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ANALYSIS OF AMKKICAN SPKCIES OV LUTJANIIS. 



a. Top of ho;ul covered with scales, tlieso extending lorward at least as far as uiic^ 

 die of eye. 

 b. Treopercle witli a sharp deep uoi,ch, into which his a knob from the interoper- 

 cle ; temporal crest not continent with orbital rim, butnearly or (]uito 

 conllucnt with sujiraoccipital crest in front {L. la-wnra); lower limb 

 of preoiiercle coarsely serrate ; scales above lateral line in very obli<|He 

 series. (Eco2)lites Gill.) 

 c. Body rather elongate, the depth 3 in length; profile to nape nearly straight; 

 snont pointed, 3i in head; supraoccipital crest low; jireorbital mod- 

 erate, 6| in head; month moderate; the jaws subeqnal, the maxillary 

 reaching front of pnpil, 2j in head; both jaws with a narrow baud of 

 villiform teeth, ontside of which are moderate canines; tongne tooth- 

 less ; vomer wdth a A-shaped band of teeth and with no backward pro. 

 longation on median line. Gill-rakers short and slender, 10 developed. 

 Eye largo, 4 in head; nostrils small, Avell separated, the posterior ob- 

 long; ])reopercle strongly serrate above the notch. Scales rather 

 small, (7) 9-54-17, the rows above lateral line very obliqne, nowhere 

 parallel witli the lateral line, 7 or 8 rows on cheeks, anterior largest, 

 one row on iuteropercle; top of head scaled as far forward as front of 

 pupil; 10 rows of scales between eye and siqirascapula; soft dor- 

 sal and anal scaly. Dorsal spines low and strong, the fourth spine 

 longest, 3 in head ; soft dorsal rounded, the longest ray 4i in head ; anal 

 moderate, its free edge straight, the second spine longest, 2| in head; 

 jiectorals long, IJ in head. Color golden brown withT) sky-blue longi- 

 tudinal stripes, each broadly and sharply margined with dark blue; 

 the Avhole band as broad anteriorly as the interspaces, growing nar- 

 rower behind the dark-blue border, nearly as wide on each side as 'the 

 median pale-blue band. A faint median blue streak from occiput to 

 front of dorsal, then a band of three blue streaks as above stated, fnmi 

 occiput above eye to ninth dorsal spine; second from upper edge of 

 eye to middle of soft dorsal ; tliird from middle of eye to last ray of 

 dorsal; fourth from upper jaw along lower eye to middle of base of 

 caudal peduncle, when it ends abruptly ; fifth from end of maxillary 

 to above last ray of anal; fins all pale, the dorsal partly edged with 

 black; no black lateral spot. Head 2| in length; depth, 3; D. x, 14; 

 A. Ill, 8. Scales, 9-54-17 Vikidis, 2. 



aa. Top of head naked as far back as the nape. 



d. Freopercle witli a sharp, deep notch, into which fits a knob from the iuter- 

 opercle. {Genyorofje Cantor.) 

 e. Body elongate; snont pointed, about 3 in head; eye 4|; maxillary ex- 

 tending to opposite middle of eye; both jaws with strong, unequal 

 canines; tongue with teeth; preopercle with a- deep and narrow slit 

 into which the process of the interoperde fits ; anterior profile of head 

 nearly straight; preorbital broad; dorsalspineslow, strong, the fourth 

 3 in head ; second anal spine shorter and stronger than third, soft dorsal 

 and anal rounded; caudal lunate, pectoral falcate, If in head. Body 

 bluish gray, silvery gray below; 11 to 14 faint silvery cross streaks; 

 anal, caudal, tips of ventrals, and upper part of dorsal blue-black; 

 pe(tf)ral greenish, with a dark spot at its base. Head, 3; dcjith, 3^, 



1). X, 15; A. Ill, 8. Scales, 8-46-15. (Siciudachna:) Canixus, 3. 



dd. Freopercle with its vertical limb entire, or with a broad, shallow emargi- 

 nation only. 

 /. Dorsal spines normally 10. 



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