546 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.41. 



a'. Plectorhynchus. Dorsal rays about XII, 16; scales moderate, about 65 below 

 lateral line ; color dark, with brown spots and streaks ductus, 12. 



11. PLECTORHYNCHUS PICTUS (Thunberg). 



Perca pida Thunberg, Kongl. Vet. Akad. Nya Handl., vol. 13, 1792, p. 141, pi. 

 5, fig. 1 (Nagasaki). 



Grammistes pictus Bloch and Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, p. 190. 



Lutjanus pictus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 5, 1803, pp. 687, 688. 



Diagramma pictum Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 5, 1830, p. 

 315 (Java, Pondicherry). — Temminck and Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, 

 1843, p. 62 (Nagasaki). — Richardson, Ichth. China and Japan, 1846, p. 227 

 (Hongkong).— GiJNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 327.— Day, 

 Fishes India, 1875, p. 81, pi. 21, fig. 3.— Saxatage, Poiss. Madag., 1891, p. 513 

 (name only). 



Plectorhynchus pictus Bleeker, Ned. Tidj. Dierk., vol. 4, 1872, p. 298 (Sumatra, 

 Nias, Pinang, Singapore, Bintang, Bangka, Java, Diuzend-insel, Bawean, 

 Celebes, Batjan, Ternate, Ceram, Amboyna. — Bleeker, Atlas Ichth., vol. 8, 

 p. 24, pi. 329, fig. 4; pi. 333, fig. 2 (after above). — Evermann and Seale, 

 Bull. U- S. Bur. Fish., vol. 26(1906), 1907,p.84 (Bulan, Jolo).— Jordan and 

 Snyder, Check List, Ann. Zool. Jap., vol. 3, pts. 2 and 3, 1901, p. 78. 



Spilotichthys pictus Jordan and Seale, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., vol. 26 (1906), 1907, 

 p. 22. 



Perca pertusa Thunberg, Kongl. Vet. Acad, nya Handl., vol. 14, 1793, p. 198, 

 pi. 7, fig. 1 (Nagasaki). 



Lutjanus pertusus Bloch and Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, p. 328 (after Thun- 

 berg). 



Diagramma pertusum Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 321 (after 

 Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



Plectorhynchus periiisus Jordan and Snyder, Check List, Ann. Zool. Jap., vol. 3, 

 pts. 2 and 3, 1901, p. 78 (after Thunberg). 



Eolocentrus radjabon Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 4, 1803, pp. 335, 374.— 

 Jordan and Evermann, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1903, vol. 25 (Formosa). 



Anthias diagramma Bhocn, Ichthyologia, 1797, pi. 320 (East Indies). 



Grammistes diagramma Bloch and Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, p. 184. 



Sparus diagramma Shaw, Zool., vol. 4, 1803, p. 440, pi. 65. 



Diagramma punctatum Rxjppell, Atlas Reise nord. Afrika, 1828, p. 126, pi. 32, 

 fig. 2 (Northern Red Sea) (Ehrenberg). — Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. 

 Nat. Poiss., vol. 5, 1830, p. 302 (Java and Batavia).- — Quoy and Gaimard, 

 Voy. Astrol. Poiss., 1834, pi. 12, fig. 2, p. 699 (Vanikoro). — Temminck and 

 Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, 1842 p. 60 (Nagasaki). — Bleeker, Scisen. Verh. 

 Bat. Gen., vol. 23, 1850, p. 25 (Batavia).— GtJNXHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., 

 vol. 1, 1859, p. 323 (Red Sea, Ceylon, China). — Kner, Reise Novara Fisch.. 

 1860, p. 54 (Java).— Day, Fishes India, 1875, p. 83, pi. 21, fig. 4.— Sauvage, 

 Poiss. Madag., 1891, p. 513 (name only). 



Plectorhynchus punctatus Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Perc, 1875, pi. 22, fig. 1. — 

 Jordan and Snyder, Check List, Ann. Zool. Jap., vol. 3, pts. 2 and 3, 1901, 

 p. 78. 



Diagramma cinerascens Rxjppell, Atlas Reise nord. Afrika, 1828, p. 127 (Red 

 Sea). — Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 1830, vol. 5, p. 

 307 (Trincomalee). 



f Diagramma lineatum Rijppell, Atlas Reise nord. Afrika, 1828, p. 125 (Massaua). 



