470 TELEOSTEI. ACANT1IOPTEEYGI1. 



to the rays. Pectoral pointed ; second anal spine the strongest, 

 and nearly equal to third ; anal rays one fourth higher than dorsal. 

 Scales in oblique sinuous rows above lateral line to opposite end 

 of dorsal fin, where they become horizontal, as are also those 

 below the lateral line. Colour purplish red along the back, 

 more yellow below the lateral line, tipper third of the body with 

 oblique and in places sinuous golden lines along each row of 

 scales ; below the lateral line the fish is longitudinally banded 

 with pink and yellow alternately. Fins yellow, with a light band 

 along the centre of the dorsal. 



Hah. Eed Sea, east coast of Africa, seas of India and of Malay 

 Archipelago ; very common off Madras. 



605. (10.) Lntjanus lemniscatus. 



Serranus lemuiscatus, Cuv. 8> Vol. H. N. Poiss. ii, p. 240. 

 Lutiauus lemiiiscatus, Day, Fish. India, p. 30 (see synon.). 



D. 10/14. P. 17. V./15. A. 3/8. C. 17. L. 1. 56. L. tr. 8/21. 



Length of head 3, height of body 3^ in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter 4 in length of head, lj from end of snout, and | 

 apart. Dorsal profile more convex than that of the abdomen. 

 Vertical border of preopercle serrated and with a shallow emargin- 

 ation; iuteropercle with a badly developed knob. Fins dorsal 

 spines rather strong, increasing in length to the fourth, which is 

 a little higher than the rays ; the second and third anal spines of 

 about the same length and equal to the third of the dorsal fin ; 

 caudal emarginate. Scales in oblique rows above the lateral line, 

 horizontal below. Colour apparently dark red or yellow, with a 

 wide brown or black band from the eye to the centre of the caudal 

 fin, and another less defined and narrow parallel band below. 



Hob. Ceylon to the Malay Archipelago. 



606. (11.) Lntjanus chrysotaenia. 



Mesopvion chrysotsenia, Sleeker, Batavia Nat. Tijdsch, ii, 1851, 



p. 170. 

 Lutianus chrysotnenia, Day, Fish. India, p. 30, pi. xi, fig. 3 (see 



synon.). 



D. 10/15. P. 16. A. 3/9. C.17. L.I. 52. L.r. 75/70. L. tr. 8/22. 



Length of head 3j, height of body 3 to 3 in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter 3-| in length of head, lg from end of snout, and 1 

 apart. Jaws of nearly equal length. Vertical border of pre- 

 opercle having a very shallow emarginatiou, its angle rounded but 

 not produced, both margins finely serrated. No interopercular 

 knob. Opercular points indistinct. Fins dorsal spines weak, in- 

 creasing in length to the third, from that they decrease to the last ; 

 soft portion of fin rounded, and much lower than spinous portion. 

 Pectoral pointed, reaching to nearly above anal spines ; first anal 



