174 BULLETIN 10 0, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



58024 U.S.N.M. Zamboanga. Dr. E. A. Mearns. Length 180 to 185 mm. 2 

 examples. 



65930 U.S.N.M. Makemo, Tuamotos. Albatross Collection, 1899^-1900. Length 

 380 mm. 



65931 U.S.N.M. Rangiroa, Tuamotos, Albatross Collection, 1899-1900. Length 

 370 mm. 



65932 U.S.N.M. Arnho Atoll, Marshalls. Albatross Collection, 1899-1900. 

 Length 329 to 349 mm. 2 examples. 



65933 U.S.N.M. Tari Tari. Albatross Collection, 1899-1900. Length 243 mm. 



65934 U.S.N.M. Suva, Fiji. Albatross Collection, 1899-1900. Length 120 to 

 148 mm. 2 examples. 



LUTJANUS MALABARICUS (Schneider) 



Sparus malabaricus Schneider, Syst. Ichth. Bloch, 1801, p. 278. Coromandel. 



Mesopi-ion malabancus CtrviER, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 2, 1828, p. 480 (Coro- 

 mandel ) .—GiJNTHEE, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 204 (East 

 Indies). — Meyer, Anal. Soc. Espau. Hist. Nat., Madrid, vol. 14, 1885, p. 11 

 (Cebu). — Eleba, Cat. Fauna Filip., vol. 1, 1895, p. 467 (Luzon, Manila). 



Lutianus malabaricus Day, Fishes of India, pt. 1, 1875, p. 31, pi. 9, flg. 4 

 (Mekran). — Jordan and Snydee, Annot. Zool. Japon., 1901, p. 76 

 ("Japan"). — Fowler, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 2, vol. 12, 

 1904, p. 527 (Padang). — Smith and Seale, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 

 vol. 19, 1906, p. 78 (Mindanao). — E\'eemann and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., 

 vol. 26, 1906 (1907), p. 81 (Bulan). 



Lutjanus malabaricus Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N6eiiand., vol. 7, 1873-1876, 

 pi. (15)293, fig. 1; vol. 8, 1876-1877, p. 61 (Java, Sumatra, Burn, Amboina, 

 Timor). — Peixegrin, Annuario Mus. Zool. R. Universit. Napoli, n. s., vol. 

 3, No. 27, July 11, 1912, p. 5 (Massaoua). — Zugmayer, Abhandl. K. Bayer. 

 Akad. Wiss., Math.-physik. Klasse, vol. 26, 1913, p. 10 (Mekran).— Fowler 

 and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 62, 1922, p. 30 (Takao).— Fowler, 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia, 1929, p. 608 (Hong Kong), p. 636 

 (Padang). 



Diacope ti/moriensis Quoy and Gaimard, Voy. Uranie, Zool., Dec. 18, 1824, p. 

 306, pi. 57, fig. 1. Coast of Coupang, Timor. 



Mesoprion timoriensis GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 205 

 (copied). 



Lutianus timoriensis Jordan and Snyder, Annot. Zool. Japon., 1901, p. 76 

 (" Japan "). 



Diacope calveti (Quoy and Gaimard) Cuat^er, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 2, 1828, 

 p. 429. Timor. — Sauvage, Hist. Nat. Madagascar, Poiss., 1891, p. 95 (not 

 pi. 12, fig. l-o) (type). 



Mesoprion dodecacanthus Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 4, 1853, 

 p. 104. Amboina. — Gxjnther, Cat. Fish. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 206 (copied). 



Mesoprion dodecanthus Meyer, Anal. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat., Madrid, vol. 14, 

 1885, p. 10 (Ivor do, Mysore). 



Lutianus dodecacanthus Day, Fishes of India, pt. 1, 1875, p. 33, pi. 10, fig. 3 

 (Madras).— Pearson, Ceylon Administr. Report, 1915-1918, p. Fll.— Mal- 

 PAS, Ceylon Administr. Report, 1921, pp. E5-E7. — Pearson, Ceylon Ad- 

 ministr. Report, 1922, p. F6. 



Lutjanus dodecacanthus Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N'^erland., vol. 7, 1873-1876, 

 pi. (24) 302, fig. 2 (Amboina).— Day, Fauna Brit. India, Fishes, vol. 2, 1889, 

 p. 467. 



Mesoprion dodecacanthoides Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 6, 1854, 

 p. 489. Amboina. 



