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42007 U.S.N.M. Bellenger River, New South Wales. Australian Museum. Length 

 227 mm. 



42008 U.S.N.M. Queensland. Australian Museum. Length 208 mm. As Lutu- 

 amis johni. 



51976 U.S.N.M. Negros, Philippines. Dr. B. Dean. Length 158 mm. As Luti- 



ayius johni. 

 56185 U.S.N.M. Bulan. Bureau of Fisheries (3539). Length 139 mm. As 

 Lutianus joJinii. 



56185 U.S.N.M. Mindanao. Bureau of Fisheries (3459). Length 178 mm. 



56186 U.S.N.M. Bacon. Bureau of Fisheries (4168). Length 265 mm. 

 56252 U.S.N.M. Jolo. Bureau of Fisheries (4041). Length 210 mm. As Luti- 

 anus johnii. 



57978 U.S.N.M. Zamboanga. Dr. E. A. Mearns. Length 149 to 188 mm. 6 

 examples. 



65935 U.S.N.M. Suva, Fiji. Albatross Collection. Length 145 mm. As Luti- 

 anus johnii. 



72245 U.S.N.M. Uoilo. R. C. McGregor. Length 105 mm. As Lutjanus russeUi. 



72677 U.S.N.M. Java. Bryant and Palmer, Length 177 mm. As Lutjanus 

 nisselli. 



72678 U.S.N.M. Java. Bryant and Palmer. Length 288 mm. 



75511 U.S.N.M. Probably Shanghai, China. P. L. Jouy. Length 219 mm. As 

 Lutia/nus nisselli. 



75512 U.S.N.M. Wakanoura, Japan. P. L. Jouy. Length 264? mm. As Luti- 

 anus russelli. 



84173 U.S.N.M. Cebu. Dr. F. Baker. Length 134 ram. 



S4174 U.S.N.M. Cebu. Dr. F. Baker. Length 126 mm. 



84244 U.S.N.M. Zamboanga. Dr. F. Baker. Length 148 to 156 mm. 2 examples. 



27588. A.N.S.P. Padang, Sumatra. A. C. Harrison and H. L. Hiller, Length 

 203 mm. When fresh in arrack olive brown above, below pale rosy orange. 

 Sides with 8 narrow longitudinal dark olivaceous bands, becoming golden 

 below, above lateral line continued obliquely up to dorsal bases. Blackish 

 blotch size of eye below last dorsal spine and front rays of soft dorsal. 

 Sides also marked with narrow, pale lines parallel with darker ones. Peri- 

 toneum silvery. Dorsal and caudal grayish, former with broad dark gray 

 marginal band. Anal and paired fins mostly pale yellowish. As Lutianus 

 russelUi. 



LUTJANUS LEMNISCATUS (Valenciennes) 



Serranus lemniscatus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 2, 1828, p. 240. 



Ceylon. — Gtjnther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 155 (copied). 

 Lnitianus lemniscatus Day, Fishes of India, vol. 1, 1875, p. 36 (type). 

 Lutjami^s lemniscatus Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 7, 1873-1876, 



p. 67 (Obi) ; vol. 8, 1876-1877, pi. (7) 285, fig. 2.— Day, Fauna Brit. India, 



Fishes, vol. 1, 1889, p. 470. 

 Lutjanus niclanotaenia Bleeker, Nederland. Tijdschr. Dierk.. vol. 1, 1863, p. 



244. Obi. 



Depth 23/4; head 2^2- Snout 2% in head from snout tip; eye 4, 

 11/4 in snout; maxillary reaches opposite 1/5 in eye, expansion 1% in 

 oye. length 214 in head from snout tip; outer row of teeth little en- 

 larged and canines at front of jaws; band of fine teeth form obtuse 

 angle on vomer and narrow band on each palatine, tongue toothless ; 

 interorbital hardly elevated; hind preopercle edge denticulate. 



