464 spARrDiE. 



20. Lethrimis mahsenoides. 



? Lethrinus mahsenoides, Cuv. 8f Val. vi. p. 286. 



Lethrinus mahsenoides, Sleek. Ver. Bat. Genootsch. xxiii. Spar, p. 15. 



D. y. A. |. L. lat. 48. L. transv. 6/15. 



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

 length of the head 3| ; the diameter of the eye is 3^ in the latter, 

 and 11 in the length of the snout and in the height of the prseor- 

 bital. Canine teeth strong, molars moderate. The fourth, fifth and 

 sixth dorsal spines longest. Uniform greenish olive, the opercular 

 membrane red. 



Seas of Batavia (and Amboyna) ; Philippine Islands. 



a. Fine specimen. Philippines. 



? b. Half-grown. Amboj-na. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



21. Lethrinus haematopterus. 



Lethrinus haematopterus, Temm. ^- Schleg, Faun. Japon, Poiss. p. 74. 

 pi. 38 (not Richards, or Bleek.). 



D.i?. A.|. L. lat. 48. L. transv. -r^. 



9 8 15-10 



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

 length of the head Sg. The snout is rather elongate and pointed. 

 The diameter of the eye is rather less than the distance between the 

 eyes, and 2^ in the length of the snout. The upper maxillary 

 reaches scarcely to the vertical from the anterior nostril. Canine 

 teeth moderate ; the teeth of the lateral series blunt, rounded mo- 

 lars, with a very indistinct impression on the crown. Dorsal spines 

 moderate, very much tapering ; the third shorter than the longest 

 ray, and nearly one-third the length of the head ; caudalis emar- 

 ginate. Greenish olive, each scale of the back and of the sides with a 

 blackish spot at the base. The soft portions of the dorsal and anal 

 fins red. 



Sea of Japan. 



a. Twenty inches long : stuffed. Japan. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



22. Lethrinus latidens. 

 Cuv. Sf Val. vi. p. 316. 



Snout short. A series of molar teeth in the upper jaw, the second 

 of which is twice as broad as long ; the three posterior ones are still 

 larger. Six molar teeth in the "lower jaw, two of which are large. 

 A blackish appendage behind each dorsal spine. Coloration uniform ; 

 axil of the pectorals and three spots on the anal fin black. ( Val.) 



New Guinea. 



