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Lutjanus l)ottoncnsis Bleeker. Atlas Ichth. Ind. N6erland., vol. 7, 1873-1876, 



pi. (37) 315, fig. 3; vol. 8. 187&-1877, p. 59 (Sumatra, Batu, Bali, Timor, 



Letti, Celebes, Buton, Sangir, Halmaheira. Ternate, Batjan, Obi major, 



Buru, Ceram, Amboina, Goram, Banda, Aru, New Guinea). 

 Diacope borensis Cuviee, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 2, 1828, p. 436. Borabora. 

 Mesoprion horcngis Gxjntheb, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 199 



(compiled). 

 Diacope coccinea (Eheenberg) Cuvier. Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 2, 1828, p. 437. 



Massauah.— RuppELL, Neue Wirbeltb., Fische, 1835, p. 91, pi. 23, fig. 2 



(Djedda). — Peters, Archiv Naturg., 1855, p. 238 (Mozambique). 

 Diacope rosea Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, 1830, p. 537. Ulea, 



Carolines. 

 Genyoroge rosea Gijnther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 180 (copied). 

 Mesoprion cauAalis Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss.. vol. 6, 1830, p. 537. Vani- 



colo. — GiJNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 191 (copied). 

 Lutjanus caudalis Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, 1928, p. 202 (compiled). 

 Diacope tiea Lesson, Voy. Coquille, Zool., vol. 2, pt. 1. 1830, p. 231, pi. 23. 



Borabora. 

 Diacope melarmra Ruppell, Neue Wirbelth., Fische, 1835. p. 92. pi. 23, fig. 1. 



Red Sea. — Klunzinger, Verb. zool. bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 20. 1870, p. 698 



(Koseir, Red Sea). 

 Genyoroge melanvra Gijnther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1851, p. 183 (Red 



Sea). — Playfair, Fishes of Zanzibar, 1866, p. 16. — Karoli, Termesz. 



Fiizetek, Budapest, vol. 5, 1881, p. 151 (Ceylon). 

 Mesoprion janthinurus Bleekeb, Nat. Tijds. Nedei'land. Indie, vol. 6, 1854, p. 52 



Sandangole, Halmaheira; Banda, Neira ; Timor Kupang. 

 Genyoroge unicolor (not Neomesoprion unicolor Castelnau 1875) Alleynb and 



Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 1, 1876 (1877) p. 266, pi. 4, 



fig. 1. Percy Islands. 

 Genyoroge hidens Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 7, 1882, p. 



230. New Guinea. 

 Mesoprion goldiei Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 7, 1882, p. 



233. New Guinea. 

 Lutianus taJiitiensis Seale. Occas. Pap. Bishop Mus., vol. 4, No. 1, 1906, p. 40, 



fig. 13 (No. 1390). Tahiti. 



Depth 21/3 to 23/5; head 22/5 to 22/^, width 1% to 1%. Snout 21/2 

 to 31/^ in head; eye 31/5 to 5i/^, 1 to 2i/8 in snout, 1 to I14 in inter- 

 orbital, though greater than interorbital in young ; maxillary reaches 

 eye or l^/g in eye in young, expansion 1% to 2% in eye, length 2% 

 to 2^ in head ; lips moderate, coriaceous, teeth in villif orm bands in 

 jaws with outer enlarged row conic, of which 4 in front of each 

 slightly canine like ; triangular patch of villif orm teeth on vomer and 

 band on each palatine ; hind nostril short oblique slit but little behind 

 middle in snout length; interorbital 4I/2 to 5i^, convex; hind pre- 

 opercle edge deeply gashed with age, moderate in young, within 

 which large bony subopercle knob, protuberant with age, and rounded 

 edge below gash denticulated. Gill rakers 8+18, lanceolate, little 

 longer than gill filaments or equal half of eye. 



Scales 46 to 53 in lateral line to caudal base; 8 rows above, 17 or 

 18 below, 14 or 15 predorsal, 5 to 7 rows on cheek. Suprascapula 



