PERCIDJ5. 479 



621. (26.) Lntjanns yapilli 



Mesoprion yapilli, Cuv. Sr Vol. H. N. Pom. ii, p. 483. 



Lutianus yapilli, Day, Fish. India, p. 45, pi. xiii, fig. 6 (see synon.). 



D. 10/14. P. 17. A. 3/8. C. 17. L. 1. 47. L. r. 48/47. L. tr. 6/14. 



Length of head nearly 4, height of body 3f in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter 3f in the length of head, 2 from end of snout, and 

 1^ apart. Vertical border of preopercle with a very shallow 

 emurgination above the rounded angle, the whole border finely 

 serrated, the serrations a little more coarse and widely separated 

 at the angle and along the horizontal border. No interopercular 

 knob. Fins dorsal spines strong, the third three-quarters the 

 height of the fourth, they decrease to the ninth which is only T 4 T of 

 the fourth spine ; soft portion of dorsal rounded ; ventral does 

 not reach halfway to the anal. Second anal spine the strongest 

 but not quite so long as the third, lower edge of anal rounded. 

 Scales in rows parallel to the back above the lateral line, hori- 

 zontal below it. Colour silvery grey on the back, becoming 

 yellowish white on the abdomen ; longitudinal yellowish bands 

 along each row of scales; cheeks dashed with purple. Pins 

 yellow ish, dorsal, anal, and caudal edged with orange. 



Hob. Coromandel coast of India and Island of Timor. It is 

 closely allied to L. jolinii. 



622. (27.) Lutjanns qninquelinearis. 



Holoceutrus quinquelinearis, Block, Ic-h. iy, p. 84, t. 239. 



Lutianus quinquelinearis, Day, Fish. India, p. 40, pi. xiv, tig. 1 (see 



synon.). 

 Karkntla tdmb, Marat. ; Kashaldr, Arabic. 



D. 10/13-16. A. 3/8-9. C.17. L.I. 56. L.tr.8/19. CSEC. pyl. 5. 

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

 Eyes diameter 3 to 3^ in length of head, about 1 from end of 

 snout, and | apart. Vertical border of preopercle with a very 

 deep emargination and a rounded angle, the whole serrated, the 

 serrations at the low er angle coarse, lower edge also serrated. A 

 strong interopercular knob. Fins dorsal spines of moderate 

 strength, increasing in length to the fourth, from it they slightly 

 decrease to the last ; soft portion of fin rounded, second anal spine 

 rather longest and strongest, the rayed portion of anal highest in 

 front, lower edge of fin rounded ; caudal emarginate. Settles in 

 oblique rows above lateral line, horizontal below. Colour olive- 

 yellow, with, as a rule, a deep black mark on lateral line below the 

 last few dorsal spines and the first few rays ; some lines above the 

 nape formed by a dark spot on each scale. Five blue bands from 

 the eye : the three upper to the dorsal fin or its termination, the 

 two lower unite on the hinder end of the opercle and run to 

 the middle of the tail ; the lowest band of all from the snout below 



