40 Fishes of the South Pacific. 



Family LUTIANIDiB. 



I^utianus monostigma (Cuvier & Valenciennes . 



One specimen, No. 741 B. M., from Tubuai, Austral Ids. 

 Two specimens, Nos. 842* and 1077* B. M., from Fate, New 

 1 [ebrides. 



One specimen, No. 2236 1!. M . , from Marquesas Ids. 



I^utianus fulvus Bloch . 



Two specimens, Nos. 1431 and J 432 B. M., from Tahiti. 



Lutianus nukuhivae Seale, m-w species. 



Depth 2.75; head 2.75; eye equal to iiiterorbital, 4 in head; 

 I), xi, 14; A. in, S; scales small, 73 in lateral line. 



Body oblong, compressed, lateral line complete; head conical, 

 mouth large, maxillary reaching to line with anterior of eye; small 

 teeth in jaws, vomer and palatines, two small curved canines in 

 anterior of each jaw; posterior margin of preopercle with fine teeth, 

 a distinct notch above the angle which receives the large notch of 

 the interoperculum; no spines on the opercles; cheeks and oper- 

 cles scaled; fourth dorsal spine the longest, 2.50 in head; ventrals 

 1.75 in head; pectorals 1.20; caudal emarginate. 



Color in spirits: the anterior two-thirds of the body is dusky 

 brown, the centre of the scales lighter, giving the appearance of 

 narrow longitudinal streaks; posterior third of the body, including 

 caudal, from a line with eighth dorsal ray and third anal ray, yel- 

 low: spinous dorsal, ventrals, spinous anal and anterior half of the 

 soft dorsal and anal dusky; pectorals, caudal, posterior two-thirds 

 of soft dorsal and soft anal yellow; the caudal has a dusky inter- 

 marginal wash on its upper and lower rays; axis of the pectoral 

 and a line on its base dusky. 



One specimen, No. 2164 (Fig. 5) B. M., from Nukuhiva, 

 Marquesas Ids. 



I,utianus tahitiensis Seale, ne-w sj ecies. 



Depth 2.75; head 2.75; eye 3.85 in head; D. x, 15; A. in, 9; 

 scales in lateral line 79; interorbital 4.85 in head. 



Body oblong, compressed, the upper outline quite convex; 

 scales small, in oblique lines; caudal peduncle 2 in head. Head 

 compressed, conical, the profile from nuchal region to tip of snout 

 straight; snout 2. So in head; lips rather thin; mandibles 2.20 in 

 head; maxillary not reaching the anterior margin of orbit by the 

 width of the pupil; all but the tip of the maxillary hidden under 

 the wide preorbital; teeth in jaw, vomer and palatines; one, some- 

 times two, recurved sharp teeth on each side of the upper jaw; gill- 

 rakers rather long, 20 on the lower limb; interopercle with a 

 prominent knob which fits into a deep notch of the preopercle; 

 preopercle. both above and below the notch well toothed; dorsal 



