PERCIDjE. 475 



above the lateral line, horizontal below. Colour six blue stripes 

 from the eye to the dorsal fin and tail. A dark mark at the base 

 of the pectoral, a black blotch on the lateral line below commence- 

 ment of soft dorsal fin. 



Hob. Red Sea, east coast of Africa, and seas of India. 



614. (19.) Lutjanus lunulatns. 



Perca limulata, Mwiyo Park, Trans. Linn. Soc. iii, p. 35, pi. 6. 

 Lutianus lunulatus, Day, Fish. India, p. 41, pi. xii, tig. 4 (seesynou.). 



D. 10/13- 14. A. 3/8-9. C. 19. L.I. 55. L. r. 63/54. L.tr.7/21. 



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

 Eyes diameter 4 in length of head, 1^ from end of snout, and 

 nearly 1 apart. Vertical border of preopercle with a shallow 

 emar*gination and finely serrated, the angle more coarsely serrated, 

 lower edge oblique, entire. No interopercular knob. Fins 

 dorsal spines weak, the fourth the longest, from it they decrease 

 to the last, which is about two thirds as high ; soft portion of fin 

 rounded, its highest ray not so high as the fourth spine. Ventral 

 reaching two thirds of distance to anal. Second anal spine longer 

 and stronger than third ; anterior rays highest, the lower edge 

 straight ; caudal emarginate. Scales in oblique rows above 

 lateral line and horizontal below. Colour reddish crimson above, 

 becoming silvery white on the abdomen ; golden lines along each 

 row of scales ; dorsal, caudal, and anal with a black outer edge and 

 an external white margin ; a lunate black band at the base of the 

 caudal fin extending along its outer edges to the end of the fin ; 

 pectoral and ventrals yellow. 



Hob. Coast of Sind to the Malay Archipelago. 



615. (20.) Lutjanus fulviflamma. 



ScicGiia fulviflamma, Forsk. Descr. Anim. p. 45. 

 Lutianus fulviflamma, Day, Fish. India, p. 41, pi. xii, fig. ; tii/j>j>/. 

 1888, p. 783 (see synon.). 



D.10/13-14. A. 3/8. C.17. L.I. 48-50. L.tr.7-8/16. CSDC. pyl.4-6. 

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

 Eyes diameter 3| to 4 in length of head, | to 1 1 from end of 

 snout, and f apart. Vertical border of preopercle with a shallow 

 emargiuation, the angle rather produced, lower edge oblique, the 

 whole finely serrated, most coarsely so at the angle, the serrations 

 are continued halfway along the vertical limb but become almost 

 lost with age. No interopercular knob. Fins dorsal spines not 

 very strong, the third, fourth, and fifth highest and one third 

 higher than the rays ; rayed portion rounded. Ventral not reachiug 

 the vent. Third anal spine slightly shorter than second, which is 

 of equal length with first ray, and twice as long as last, lower edge 

 of fin concave; caudal slightly emarginate. Scales in oblique 

 rows above the lateral line, horizontal below. Colour yellow or 



