FISHES OF THE PHHiIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 149 



Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, 1928, p. 200 (not Christmas Island or Apia 

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

 type of Lutianus furiHcaudatus) . 



Lutianus Uneatus Fowler, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 2, vol. 

 12, 1904, p. 525 (Padang). — Smith and Seale, Proc. Biolog. Sci. Washing- 

 ton, vol. 19, June 4, 1906, p. 77 (Mindanao). — Jordan and Richardson, 

 Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 27, 1907 (1908), p. 257 (Lubang; Aparri).— Gil- 

 christ and Thompson, Ann. South Afric. Mus., vol. 11, pt. 2, 1911, p. 30 

 (Durban) ; Ann. Durban Mus., vol. 1, pt. 4, 1917, p. 344 (references). 



Serranus limbatus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 2, 1828, p. 307 

 (Guam).— GiJNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 125 (compiled). 



Diacope striata (Quoy and Gaimard) Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 2, 1828, 

 p. 430. Waigiu ; Bourou. 



Mesoprion jatithinuroptems Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 3, 1852, 

 p. 751. Bulucomba, Celebes. 



Lutianus nigrlcauda De Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South "Wales, vol. 9, 1885, 

 p. 391. Queensland coast. 



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



Lutianus furvicaudatus Fowler, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 2, 

 vol. 12, 1904, p. 525, pi. 18, lower figure. Padang. 



Depth 21/2 to 23/5 ; head 21/0 to 234, width 23/5 to 23^4. Snout 2% 

 Lo 2% in head from snout tip; eye 4% to 5, 11/2 to 1% in snout, 

 greater than interorbital ; maxillary reaches ^ to i/^ in eye,- expan- 

 sion 1% to 1-% in eye, length 2% to 21/^ in head from snout tip; 

 jaws with narrow bands of villiform teeth, in mandible only an- 

 teriorly and both jaws with single outer series of rather large teeth, 

 forming 2 front canines above and below and 5 median along each 

 mandibular ramus enlarged; bands of villiform teeth on vomer, 

 palatines and tongue; interorbital 5% to 5%, little convex; pre- 

 opercle edge minutely serrate, with slight emargination below and 

 still below rather large well separated marginal denticles. Gill 

 rakers 7+15, lanceolate, compressed, much longer than gill fila- 

 ments or % of eye. 



Scales 45 to 49 in lateral line to caudal base and 6 or 7 more on 

 latter ; 8 to 10 scales above lateral line, 16 or 17 below, 14 to 16 pre- 

 dorsal forward to occiput, 7 rows on cheek to preopercle ridge. 

 Scales with 13 basal radiating striae ; apical denticles 77 to 100, with 

 10 to 16 transverse series of basal elements ; circuli very fine. 



D. X, 13, I or 14, I, fourth spine 214 to 2% in total head length, 

 fourth ray 2% to 3; A. Ill, 8, i, third spine 3% to 3%, second ray 

 2% to 2%; caudal li/4 to 2%, emarginate; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 2% to 3; pectoral li/4 to 11^; ventral 1% to 14^. 



Brown, below paler to whitish. Each row of scales with slightly 

 darker streak, above lateral line oblique, below horizontal. Iris 

 yellowish brown. Dorsals and caudal brown, especially latter, 

 which variably dark. Paired fins and anal pale. 



Durban, Madagascar, Singapore, East Indies, Philippines, Queens- 

 land, Micronesia, Polynesia. A pale colored species suggestive of 

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