450 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.39. 



Scales ctenoid, present on posterior part of occiput and temporal 

 region in continuation with those on posterior part of cheeks; inter- 

 opercle and opercle scaled; snout, jaws, and interorbital space naked. 

 Soft dorsal and anal scaled on basal two-fifths, caudal on basal half. 

 Rows of scales above lateral line oblique, below horizontal. 



Color in spirits darker above, silvery below, more or less red in 

 life; a black lateral stripe running horizontally from snout to upper 

 rays of caudal, less distinct before eyes and posterior to anus; below 

 soft dorsal this stripe is v/idened to a diffuse blotch. No axillary 

 blotch, a narrow streak following each row of scales, above level of 

 pectoral, oblique above lateral line, and horizontal below. Fins col- 

 orless, dorsals and caudal darker than others. Peritoneum and lining 

 of gill cavities pale. 



This species is common in the markets of southern Japan. It was 

 seen at Onomichi, Kawatana, Hakata, Kobe, Wakanoura, and Naga- 

 saki, as well as at Tokyo and Misaki. It is known locally as Kinseiisaki, 

 modern Isaki or porgy (as distinguished from the ancient or old- 

 fashioned Koshiisaki, Lutianus russelli). Isaki is the name of the 

 common Farapristipoma trilineatum. This species is also locally called 

 Tarumi. 



(vitta, stripe.) 



6. LUTIANUS RUSSELLI Bleeker. 

 KOSHIISAKI (Ancient Porgy). 



Lutjanus russelli Bleeker, Verb. Bat. Gen. Kunst. Wet., vol. 22, Perc, 1849, 



p. 41 (Batavia). 

 Lutjanus notatus Bleeker, Not. Ichth. Ternate, Ned. Tyd. Dierk., vol. 1, 1863, 



p. 233 (not of Cuvier and Valenciennes). 

 Lutianus russelli Jordan and Seale, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., vol. 26, 1906, p. 20 



(Cavite, P. I.). 

 Lutjanus fulvijlamma Day, Fishes India, 1875, p. 41, pi. 12, fig. 5 (in part); (as 



var. russelli); Fishes India, Supplement, 1888, p. 783. — Jordan and Ever- 



MANN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 25, 1903, p. 343 (Keerun, Formosa); (not 



Scisena fulvijlamma of Forsk&l). 

 Mesoprion johnii Ishikawa, Prel. Cat., 1897, p. 56 (Kagoshima) (not of Bloch). 

 Lutianus quinquelineatus Jordan and Richardson, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., vol. 



27, 1907, p. 258 (Manila, not of Bloch). 

 Lutianus fuscescens Jordan and PiICHardson, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 4, 1910. 



no. 4, p. 184 (Takao, Formosa) (not of Cuvier and Valenciennes). 

 Lutianus nishikawse Smith and Pope, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 31, 1907, p. 474 



(Hamashima). 



Habitat. — East Indies, north to China and Japan. We have speci- 

 mens from Kagoshima, Wakanoura, Tokyo, Misaki, Yokohama, and 

 Shimezu (Suruga), Japan; Queensland, Australia; Cavite, Manila, 

 and Puerta Princessa (Palawan), Philippine Islands; Takao and 

 Keerun, Formosa ; and from China, probably Shanghai. 



Description. — Of adults and young, from 70 to 220 mm. in length. 



