464 SPAKtD^. 



20. Lethrinus mahsenoides. 



? Lethrinus mahsenoides, Cui\ ^ Val. vi. p. 286. 



Lethrinus mahsenoides, Bkek. Ver. Bat, ofetiootsch. xxiii. S^ar. p. 15, 



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



The height of the body is three times in the total lengthy the 

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

 and 1|- in the length of the snout and in the height of the praeor- 

 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. 



? 6. Half-grown. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



21. Lethrinus haBmatopteniB. 



Lethrinus hsematopterus, Tettim. ^. Schleg. Faun, Japon. Poiss. p. 74 

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



D.^. A.|. L. lat. 48. L. transv. -/-=. 



9 8 15-10 



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

 length of the head 3|. 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 oUve, 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. 8f 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. 



