11 EDIELE FISKES OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 



Genus III,— LUTIANUS. 



Lutjani's, Blocb, Hist. Xat, Poiss. iv. p. 81, 1797. 



Brancliiostcgals seven : pseudobrauchia? present. Body oblong-ovate, com- 

 pressed. Opercle spiniferoiis: preopercle serrated, with or without a notcli on 

 its vertical margin, intended to receive a knob wliieh is frequently developed 

 on the interopercle. Jaws, vomer, and palatines with villitbrm teeth: the 

 former with anterior canines, largest in tbe upper jaw, and a lateral series 

 of strong conical teeth : miinite teeth sometimes present on the tongue. 

 One dorsal fiu with from nine to thirteen spines : anal with three. Scales 

 ctenid, of moderate size : one or two enlarged rows over the nape : cheeks 

 scaly. Airbladder simple. Pyloric appendages few or absent. 



LUTIANUS PULVIFLAMMA. 



Scicena fulviflamma, Forsk. Descr. Anim. p. 45, 1775 ; Gmel. Syst. jS^at. 



p. 1299. 

 Ferca fulvijlamina., Bl. Schn. p. 90. 

 Cenfrojjoiiws Jiober, Lacep. Hist. jSTat. Poiss. iv. p. 2o5. 

 Diacope fuh'ijlamma, Cuv. Eegne Anim ; Rilpp. Atl. Fisch. p. 72, pi. xix. f . 2, 



mid X. W. Fisch. p. 94; Cuv. & A'al. Hist. Xat. Pois?. ii. p. 423; Klunz. 



Yerh. Ges. Wicn, 1870, p. 700. 

 Mesoprion vnimaciilafus, Quoy & Gaim. Voy. Freycinet, p. 304, and Toy. 



Astrolabe, p. 665, pi. v. f . 3 ; Cuv. & Val. Hist. Nat. Poiss. p. 441 ; Bleek. 



Yerh. Bat. Gen. xxii. Perc. p. 42. 

 Mesoprion aurolineafus, Cuv. & Yal. Hist. Nat. Poiss. iii. p. 496 ; Day, Fish. 



Malab. p. 14, pi. iii. 

 Mesopriofi russellii, Bleek. Verb. Bat. Gen. xxii. Perc. p. 41 ; Day, Proc. 



Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 701. 

 Luijanus notatus, Bleek. Ternate, p. 233. 

 Genyororje noiata, Cantor, Catal. Malay. Fish. p. 12 ; Day, Fish. Malab. p. 8 



{not Cuv. ^- Val.) 

 Mesoprion fulviflamma, Bleek. Amboina, ii. p. 532 ; Gnth. Catal. Fish. i. p. 



201 ; Day, Fish. Malab. p. 13 ; Kner, Yoy. Novara, Fisch. p. 351. 

 Lutjanus russellii, Bleek. Atl. Ichthyol. Perc. pi. xxii. f . 2, and Lutjani, p. 76. 

 Lutjanus unimaculatus, Yaillant, Soc. Phil. Paris, May 23rd, 1874. 

 Lutjanus fulviflamma, Bleek. Plalmaheira. p. 55, and Lutjani, p. 61 ; Day, 



Fish. Lid. p. 42, pi. xii. fF. 5, 6. 



Black-spotted Sea-Perch. 



B. vii. D. 1014. A. 3/8. Y. 1/5. P. 16. C. 17. L. lat. 47-49. L. tr. 10/20. 



Coec. pyl. 5. 

 Length of head 3-33-3-50, of caudal fin 4-25^-50, height of body 

 3-40-3-50 in the total length. Diameter of eye 3-66-400 in the length 

 of the bead, and 1"25 in that of the snout : interorbital space very slightly 

 convex, 1'60-1'90 in the diameter of the eye. Nostrils far apart, simple, 

 oval, eubequal ; the anterior pierced in the middle of a shallow circular 

 fossa. L'pper profile of head slightly concave. Jaws equal. Cleft of mouth 

 moderate and a little oblique, the maxilla extending to beneath the middle 

 of the orbit. Preopercle denticulated, the teeth on the horizontal limb and 

 angle coarser than those above the notch, which is very shallow : interoper- 

 cular knob inconspicuous: opercle with two blunt points: posttemporal 

 with a few short blunt teeth. Jaws with a band of villiform teeth, and an 

 outer row of curved cardiform teeth, stronger and more numerous in 

 the lower jaw, in which they grow larger posteriorly ; maxilla with two 



