FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 79 



123. Lutianus quinqueUneatus (Bloch). 



Five specimens from Bulan (no. 353.5, 3311, 3272, 3273, and 3248: length 6 to 6.5 in.), and one from 

 Bacon (no. 3312: length 6.5 in.). 



Easily distinguished by the 5 blue stripes along side and the large black blotch under Ijeginning of soft 

 dorsal. 



HoloceniTus quinqueUneatus Bloch, Ichth. , iv. 84, tab. ccxxxix, 1797. 



Mesoprion quinqueUneatus, Cuvicr & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ii, 336 (442) (.Tava); Giinther, Cat., i, 209. 



Lutianus quinqueUneatus, Day, Fishes India, 40, pi. xii, fig. 3; Bleeker, Atlas, vni, 56, pi. cccxLni, fig. 4. 



184. Lutianus decussatus (Kuhl & Van Hasselt). Buegsang. 



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



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

 bars, and a black spot on base of caudal. 



Mesoprion decussatus Kuhl & Van nasselt in Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., n, 369 (487), 1828, Java; Ciunther, 



Cat., 1,210. 

 Lutianus decussatus, Day, Fishes India, 47, pi. xiv, fig. 4; Bleeker, Atlas, vni, 72, pi. cccxxxvni. fig. 4. 



125. Lutianus nionostigma (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



One specimen from Bacon (no. 3040: length 6.5 in.). No teeth on tongue; dark spot on the lateral line 

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



Mesoprion monostigma Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ii, 337 (446), 1828. Seychelles. 

 Lutianus Uoglossus Bleeker, Atlas, vni, 70. pi. cccxLiv, fig. 4. Bintang, Java, Celebes, Amboyna, 



126. Lutianus fulviflamma (Forskal). Bitilla. 



One specimen from Bacon (no. 416S; length 10.25 in.), and 2 from Zamboanga (no. 3459 and 3443; length 



6 and 7 in.). 



Scixna fuh'ifiamma Forsk&l, Descr. Aniin., 45, 1775, Red Sea, 



Mesoprion fuh-iflamma, Giinther, Cat., i, 201, in part. 



Lutianus fulviflamma. Day, Fishes India, 41, pi. xu, fig. 6; Bleeker, Atlas, vni, 65. pi. cccxLiv, fig. 3. 



127. Lutianus johnii (Bloch). Bitilla; Manila. 



Two specimens from Jolo (no. 4041 and 4042; length 8 and 10 in.), one from Bacon (no. 4166: length 10 

 in.), and 2 from Bulan (no. .3.539 and 3540: length 5.5 and 6.2 in.). 



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



Anthias johnii Bloch, Ichth., ix, 97, pi. cccxviii, 1797. 



Mesoprion johnii, Giinther, Cat., 1,200. 



Lutianus johnii, Bleeker. .\tlas. vni. 49. pi, rrcxxxviii, fig. 3: Day, Fishes India, 42, pi. xiii, fig. 1. 



128. Lutianus luzonius Evermann & Seale, new species. 



Head 2.55 in length: depth 2. .55; eye 4 in iiead: snout 3.1: interorbital 4.8: dorsal x, 14; anal in, 8; 

 scales 7-48-16; teeth on tongue. 



Body oblong, moderately elevated and compressed : dorsal surface evenh- curved ; depth of caudal peduncle 

 3.18 in head; jaws ecjual; maxillary scarcely reaching anterior margin of pupil, its length 2.55 in head; greatest 

 width of premaxillary not more than 2 in pupil; mandible 2.5 in head; preorbital 1.75 in eye; teeth on jaws, 

 vomer, palatines, and tongue, those of jaws in a single series, small, canine-shaped, the anterior ones of upper 

 jaw enlarged; gillrakers 11 on lower limb, the longest about equal to pupil; notch of preopercle very deep and 

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

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

 pectoral, the distance between tip of snout and first dorsal spine scarcely greater than length of head, longest 

 spine 2.7 in head, longest soft ray 3.5; origin of anal midway between origin of ventrals and ba.se of caudal, 

 its base 3.75 in base of dorsal, the longest ray 2.75 in head, the second spine longest and strongest, 2.5 in head; 

 ventrals 1.75 in head, their tips reaching vent; pectoral 1.24, the tip scarcely reaching line with origin of anal; 

 caudal emarginate, 1.3 in head. 



