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21319. Uki, Bouro Island. December 9, 1909. Length 105 mm. 



13899, 13286. 13287. Great Tobea Island, Buton Strait. December 14, 1909. 



Length 159 to 213 mm. 

 Two examples. U.S.N.M. Cavite. Dr. G. A. Lung. Length 76 mm. As 



Lutianus russelli. 



LUTJANUS CARPONOTATUS (Richardson) 



Mesoprion carponotatus Richardson, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. 9, 1842, p. 28. 

 Port Essington. — Guntheb, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 190 (Port 

 Essington). — Klunzinger, Sitz. Ber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. 80, pt. 1, 1879, 

 p. 342 (Port Denison). — Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 

 5, 1881, p. 328 (Northwest coast Australia). — Kent, Great Barrier Reef, 

 1893, p. 370 (Queensland). 



Mesoprion carponotus Schmeltz, Cat. Mu^^. Godeffroy, No. 4, 1869, p. 13 (Kan- 

 davu, Fiji). 



Lutjanus carponotatus Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, 1928, p. 196 (com- 

 piled). 



Depth 3% in total; head 3%. Eye 4i/^ in head. Preopercle 

 slightly emarginate, with few scarcely visible denticulations. Opercle 

 rounded. Scales 68 in lateral line. Suprascapula entire. D. X, 15, 

 fourth spine longest; A. Ill, 10, second and third spines nearly 

 equal; caudal truncate; pectoral not reaching vent. Uniform, with 

 black spot at pectoral root. (Giinther.) 



Northwest coast of Australia, Queensland, Fiji. According to 

 Richardson the predorsal scales extend forward opposite center of eye. 



LUTJANUS LINEOLATUS (Rupp«ll) 



Diacope Uneolata Ruppeuo, Atlas Reise Nordl. Afrika, Fische, 1828, p. 76, pi. 

 19, fig. 3. Massaua. — Klunzinger, Verb. zool. bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 20, 1870, 

 p. 698 (Koseir, Red Sea). 



Mesoprion lineolatus GiJNXHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 125 (Red 

 Sea; Amboina). — Knkr, Reise Novara, Fische, 1865, p. 36 (Java). — 

 Playfair, Fishes of Zanzibar, 1866, p. 17 (Zanzibar). — Kltjnzingee, Fische 

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

 14, 1885, p. 11 (North Celebes). — Boui-engek, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1887, 

 p. 655 (Muscat). 



Lutianus lineolatus Day, Fishes of India, pt. 1, 1875, p. 35, pi. 11, figs. 1-2 (type 

 of Serranus noiileny; Madras). — Evehmann and Sealb, Bull. Bur. Fisher., 

 vol. 26, 1906 (1907), p. 81 (Bacon; Bulan). — Pearson, Ceylon Administr. 

 Report, 1915-18, pp. F10-F13, F15-F18).— Jordan and Starks, Ann. 

 Carnegie Mus., vol. 11, Nos. 3-4, 1917, p. 449 (Ceylon). — Fowler, Copeia, 

 No. 58, June 18, 1918, p. 63 (Philippines). — Malpas, Ceylon Administr. 

 Report, 1921, pp. E5-E7. 



Lutjanus lineolatus Day, Fauna Brit. India, Fishes, vol. 1, 1889, p. 469. — 

 Pellbgrin, Annuario Mus. Zool. R. Universit. Napoli, n. s., vol. 3, July 

 11, 1912, p. 5 (Red Sea ) .— Peabson, Ceylon Administr. Rep., 1912-1913, 

 pt. 4, p. E14 (Gulf of Manaar) ; 1914, pt. 4, p. E5.— Weber, Siboga Exp., 

 vol. 57, Fische, 1913, p. 248 (Kawa, West Ceram ; Ambon). — Fowler, Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1927, p. 277 (Orion; type of Rhomboplitoides 

 megalops) . 



Lutijanus {Mesoprion) lineolatus Zugmayeb, Abhandl. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., 

 Math.-physik. Klasse, vol. 26, 1913, p. 10 (Mekran; Oman). 



