NO. 1792. JAPANESE LUTIANID^— JORDAN AND THOMPSON. 



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Head 2| in length, 3 J with caudal; depth of body equal to length 

 of head; maxillary 2 1 in head; eye 4; interorbital space 4J; subor- 

 bital width 6; snout 3; D. X, 13; A. Ill, 8; scales 53 in lateral line 

 to base of caudal, 70 above, counting transverse rows, 56 counting 

 oblique series, and 55 to 60 below in longitudinal series, 7 or 8 between 

 dorsal and lateral line, 16 between lateral line and ventrals; 6 or 7 

 series on preopercle, 8 or 9 on opercle, Gill-rakers, 4 rudiments and 

 1 fully developed on upper limb of arch; 4 rudiments and 9 fully 

 developed on lower; longest one-third diameter of eye. Branchioste- 

 gals 7. 



Dorsal and ventral body profiles similar, the outline straight over 

 eyes. Caudal peduncle depth 2§, length from last anal rays Ig- in 

 head. Snout long, IJ times eye, pointed and conical, its tip at level 

 of lower border of eye. Jaws subequal; maxillary ending slightly 

 before center of eye, cleft of mouth rather oblique. Teeth in both 



Fig. 2.— Lutianus vitta. 



jaws with larger external row, above with moderately large canine at 

 either side, laterally much smaller conical teeth, below small anteriorly 

 with canines on either side at middle of dentary; inner teeth in both 

 jaws narrow, bristle-like bands, lacking posteriorly below; teeth on 

 vomer in triangular patch with posteriorly projecting shaft; on pala- 

 tines and tongue bands of similar, villiform teeth. 



Preopercular margin notched, with slight knob on interopercle fitting 

 into it, below more coarsely serrated than above. Opercle with two 

 points, lower longer, upper short, triangular, rather stiff and pointed. 



Dorsal spines longest in fourth and fifth, which are contained 2§ in 

 head. Longest dorsal rays 3} in head, fin margin rounded; second 

 anal spine equal to or rather longer than third, the former contained 

 3 2 in head. Longest anal ray contained 2 J in head. Pectorals and 

 ventrals pointed, the former falcate, not reaching anus, contained 1 1 

 in head; latter If in head. 



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