20 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHPRIES. 



Two of tliese spt'cimciis luive the oyp much larger iintl the body sliglitly more elongate, and may prove to 

 be a different species. 



95. Epinephelus niegachir (Richardson). 



Iload 2.30 in length: depth 3.10; eye 3.75 in head; preopercle serrated, the serrations larger at angle; 

 dorsal xi, 16; anal iii, 8; scales 85: 14 gillrakei-s. Body with extremely large brown spots which also cover 

 the fins. One specimen from Cavite. length 5 inches. 



96. Ephinephelus tauvina (Forsk&l). 



• Head 2.60 in length; depth 3; eye 5 in head; scales 110. Grayish dusky above, with 6 indistinct bands 

 and scattered large brown spots; preopercle serrated, tlie serrations much larger at angle. Three specimens 

 from Cavite. length about 5 inches. 



Family I'KI.\C.\\THII).4' 



PRIACANTHUS Cuvier. 



97. Priacanthus cruentatus (LacepiVle). 



Head 3 in length; depth 2.5; eye 2 in head; dorsal .\, 12; aual in, 13; .scales about 75; maxillary reaching 

 to below anterior of pupil, 2 in head; preopercle serrated, with long spine,s at angle, the spine reaching to below 

 middle of base of pectoral, tenth dorsal spine 2 in head, the ninth about as long. Color in spirits dull brown, 

 margin of dorsal dusky, tips of ventrals dusky, also tip of caudal. Two specimens from Cavite, length 3 

 and 3.50 inches. 



Family LITI.\XID.€. 



LUTIANtJS Bloch. 



98. Lutianus dodecantheoides (lileeker). 



Head 2.50 in length; depth 2.30; dorsal xi, 12; anal in, 9; scales 11.55; eye 4.75 in heaa; snout 2.75. 

 Color in spirits yellowish white, with narrow oblique dusky lines above lateral line and about 10 longitudinal 

 lines below; a silvery white blotch in posterior axil of doreal; a broad black saddle over caudal peduncln; 

 dorsal tipped with black; a dusky wash ou anal; tips of ventrals black. One specimen from Manila, length 7 

 inches. 



99. Lutianus vitta (Quoy & Gaiinard). 



Head 2..50 in length; depth 3; dorsal x, 13; aual in, 8; scales 11-66: eye 4. .50 in head; snout 3.10. 

 Color yellowish white, center of scales above lateral line with dark spots, forming dark oblique lines one-fourth 

 as wide as interspaces, a broader brown band from eye along side to below posterior axil of soft dorsal; no 

 color on fins; notch and knob of opercle small but distinct. Eighteen specimens from Cavite, length 3.25 

 to 9 inches. 



100. Lutianus quinquelineatus (Cuvier tt Valenciennes). 



One specimen from CaNitc. Five blue stripes along side; a lai'ge dusky lateral blotch.i 



101. Lutianus russeUi (Bleeker). 



Head 2.75 in length; deptli 2.75; eye 3. .50 in head; snout 3. .50; ilorsal .\, 14; anal in, 8; scales about 47. 

 Two young examples from Cavite, length 3 inches. 



102. Lutianus gibbus (Forskill). 



Head 2.75 in length; deptli 2.75: eye 4 in head, 1..50 in snout; preopercular knob and notch large, acute; 

 dorsal x, 14; anal in, 8; scales 8-65. Color yellowish white, with many (35 to 40) narrow oblique dusky 

 lines following the oblique lines of scales entirely across the body. Spinous dorsal with dusky margin, 

 soft dorsal dusky with white upper margin: ventrals tipped with dusky; anal with margin of white and 

 intramarginal area of dusky; caudal dusky with white margin. Cue specimen, 7 inches long, from Cavite. 



As compared -Tith Lutianus gibbus of the same size from Samoa, the maxillary is shorter, the depth of 

 body is less, and the snout is less pointed. 



