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37. ME80P1U0N. 185 



Synopsis of the Species. 



I. Prsooperculiun finely or moderately denticulated. 



A. Coloration iinifonn, or with indistinct oblique and longitudinal 

 streaks. 



1. Ten dorsal spines. 



a. Without a large black lateral blotch. 

 a. Caudal iin deeply forked. 



1. M. microchir, 2. M. chrysurus. 



0. Caudal fin trimcated, or slightly notched. 



aa. Ground-colour olive, with a yellow, green, or brown shade. 



3. M. sparus, 8. M. bitseniatus, 13. M. gembra, 



4. M. dentatus, 9. M. waigiensis, 14. M. cynodon, 



5. M. carponotatus, 10. M. chrysotsenia, 15. M. griseus, 



C. M. bohar, 11. M. argentimacidatus, 16. M. buccanella, 



7. M. caudalis, 12. M. lineatus, 17. M. aya. 



bb. Groimd-colour red. 



lo nr T, • 19- M- erythrinus, oi at j 



18. M. borensis, oa at 21. M. madi'as. 



' 20. M. rangus, 



b. With a large black lateral blotch. 



22. M. johnii, 24. M. fulviflamma, 26. M. mahogoni, 



23. M. fuscescens, 25. M. uninotatus, 27. M. vivanus. 



2. Eleven dorsal spines. 



28. M. annularis, 30. M. erythropterus, 32. M. timoriensis, 



29. M. malabaricus, 31. M. lineolatiis, 33. M. isodon. 



3. Twelve dorsal spines. 



34. M. dodecacanthus, 35. M. dodecacanthoides, 86. M. aurorubens. 



5. Mesoprion pargus, Cuv. 4' Val. ii. p. 473. — Porto-Eico. 



6. Mesoprion flavipinnis, Cuv. ^ Vol. ii. p. 475.— Pondicherry. 



7. Mesoprion rubellus, Cuv. S^ Val. ii. p. 475. — Pondicherry ; Red Sea. 



8. SUlaoo, Russell, pi. 100.— Mesoprion sUlaoo, Cuv. ^ Val. ii. p. 476. — East 



Indies. 



9. Mesoprion fulgens, Ctiv. ^ Val. vi. p. 539. — Coast of Gorea. 



10. Lutjanus lutjanus, Bl. t. 245. — Mesoprion lutjanus, Cuv. ^ Val. ii. p. 479. 



— East Indies. 



11. Chirtah, Russell, i. pi. 93. — Mesoprion chirtah, Cuv. Sf Val. ii. p. 488. — 



Bay of Bengal. 



12. Karooi, Rtissell, ii. pi. 125. — Mesoprion carui, Cuv. cf Val. u. p. 489; 



Cantor, Catal. p. 16. — Bay of Bengal. 



13. Lutjanus albo-aureus, Lacip. iv. pi. 7. f. 1. — Mesoprion albo-aureus, Cuv. 



#' Val. ii. p. 489. 



14. Perca lunidata, Mimgo Park, Trans. Linn. Soc. iii. p. .35. pi. 6. — Lutjanus 



hmulatus, Bl. Schn. p. 329 ; Lacip. iv. p. 213. — Mesoprion lunulatus, 

 Cuv. £?■ Val. ii. p. 477. — Sumatra. 



15. Mesoprion olivaceus, Cuv. ^ Val. ii. p. 478. — Waigiou. 



16. Mesoprion erythrognathus, Cuv. Sf Val. vii. p. 447. — Seychelles. 



17. Mesoprion? emeryii, Richards. Ic. Pise. p. 7. pi. 3. f. 2. — Australia. 



18. Mesoprion elongatus, Hombr. (Sf Jacq. Voy. au Pole Sud, Poiss. p. 38. pi. 2. 



f 3.— Ilab. ? 



10. Mesoprion argenteus, Hombr. ^- Jacq. I. c. p. 39. pi. 2. f 4. — Hab. ? 



20. Mesoprion caudanotatus. Port/, Mentor. Cuba, 1851, p. -tR). lam. 3. f 3. — 



Cuba. 



