16. LETHRINUS. 453 



A ■ 



1. Charax pnntazzo. 



Aldrov. Do Pise. p. 182 ; Rai/, Sytiops. p. 130. 

 Sparus puntazzo, L. Gm. p. 1272. 



annularis, Bri'mn. Pise. Mass. p. 37. 



acutirostris, De la Roche, Ami. Mtis. xiii. p. 348, pi, 24. f. 12. 



Charax acutirostris, JRisso, I. e. p. 354. 



puntazzo, Cuv. Sf Vol. \\. p. 72. pi. 144 ; Nordm. vi Demid. Voy. 



Russ. Merid. iii. p. 387. pi. 4. f. 2; OuicJien, Explor. Sc, Algir. 



Poiss. p. 48. 



^' liri- ^- h' I" la*- ^^-^^- ^«c- pyi<^^' 7. 



Silvery, with blackish vertical bands ; a black blotch on each side 

 of the tail. Snout produced. 

 Mediterranean ; Canary Islands. 



a. Adult. Dalmatia. 



b. Very fine specimen, 19" long. Lanzarote, Presented by the 



Rev. R. T. Lowe. 



Fourth Group. PAGRINA. 



Sparidce with conical teeth in front and molars on the sides. 



Synopsis of the Genera, 



* Cheeks naked. 

 D. H. A. -I 16. Lethrinus. 



•* Cheeks scaly. 



Canine teeth ; molars in a single series 17. Sph^rodon. 



Canine teeth; the upper molar teeth in two series. 18. Pagrus. 



Canine teeth none 19. Pagellus. 



Canine teeth ; the upper molar teeth in three and 



more series 20. Chrysophbys. 



16. LETHRINUS*. 



Lethrinus, Cuv. R^gne Anim. ; Cuv. Sf Val. vi. p. 272. 

 Cheeks naked. Cardiform teeth in front of the jaws, with the 



* 1, Lethrinus gothofredi, Cuv. ^ Fa^. vi. p. 286 ; Bilpp.N. W. Fische, p. 120. 

 — Red Sea. 



2. fasciatus, Cuv. Sf Val. vi. p. 290. — Trincomalee. 



3. frenatus, Cuv. ^ Val. vi. p. 291. — Ceylon. 



4. korely, Cuv. ^ Val. vi. p. 292. — Pondicherry. 



5. maculatus, Cuv. df Val. vi. p. 292. — Pondieherry. 



6. emereus, Cuv. cf Val. vi. p. 293. — Ceylon. 



7. microdon, Cuv. ^ Vol. vi. p. 295. — Buru. 



8. oUvaceus, Cuv. Sf Val. vi. p. 295. — Siuida Sea. 



9. waigienais, Cuv. ^ Val. vi. p. 297. — Waigiou ; New Guinea. 



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