. 4, No. 1, 1906, p. 43, 

 fig. 5 (No. 1187). Shortland Island, Solomons. 



Lutianus nishikmoae Smith and Pope, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 31, 1907, p. 474. 

 Hamashima, Japan. 



Lutianus quinquelineatus (not Bloch) Jobdan and Richabdson, Bull. Bur. 

 Fisher., vol. 27, 1907, p. 258 (Manila). 



Lutianus fusccsceiis (not Valenciennes) Jordan and Richardson, Mem. Car- 

 negie Mus., vol. 4, 1910, p. 184. Takao, Formosa. 



? Lutianus mace weben Popta, Zool. Meded. Rijks. Mus. Natuurl. Hist. Leiden, 

 vol. 6, 1921, p. 203. Kali La, Muna, in fresh water. 



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

 3% in head; eye 3% to 4%, 1 to 1% in snout, greater than inter- 

 orbital; maxillary reaches I/3 to I/2 in eye, expansion 2% to 2I/2 in 

 eye, length 214 to 2% in head ; narrow band of fine teeth above and 

 in front below, with outer enlarged row of conic teeth, of which 

 large pair in front above and 2 on each mandibular ramus, 2 median 

 laterals as canines; broad bands of villiform teeth on vomer, pala- 

 tines and tongue; interorbital 6i/4 to 6I/2 in head, slightly convex; 

 hind preopercle edge with minute or rudimentary points, slight 

 emargination above angle and some better developed points below. 

 Gill rakers 5 or 6+12 or 13, of which 3 or 4 as rudiments above 

 and below, lanceolate, equal gill filaments or I/3 to I/2 in eye. 



Scales 46 to 50 in lateral line to caudal base and 5 to 8 more on 

 latter; 7 or 8 scales above lateral line, 14 or 15 below, 12 to 15 pre- 

 dorsal, 6 rows on cheek. Suprascapula entire. Scales with 13 to 

 15 basal radiating striae; apical denticles 81 to 93, small, with 2 to 4 

 transverse series of basal elements ; circuli fine. 



D. X, 13, I or 14, I, fourth spine 2% to 2% in head, fourth ray 

 22/^ to 24^ ; A. Ill, 8, 1, third spine 31/3 to 31/2, second ray 21/2 to 23/5"; 

 caudal II/4 to I14, slightly emarginate ; least depth of caudal peduncle 

 2% to 31/8 ; pectoral 11/5 to IV3 ; ventral I3/5 to 1%. 



Back brown, sides and below whitish with silvery shades. On 

 lateral line below soft dorsal origin large diffuse blackish blotch, 

 usually little larger than eye. Iris yellowish brown. Vertical fins 

 brown, paired ones paler. 



Red Sea, Arabia, Zanzibar, Mozambique, Delagoa Bay, Natal, 

 Mauritius, Rodriguez, Madagascar, Seychelles, India, Ceylon, An- 

 damans, Siam, Singapore, East Indies, Philippines, Formosa, 

 Tonkin, China, Japan, Queensland, New South Wales, Melanesia, 

 Polynesia. The dark lateral blotch is very similar to that of 

 Lutjanus johnii, though the species differs in that the scales above 

 the lateral line are in oblique courses throughout, and below in 

 horizontal series. In alcoholic examples the dark lateral blotch 

 often shows the appearance of being ocellated or with a diffuse 



