10, LETHEINTTS. 461 



Upper maxillary reaches to the vertical from the anterior nostril. 

 There is a slight protuberance before the uj^per anterior angle of the 

 orbit. Canine and molar teeth moderate. Dorsal spines moderate ; 

 the fourth rather shorter than the longest ray, and one -third of the 

 length of the head ; caudaHs forked, with pointed lobes. Olive ; 

 bluish spots on the sides of the head. 



Red Sea ; Seychelles ; Coast of Mozambique. 



a. Adult : stuffed. Red Sea. From Dr. RuppeU's Collection. 



15. Lethrinus opercniaris. 



Cuv. ^ Val. vi. p. 289 ; Jileeker, Ve7-hafid. Batav. Genootsch. xxiii. 

 Spar. p. 14. 



D.i?. A.|. L. lat. 44. 



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

 head 3^-3§ ; the diameter of the eye is 1| in the length of the 

 snout ; the pneorbital higher than the orbit. The molars of mode- 

 rate size. The fourth, fifth and sixth dorsal spines are the longest. 

 Greenish olive, the scales on the back with a pearl -coloured spot ; 

 the opercular margin red ; dorsal and anal fins rose-coloured, trans- 

 parent, with violet margin. {Bl.) 



Seas of Batavia, Bantam, and Samarang. 



16. Lethrinus xanthotsenia. 



? Lethrinus omatus, Cuv. Sf Val. vi. p. 310. 



Lethrinus xanthotaenia, Blcekcr, Natuurk. Tydschr, Ncderl. Ind. 1851, 

 ii. p. 176. 



D. 12. A. |. L. lat. 50. 



The height of the body is 3-i- in the total length, the length of the 

 head 3|-3| ; the diameter of the eye is 2^-3 times in the latter, and 

 equal to the length of the snout. Canine teeth small, the posterior 

 teeth short, tubercular. The fourth, fifth and sixth dorsal spines 

 longest ; caudalis slightly emarginate. Greenish olive, with five or 

 six yellow longitudinal bands ; the opercular membrane, the dorsal 

 and caudal fins red, the other fins yellow. {Bl.) 



Seas of Java and Sumatra. 



17. Lethrinus leutjanus. 



? Bodianus leutjanus, Lac6p. iv. p. 281. 



? Lethrinus leutjanus, Cuv. 8f Val. vi. p. 809. 



Lethi'inus leutjanus, Bleek. Verhand, Bat. Genootsch. xxiii. Spar. p. 14. 



D. y. A. -|. L. lat. 48. L. transv. 6/14. Coec. pylor. 3. 



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

 head 3^. The snout is rather elongate and pointed. The diameter 

 of the eye equals the width between the orbits, and is one-half 

 the length of the snout. The upper maxiUary reaches to the vertical 



