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usually au outer series of larger teeth in each jaw, and 2-4 stronger teeth 

 or canines in the front of the upper iaw ; vomer with villiform teeth ; villi- 

 form teeth on the palatines and in one or more patches on the tongue ; 

 preopercle sometimes with a notch posteriorly, into which a knob on the 

 interopercle fits {Diacope); posterior limb of preopercle finely serrate ; 

 gill-rakers moderate, strong; branchiostegais 7; vertical fins not much 

 scaly; dorsal spines 10-12; caudal lunate or forked. Vertebra 10 + 14. 

 Species very numerous, in all warm seas. [Luijang, the Japanese or 

 Malayan name of some of the species.) 



a. Caudal fin deeply forked, the lobes atteuuate. (Oci/iirus" Gill.) 

 861. L>. meSa»iHr«s (L.) J. & G. 



Olivaceous, with oblique streaks above the lateral line, and some 

 shining golden longitudinal bands on the side; no axillary spot nor 

 lateral blotch ; fins chiefly yellow, the caudal not black. Body elongate, 

 compressed; head pointed; lower jaw prominent; upper canines well 

 developed ; preopercle without distinct notch ; maxillary reaching to 

 front of jiupil ; eye large, nearly as long as snout, 3 J in head ; top of 

 head with a sharp keel ; spines rather slender ; pectorals reaching past 

 tips of ventrals; anal spines graduated, short; caudal deeply forked, 

 the inner rays less than half the length of the outer. Head 3 ; depth 

 3. D. X, 13 ; A. Ill, 9 ; Lat. 1. 51. West Indies, north to Florida. 



(Perca melanura L. Syst. Nat. (after Catesby) : Sparus chrysurus Blocb, Icbth. taf. 26'2 : 

 Memprion chrysurus Cnv. & Val. ii, 459: MesojM'ion chrysurus GiintheT, i, 186: Ocyurus 

 vieJanurus Goode, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 187'J, 114.) 



aa. Caudal fin lunate. 



b. Vomerine teeth forming a cross-shaped or anchor-shaped patch ; canines well 

 develoxied. {Lutjanus.) 



SGd. Li. caxas (Bloch & Schn.) Poey. — Telling ; Gray Snapper. 



Greenish olive, each scale with a brown spot, these sometimes con- 

 fluent, forming narrow bands extending likewise across the vertical 

 fins ; usually a narrow blue stripe on preorbital and cheeks ; young 

 sometimes barred and with the fins dark-edged ; no lateral blotch. Snout 

 long and sharp ; mouth moderate, maxillary reaching front of pupil ; eye 

 large, shorter than snout, 3^ in head. Cheeks with about 6 rows of 

 scales ; preopercle with a slight notch at the tip of the interopercle ; 

 teeth strong; canines in Upper jaw well developed; tongue with a sin- 



*Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 236: tj-pe Sparus chrysurus Bloch. {ooxvi, 

 swift; dvpd, tail.) 



