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Diacope octolineata Cuvieb, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 2, 1828, p. 418. Tahiti, 



Mauritius, Red Sea, Pacific Ocean. — RtJppELL, Atlas Reise Nordl. Afrika, 



Fische, 1828, p. 75 (north half of Red Sea). — Schlegel, Fauna Japon., 



Poiss., pt. 1, 1842, p. 12, pi. 6, fig. 2 (Japan). — Richardson, Ichth. China 



Japan, 1846, p. 229 (Chinese and Japanese seas). — Guichenot, Notes He 



Reunion, vol. 2, 1862, p. 23.— Schmeltz, Cat. Mus. GodefEroy, No. 2, 1865, 



p. 6 (Samoa). — Sauvage, Hist. Nat. Madagascar, Poiss., 1891, p. 99 (type). 

 Mesoprion octolvneatus Bleeker, Act. Soc. Sci. Ind. N^erland., vol. 6, No. 2, 



1850, pp. 3, 4 (Doreh, New Guinea). 

 Perca polyzonia (Forster) Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 2, 1828, p. 419. Tahiti. 



(Name in text.) 

 Perca polyzonlas Lichtenstein, Descript. Animal., 1844, p. 225 (St. Christian, 



Wataho). 

 Perca vittnta (Parkinson) Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 2, 1828, p. 420. No 



locality. 

 Diacope notata Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 2, 1828, p. 422 (on Russell, 



CoMMERSON, Peron). — ScHMELTZ, Cat. Mus. GodefEroy, No. 2, 1865, p. 6 



(South Seas). 

 Genyoroge notata Schmeltz, Cat. Mus. GodefEroy, No. 3, 1866, p. 7 (Samoa) ; 



No. 7, 1879, p. 37 (South Sea Islands).— Pohl, Cat. Mus. GodefEroy, No. 9, 



1884, p. 26 (South Seas). 

 Dincope octovittata Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, 1830, p. 528. 



Mauritius. 

 Genroroge octovittata Gunthee, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 180 



(Mauritius). 

 Perca vittata (Parkinson) Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, 1830, p. 526. 



Tahiti. (Name in text.) 

 Diacope decemlineata Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, 1830, p. 528. 



New Guinea ; Trinquemale, Ceylon. — Guichenot, Notes He Reunion, vol. 2, 



1862, p. 23. 

 Mesoprion etaape Lesson, Voy. Coquille, Zool., vol. 2, pt. 1, 1830, p. 229. Mata- 



via Harbor, Tahiti ; Beula Bay, Bora Bora. 

 Mesoprion pomacanthus Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 8, 1855, 



p. 407. Amboina. — GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 210 



(compiled). 

 Genyoroge granimiea Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1870, p. 679. Andaman 



Islands. 



Depth 23/5 to 2% ; head 21/2 to 23/g, width 21^ to 2%. Snout Si/g 

 to 3% in head; eye 2% to ^%, greater than snout in young to 1% 

 in snout with age, greater than interorbital ; maxillary reaches 1^ 

 to % in eye, expansion 21^ to 23^ in eye, length 2i^ to 21/2 in head; 

 teeth in villiform bands in jaws with outer enlarged row, pair of 

 wide-set canines above in front often double, below as 4 or 5 lesser 

 canines each side in front and 3 or 4 on each mandibular ramus 

 medially; band of fine villiform teeth across vomer and on each 

 palatine; interorbital 4% to 5, slightly convex; preopercle edge 

 denticulate, with deep gash above angle receiving short, sharp, small 

 interopercular point and below marginal denticles larger and few. 

 Gill rakers 6 + 15, of which 4 above and 5 or 6 below rudiments, 

 lanceolate, little longer than gill filaments or 2^4 in eye. 



