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Bn.LKTIN OV THK BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Color in spirits, dull vclknvish white, with a round black spot about size of eye entireh" above lateral line 

 under anterior part of soft dorsal; scales with slightly darker centers, giving an appearance of fine indistinct 

 obli(]ue dusky lines above lateral line and longitudinal ones below; a distinct black spot occupying upper base 

 and axil of pectoral: fins uniform, without marking. 



Tliree fine specimens from Bacon (no. .3229, 3230, 3(375; length 5.7.5 to 6.S in.). This species is related 

 to L. russelli (Bleeker), from which it appears to difl'cr in the deeper preopercular notch, the strong interopercular 

 knob, the long pectoral fin, and in coloration. 



Fig. i;i. — Liitmnu ■ ii-^oitius Evcrmann & Scale, new species. Type. 



T^-pe, no. .55918, U. S. National MiKeuni (original no. 32.30), a specimen 6.8 inches long, from Bacon. Sorso- 

 gon, P. I.; i-ollector Charles .1. Pierson. Cotypes, no. 4.5-39, Bureau of Fisheries, and no. 20003, Stanford 

 Universitv. 



129. Lutianus furvicaudatus Fowler. 



One specimen from Bacon (no. 37S5; length 8.5 in.). This species is distinguished from L. lunulatus by 

 the shorter maxillary and scarceh' perceptible lingual teeth. We have examined Mr. Fowler's type. 



LuUnnus furviraiuUitus Fowler, Joiim. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.. 2d ser., vol. xn. I'.«)4 (June lOi. 525. pi. x\^^, lower fig., 

 Padang. (Tj-pe, 73 in. long, no. 2759r>, Phila. Acad. Nat. Sci.i. 



130. XiUtianus gibbus (Forskal). 



One specimen from Bacon (no. 4035; length 5 in.j. 



Scixna gibba Forskal. Descr. Anim.. 4ti, 1775. Red Sea. 



Gfniioroge gibba, Giintlier. Cat., i. 180. 



Mesoprion gibbus, Gunther, Fische der Sudsec, 12, taf. 12. 13 (flg. a>. 



131. Lutianus erythropterus Bloch. 



One specimen from San Fal)ian (no. 3343; length 5.8 in.). 



Lulianux eTi/lhroplcrus Blncll. Ichth.. vil,93. pi. rcXLIX. 1797. Japan; Day. Fishes India. .32. pi. x.figs. 1 and 2; not of Bleeker. 

 Mr.wprion frtjthropterus. Ciinther. Cat.. I, 205. 



1"32. Lutianus lunulatus (Mungo Park). 



Five specimens from Bacon (no. 3309, 3310, and 4135 to 4137; length 6.5 to 7.5 in.), and one from Bulan 

 (no. .3517; length 7 in.). 



IVrca lunuldta Mungo Park. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond.. in, 1797, 35, pi. (>. Sumatra. 



Lniirmus limulatiis, Bleeker. .\tlas. vii. pi. ccxcv. fig. 1, and .\tlas. vin. Wi (Sumatra, Celebes). 



