480 TE1EOSTEI. ACANTHOPTEETGII. 



the eye is continued past pectoral fin to end of base of soft anal ; 

 fins yellow ; caudal with a light tip. 



Hob. Seas of India and Malay Archipelago. The species is 

 common at Madras. 



623. (28.) Lntjanus vitta. 



Serranus vitta, Quoy fy Gaim. Voy. Uranie Sf Phys. [p. 315, pi. 58, 



fig. 3. 

 Lutianus vitta, Day, Fish. India, p. 46, pi. xiv, fig. 2 (see synon.). 



D. 10/13. A. 3/8. C.17. L. 1. 50. L. r. 65-70/55-60. L.tr.8/12. 



Length of head from 3| to 3f , height of body 3^ in the total 

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

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

 shallow emargination, the angle slightly rounded but not produced, 

 the lower edge rather oblique ; preopercle finely serrated along 

 both edges, most coarsely at the angle. Sometimes there is a very 

 indistinct interopercular swelling. Fim dorsal spines of moderate 

 strength, the fourth the longest, from it they gradually decrease 

 to the last, which is two thirds as high as the first ray, whilst the 

 soft portion is slightly lower than the third spine ; caudal lunate. 

 Scales in oblique sinuous rows above lateral line as far as end of 

 dorsal fin, beyond which as well as below the lateral line they are 

 horizontal. Colour yellowish red along the back, rosy below the 

 lateral line; olive stripes along each row of scales above the 

 lateral line and brilliant yellow below it. Pins orange ; dorsal, 

 anal, and tips of caudal margined with white. Sometimes, but 

 not invariably, a broad black band from eye to above centre of 

 caudal fin, and in such specimens the olive stripes in the upper 

 third of the body are nearly black. 



Hob. Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



624. (29.) Lntjanus madras, 



Mesoprion madras, Cuv. $ Vol. II. N. Poiss. vii, p. 446. 

 Lutianus madras, Dai/, Fish. India, p. 47, pi. xiv, fig. 3. 



D. 10/13-14. A. 3/8-9. C. 17. L. 1. 50. L. r. 65/52. L. tr. 6/16. 



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

 Eyes diameter 3 to 3| in length of head, ] from end of snout, 

 and | apart. Vertical limb of preopercle not emarginate, the 

 angle slightly produced and rounded, lower limb oblique, the 

 whole serrated, most coarsely so at the angle ; no interopercular 

 knob. Fins dorsal spines moderately strong, increasing in length 

 to the fourth, they subsequently decrease to the last, which is 

 rather above half the same length ; soft portion of fin rounded 

 and much lower than spinous. Pectoral not reaching to above 

 anal ; ventral reaches two thirds of distance to anal spines, the 

 second of which is as strong as the third but slightly shorter ; last 

 anal ray half the height of first, lower edge of fin straight ; caudal 

 emarginate. Scales in oblique rows above and horizontal below 



