NO. 1792. JAPANESE LUTIANIDJE— JORDAN AND THOMPSON. 467 



than individual variation. Etelis carbunculus Cuvier and Valencien- 

 nes, of the Seychelles Archipelago, has, according to current descrip- 

 tions, apparently no characteristic distinguishing it from E. oculatus 

 except possibly in color. In the original description and figure given 

 by Cuvier and Valenciennes, golden, longitudinal lines are shown, but 

 the specimen was young, 11 inches in length, and these lines if ever 

 existing, may vanish with age. 



If these lines are characteristic of Etelis carbunculus at all ages, the 

 species of the Seychelles may be different, in which case the common 

 species may stand as Etelis oculatus. 



We have seen no Japanese examples of this beautiful fish. It is 

 common in rather deep water about Hawaii, as also about Cuba, from 

 both of which regions we have ample material. 



The species is known in Japan as Onbutsu ; on meaning male, and 

 Mutsu, the large eyed Scombrops hoops, which it resembles. In 

 Hawaii, it is called Ulaula, which means ultra red, "red-red." It is 

 the Cachucho of the Cuban fishermen. 



{carbunculus, a diamond.) 



7. Genus APHAREUS Cuvier and Valerciennes. 



Aphareus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, 1830, p. 485 {caeru- 

 lescens=furcatus) . 



Body elongate, somewhat compressed, covered with moderate 

 scales; skull essentially as in Etelis; preopercle entire; snout and 

 jaws scaleless; mouth large, the teeth in jaws, minute or deciduous, 

 without canines; no teeth on vomer or palatines; maxillary rather 

 narrow; lower jaw strong; the chin promment; dorsal low, contin- 

 uous, the last soft ray produced; anal sunilar; both fins scaleless; 

 pectoral long, its lower rays also produced in the adult; caudal deeply 

 forked ; ventrals inserted below pectorals. Probably but one species, 

 widely distributed. 



(d(f)dpeoc, a word used by Aristotle, of unknown meaning, perhaps 

 "une nageoire particuliere a la femelle du Thon." Fares is an Arabic 

 name of the fish, a fact which suggested the use of Apliareus, a Greek 

 name of similar sound.) 



13. APHAREUS FURCATUS (Lacep6de). 



Labrus furcatus Lacepede, Poiss., vol. 3, 1801, pp. 424, 477, pi. 21, fig. 1 (lie de 

 France). 



Aphareus furcatus Gijnther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 386 (after 

 Cuvier and Valenciennes). — Bleeker, Verb. Kon. Akad. Wet., XIII, 

 Revision Lutjani, 1873, p. 99. — Bleeker, Atlas Ichtli., vol. 8, 1877, p. 80, 

 pi. 299, fig. 2 (labeled A. rutilans) (Amboyna). — Gijnther, Fische Siidsee, 

 1873, p. 17 (Tahiti). — Sauvage, Poissons Madagascar, 1891, p. 514 (Madagas- 

 car). — ^Jordan and Starks, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 2o, 1901, p. 719, 

 pi. 28 and 29 (Odawara) (skeletal characters). 



