NO. 1792. JAPANESE LUTIANIDJE— JORDAN AND THOMPSON. 453 



L. russelli. The same is true of those identified as L. fuscescens by 

 Jordan and Richardson from Takao, Formosa, and those identified 

 by Jordan and Richardson as L. quinquelineatus, from Manila, 

 Philippine Islands. That described as L. russelli by Jordan and 

 Richardson from Cuyo, Philippine Islands,^ is undoubtedly L. fulvi- 

 fiamma, the identification apparently being based on the yellow stripes 

 present in life, but which are found in L. fulviflamma, more as in the 

 description given. '' All the above specimens are in Stanford Univer- 

 sity collections. 



The specimen (cited by Day) in the British Museum from Amboyna 

 as Lutianus chrysotsenia is probably L. russelli, as it corresponds in 

 most particulars with our young specimens. 



Lutianus lioteen Richardson from Hongkong may be this species, 

 in which case the name would have priority over Lutianus russelli. 

 But it is more likely to be the same as Lutianus fuscescens, with which 

 Giinther, who has examined Richardson's specimens, has identified it. 



This species is generally common in southern Japan and as far north 

 as Tokyo, in company with Lutianus vitta. 



(Named for Patrick Russell, the first student of the fishes of India.) 



7. LUTIANUS ERYTHROPTERUS Bloch. 



Lutianus erythropterus Bloch, Ichthyologia, 1790, pi. 249 (Japan). — Day, Fishes 

 India, 1875, p. 32, pi. 10, figs. 1 and 2 (Japan, on Bloch's type; Red Sea; 

 Pondicherry, on type of Mcsoprion ruhellus Cuvier and Valenciennes; not 

 L, erythropterus of Bleeker). 



Diacope sanguinea Ehrenberg in Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 

 vol. 2, 1828, p. 437 (Massaua, Red Sea; types examined by Day). — Bleeker, 

 Verb. Bat. Gen. Kunst. Wet., vol. 22, Perc, 1849, p. 48 (East Indies). 



Mesoprion ruhellus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 2, 1828, 

 p. 475 (Pondicherry; types examined by Day). 



Mesoprion annularis Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 2, 1828, 

 p. 484 (Java); vol. 3, p. 497.— Gxjnther, Cat. Fish Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, 

 p. 204 (China, Australia). — Kner, Reise Novara, 1860, p. 33 (Java, Singa- 

 pore).— Gunther and Playfair, Fishes Zanzibar, 1866, p. 17 (Mozambique). — 

 Klunzinger, Australian Fishes, 1879, p. 342. 



Diacope annularis Quoy and Gaimard, Voy. Astrolabe, 1834, p. 666, pi. 5, fig. 4 

 (Straits of Sunda). — Ruppell, Reise Nord. Afrika Atlas, 1828, p. 74 (Massaua, 

 in Red Sea); Neue Wirbel., 1835, p. 91, pi. 24, fig. 2 (Massaua). 



Lutjanus annularis Bleeker, Ned. Tyd. Dierk. I. Deux. Not. Ichth., 1863, 

 p. 240 (East Indies). — Jordan and Snyder, Check List, Ann. Zool. Jap., 

 vol. 3, pts. 2 and 3, 1901, p. 76. 



Mesoprion chirtah Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 2, 1828, 

 p. 488 (India, after Chirtah of Russell, 1803, pi. 93). 



Mesoprion chirtah Day, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1868, p. 150; 1869, p. 297. 



Lutjianus chirtah Bleeker, Nat. Verb. Kon. Akad., XIII, Revision Lutjani, 

 1873, p. 42 (Sumatra, Nias, Pinang, Singapore, Buitang, Bangka, Biliton, 

 Java, Madura, Bali, Celebes, Batjan, Obi-major, Amboyna). — Bleeker, Atlas 

 Ichth., vol. 8, p. 58, Perc, 1876, pi. 23, figs. 1 and 2 (localities as above). 



a Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., vol. 27, 1907, p. 257. 

 & Bleeker 'e Atlas, pi. 344, fig. 3. 



