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39. Mesoprion enneacanthus. 



Sleeker, Perc. p. 40. 



D. ^. A. |. L. lat. 50. 



Tlie height of the body is 3| in the total length, and the length 

 of the head 'dh- Prajoperculum .serrated, wath a slight notch behind ; 

 operculum with a .single flat spine. Caudalis forked; the second 

 and third dorsal spines longest, the fij'st longer than the last. Ob- 

 lique streaks above the lateral line ; a blackish band from the eye to 

 the caudal. No lateral blotch. (Bl.) 



Sea of Batavia. 



C. With permanent blackish cross-hands. 



40. Mesoprion semicinctus. 



Lutjanus semicinctus, Quoy ^'- Gaim. Voy. Freyc. Zool. p. 30.3. 

 Mesoprion semicinctus, Cuv. Sf Val. ii. p. 485 ; Bleeker, Amhoina, iv. 

 p. 331. 



D. i^. A. |. L. lat. 50. 



The length of the head is 3^ in the total, and nearly equal to the 

 height of the body ; the diameter of the eye is one-foiu'th of the 

 length of the head ; the upper profile of the head straight-lined. 

 Jaws equal in front, the upper maxillary bone reaching to below the 

 anterior half of the eye. Prasoperculum slightly emarginate, with 

 stronger dcnticulations at the angle. Caudalis slightly emarginate ; 

 the spinous and soft parts of the dorsal fin equal in height ; the 

 fourth and fifth spines and the second of the anal longest. OUve, 

 with nine blackish cross-bands ; tail behind with a large round 

 black spot ; the spinous part of the dorsal fin brown-edged. 



Seas of Waigiou, Rauwack, and Amboyna. 



D. With several distinct longitudinal bands. 



41. Mesoprion quinquelineatus. 



Russell, ii. pi. 110. 



Mesoprion quinquelineatus, Cuv. ^- Val. ii. p. 445. 



? Diacope ceeruleolineata, iiiq)j}. N. W. Fische, p. 93. t. 24. f. 3. 



Yellowish grey, with five narrow blue longitudinal lines and a 

 lateral blotch of the same coloiu- ; fins with an orange-coloured edge. 

 (Red Sea) ; Javanese Sea. 



a. Adult. Sine patria. D. ^. A. |. L. lat. 80. 

 42. Mesoprion sobra. 



Cuv. ^ Val. ii. p. 453 ; Guichen. in Ramon de la Sugra, Hist. Cuba, 

 Poiss. p. 22. 



D-n- A.|. 

 The height of the body is 34 in the total length, and equal to the 



