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00. Scales unusually large; 5 or G in au obliqiie series 

 from first dorsal to lateral liue; 

 about 45 vertical series above lat- 

 eral line between gill-opening and 

 base of caudal; lateral line with 

 less than 40 pores ; blue streak on 

 suborbital region not permanent; 

 head, 2^; depth, 2+. D. x, 14; A. 



Ill, 8. Scales, 6-44-13 Caxis, 8. 



mm. Scales above lateral liue in horizontal series which are 

 throughout more or less distinctly 

 parallel with the lateral line; snout 

 long and pointed, 3 in head; jiecto- 

 rul fin long, 1\ in head ; color brown- 

 ish, with faint silvery streaks along 

 rows of scales on sides, a pale-blue 

 streak along suborbital and pre- 

 orbital; fins yellowish. Head, 2g ; 

 depth, 2,1; D. x, 14; A. in, 18. Scales, 



5-45-12 ArGEXTI VKNTHIS, 9. 



jj. Developed gill-rakers more numerous, about 10, with several 



rudiments before them (in L. buccan- 

 cUa; not examined inL. lutjanoides) . 

 p. (Caudal deeply forked; mouth small, maxillary 

 reaching posterior nostril; pre- 

 opercle slightly notched, little ser- 

 rate; canines strong; tongue with 

 teeth ; soft dorsal and anal rounded; 

 pectoral pointed, 4^ in total length ; 

 color brownish-green, with G brown 

 crossbands ; a broad greenish stripe 

 from opercle to base of caudal. D. 

 X, 14; A. Ill, 8.) (Poey.) (Hybrid 

 I»robably of chrysurus-jocu.) 



Lutjanoides, 10. 

 pp. Caudal moderately forked; mouth large, max- 

 illary reaching anterior edge of eye, 

 2'i in head; preopercle serrate, the 

 serra' strong on angle; canines me- 

 dium; vomerine teeth in an anchor- 

 shaped patch; eye large; the base 

 and axil of pectoral with a jet-black 

 blotch ; scales moderate, about 8 in 

 oblique series from the lateral line 

 to the first dorsal spine, about 63 

 vertical rows above lateral liue; 

 second anal spine long, about 2| in 

 head. Color crimson; caudal ped- 

 uncle and caudal fin largely yellow ; 

 iris orange-red; no lateral blotch. 

 Head, 2i; depth, 2*. D. x, 14. A. 

 Ill, 8. Scales, 8-63-15. 



BUCCANELLA, 11. 



