PISHES 01 THE PHILIPPINE I8LAKDS. 79 



123. Lutianus quinquelineatus (Bloch). 



Five specimens from Bulan inc.. 3535, 3311, 3272, 3273, and 3248; length 6 to 6.5 in i, and one Prom 

 Bacon (no. 3312; length 6 5 in 



Basil; distinguished by the 5 blue stripes along side and the large black blotch under beginning ol ofl 

 dorsal. 



Ilolcxtntriif </ '>' Bloch, [cbtb., [V, 84, tab. ccxxxix, iT'.i?. 



nealus, Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss.,n,336 142 (Java); QCUither, Cat., 1, 209. 

 Lutianu D Fishei India, K),p] ui,ng ; Bleeker, Atlas, vm, 56, pi. cccxlui, fig. i 



124. Lutianus decussatus i Kuhl *S. Van Basselt) Bveg 



Foui specimens from Bacon (no. 3954 and 3264 to 3266; length 5.75 to 7 in.). 



Basil) distinguished bj the 5 or 6 broad longitudinal brownish bands, the upper 3 crossed by short vertical 

 Inns, anil a black spot ..n base of caudal. 



V'.vo, i Kuhl & Van Easselt in Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nal I il i 369 187), I828,java; Gli 



[,210. 

 Lulianv i d< i ussatm I laj Fishes India, 17 pi. siv, fig. 4; Bleeker, Atlas, vm. 72, pi. cci sxxi [II, fig 



125. Lutianus monostigma Cu\ i.i \ Valencienne 



Oni specimen from Bacon (no 3640; length 6.5 in.). No teeth on tongue; dark -pot on the lateral line 

 smaller than in /.. johnii, which has distinct teeth on tongue 



>j>rion monostigma Cuvier & Valenciennes, nisi- N :i r - Poiss., n, 337 (446), 1828, Seychelles. 



[II, 70, pi. CCCXMV, fig. 4, Bintang, Java, Celebes. Amboyna. 



126. Lutianus fulviflamnia ( FiusUal). BiliUa. 



One specimen from Bacon (no. 1168; length 10.25 in.), and 2 from Zamboanga no 3459 and 3443; length 

 li ami 7 in.) 



jkal, Descr Vnim., 43, 1775, Red Sea. 

 prion f ule i flam inn. Gill Cat., 1,201, in part. 



Lutianus fvXviflamma, Day, Fishes India, 41. pi. xn,fig. 6; Bleeker, Atlas vm, pi. i • cxuv, fig. 3. 



127. Lutianus johnii (Bliirlii. BitUla; Mam 



Two specimen from Jolo (no. Hill and 1042; length 8 and 10 in.), one from Bacon (no H66 length 10 

 in. I, anil 2 from Bulan i no. 3539 and 3540; length 5.5 and 6.2 in.). 



Readily distinguished by its having the lows of scales parallel with the back; teeth on tongue. 



1th., ix, 97, pi. I l .win. I7'i7, 

 u, loprion jo) I 200 



B 1,49 ccxxxvm , fig. 3; Day, Fishes India, 42, pi. xm, fig 



128. Lutianus luzonius Evermann <£ Seale, new spei ii 



lira. I 'J..V) in length; depth 2.55; eye 1 in bead; snout 3.1; interorbital I 8 dorsal \. 14; anal in. 8; 

 7 18-16; ti et li on tongue, 



Body oblong, moderately elevated and compressed; dorsal surface evenly curved; depth of caudal peduncle 

 3.18 in head; jaws equal; maxillary scarcely reaching anterior margin of pupil, its length 2.55 in head; gri e 

 width ol premaxillary not more than 2 in pupil; mandible 2.5 in head: preorbital 1.75 in eye; teeth <ai jaws, 

 , palatines, and tongue, thos ■ of jaws in a single series, -mall canine-shaped, the anterior ours of uppei 

 jaw enlarged; gillrakers 1 1 on lower limb, the longest about equal to pupil: notch "I preopercle \ erj deep and 

 distinct, the lower limb slightly produced backward, rounded, and rather -trough toothed; knob of inter- 

 opercle large and strong; opercle ending in a single sharp point; origin of dorsal slightly anterior to origin of 

 p. ctoral, the distance between tip of snout and first dorsal spine si arcelj gn ater than length of head, longest 

 -pine 2.7 in head, longest soft ray 3.5; origin of anal midway between origin of ventral- and base of caudal, 

 it- I rase 3.75 in base of dorsal, the longi st ray 2.75 in head, the second spine long, si and strongest, 2.5 in head; 

 -. entrals 1.75 in lead, their tips reaching vent : pectoral 1 .2 1. the tip scarcely reaching line with origin of anal; 

 caudal emarginate, 1 .:•! in head. 



