1867.] THE FISHES OF SEYCHELLES. 853 



Dorsal and anal with a narrow blue margin, the extreme points of 

 the produced portions being yellow. Caudal with a very narrow 

 white margin. Veutrals with a few more or less interrupted blue 

 lines along the rays. 



Length 7^ inches. Creole name " Ignace." 



MULLID^. 



60. MuLLUs viTTATUs, Forsk. 



61. M. BARBERiNUS, Lacep. 



62. M. oxYCEPHALUS, Blkr. 



63. M. LUTEus, C. & V. 



64. M. DispiLURUs, Playf. 



65. M. FRATERCULUS, C. & V. 



66. M. FLAVOLINEATUS. 



M. Jfavolineatus, Lacep. iii. p. 406. 



Upeneus flavolineatus, Cuv. & Val. iii. p. 456 ; Riipp, N. W 

 Fische, p. 101, t. 26. f. 1. 



Mulloides Jiavolineatus, Bleek. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind. 1852, 

 Ceram, ii. p. 697 ; Gunth. Fish. i. p. 403. 



Hab. Seychelles ; Bombay ; from Red Sea to Chinese Seas. 



^1 . M. CYCLOSTOMA. 



M. cyclostomus, Lacep. iii. p. 404, pi. 19. f. 3 (bad). 



Scitena heptacanthus, Lacep. iv. pp. 308, 312. 



Upeneus cyclostomus, Cuv. .% Val. iii. p. 472; Riipp. N.W. Fische, 

 p. 101 ; Glinth. Fish. i. p. 409. 



Hah, Seychelles ; from Red Sea, through Indian Ocean, to East- 

 Indian archipelago. 



Sparid^. 



68. Cantharus grandoculis, C. & V. 



69. Lethrinus longirostris, Playf. 



70. ? Lethrinus genivittatus. 



1 Lethrinus genivittatus, Cuv. & Val. vi. p. 306, pi. 159; Stein- 

 dachner, Verhandl. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1866, p. 478; Playf. in 

 Fishes of Zanzib. p. 144. 



D. y. A. \. L. lat. 50. L. transv. 5/15. 



Diagnosis. — No true molars ; teeth conical, moderately strong. 

 Height of body equal to length of head, and one-fourth of the total 

 length. Diameter of eye about one-fourth of the length of the head, 

 and half that of the snout, which is pointed and conical. The maxil- 

 lary does not nearly reach the vertical from the anterior nostril. 

 The interspace between the eyes is about equal to their diameter. 



