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Synopsis of the Species. 



I. Pneoperculiim finely or moderately denticulated. 



A. Coloration uniform, or with indistinct oblique and longitudinal 

 streaks. 



1. Ten dorsal spines. 



a. Without a large black lateral blotch, 

 a. Caudal fin deeply forked. 



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



/3. Caudal fin truncated, or slightly notched. 

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



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



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



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



6. M. bohar, 11. M. argentimaculatus, 16. M. buccanella, 



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



bb. Ground-colour red. 

 18. M. bo..nsi,, ^M{;r^"^' 21. M. madras. 



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. lineolatus, 33. M. isodon. 



3. Twelve dorsal spines. 



34, M. dodecacanthus, 35. M. dodecacanthoides, 36. M. axirorubens. 



6. Mesoprion pargus, Cuv. 4" Val. ii. p. 473. — Porto-Eico. 



6. Mesoprion flavipinnis, Cuv. <Sf Val. ii. p. 475. — Pondicherry. 



7. Mesoprion rubellus, Cuv. Sf Val. ii. p. 475. — Pondicherry ; Eed Sea. 



8. Sillaoo, Russell, pi. 100.— Mesoprion sillaoo, Cuv. ^ Val. ii. p. 476.— East 



Indies. 



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



10. Lutjanus lutjanus, .5^. t. 245. — Mesoprion lutjanus, Cuv. % VaLSx. p. 479. 



— East Indies. 



11. Cliirtah, Russell, i. pi. 93.— Mesoprion chirtah, Cuv. ^ Val. ii. p. 488. — 



Bay of Bengal. 



12. Karooi, Russell, ii. pi. 125. — Mesoprion carui, Cuv. ^ Val. ii. p. 489 ; 



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



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



4- Val. ii. p. 489. 



14. Perca lunulata, Mungo Park, Trans. lAnn. Soc. iii. p. 35. pi. 6. — Lutjanus 



lunulatiis, Bl. 8ehn. p. 329 ; Lac^p. iv. p. 213.— Mesoprion lunulatus, 

 Cuv. 4 Val. ii. p. 477. — Sumatra. 



15. Mesoprion olivaceus, Cuv. 4 Vol- ii- P- 478. — Waigiou. 



16. Mesoprion erythrognathus, Cuv. 4 Val. vii. p. 447.^=Seychelle8. 



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



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



f. 3.— Hab. ? 



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



20. Mesoprion caudanotatus, Poey, Memor. Cuba, 1851, p. 440. lam. 3. f 3. — 



Cuba. 



