458 SPARIDiE. 



lateral series are of moderate size, conical and pointed, the hindmost 

 rather shorter and blimt. Dorsal spines moderate ; the thii'd is 

 rather shorter than the longest ray, and 3i in the length of the head. 

 Olive, each scale of the back and of the sides with a black vertical 

 streak at its base ; head, dorsal, caudal, anal, and ventral fins black- 

 ish browTi ; the caudal variegated with lighter. 

 Norfolk Islands ; Australian Seas. 



a. Adult. Norfolk Islands, Presented by Sir J. Richardson, — Type 



of the species. 

 6. 18" long : stuffed. Voyage of H.M.S. Herald. 

 0. Adult : stuffed. Cape York. Voyage of the Rattlesnake. 



d. Young : stuffed. Cape York. Voyage of the Rattlesnake. 



e. Half-grown : stuffed. Victoria. Voyage of H.M.S, Herald. 



8. Lethrinus latifrons, 



Lethrinus variegatus, Cur. ^- Val. vi. p. 287. 



eloiigatiis, Cuv. i^ Val. vi. p. 289. 



? Lethrinus seniiciuctus, Cuv. Sf Val. \a. p. 294. 

 Lethrinus latifrons, Riijip. N. TV. Fische, p. 118. taf. 28. f. 4 ; Bleek. 

 Celeb, i. p. 220. 



D. i?. A. 4. L. lat, 50. Ctee. pylor. 2. 



9 8 ^•' 



The height of the body is five times in the total length, the length 

 of the head 3f ; the diameter of the eye is Sj in the length of the 

 head, and 1^ in that of the snout; the snout is pointed, and the 

 upper maxillary bone does not reach to the vertical from the anterior 

 margin of the orbit. The interspace between the eyes equals one- 

 third of the greatest depth of the body. Canine teeth large ; all the 

 lateral teeth conical. The fourth dorsal spine is the longest, liigher 

 than the soft dorsal, and 2^ in the length of the head. Greenish, 

 with five or six darker cross-bands ; the rays of the dorsal and caudal 

 fins variegated Avith darker, the other fins immaculate. 



Red Sea ; East Indian Seas. 



II. Species with distinct molar teeth. 

 A. With a blackish lateral blotch. 



9. Lethrinus harak. 



Scifena harak, Forsk. p. 52. 



Lethrinus harak, Rupp. N. W. Fische, p. 116. taf. 29. f. 3 ; ? Bleek. 



Verhaml. Batav. Genootsch. xxiii. Spar. p. 15. 

 ? Lethrinus erythrurus, Cuv. &;■ Val. vi. p. 293. 

 ? Lethrinus rhodopterus, Bleek. Singapore, i. p. 65. 



D. ^, A, |. L. lat. 47. L. transv, 6/14. 



The height of the body is 3^ in the total length, the length of the 

 head four times ; the snout moderately elongate and pointed. The 

 diameter of the eye is longer than the tlistance between the eyes, and 



