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PRIACANTHIDAE. 



Priacanthus cruentatus (Lackpkde). 



Jordan it Kvermaw, Bull. V. S. Fisli, Comm., 1905, 23, pt. 1, p. 229. 

 Lnbritx cruentalits LacepJ;de, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 1S()2, 3, p. r>22. 



No. 05858, a specimen S^ inches long from Papeete, Tahiti, Society Islands. 



LUTIANIDAE. 



Lutianus kasmira (Fohsk.^l). 



Sciaeiia kasmira Forskal, Descript. Aniin., 1775, p. 46. 



Holocenlriis bengalensis Bloch, .\us1. Fi.^cho, 1790, 4, p. 7, lohth., p. S2, taf. 246, fig. 2. 

 Lutianus bengalensis Day, Fishes of Iniliii, 1S75, p. .S:i, pi. 10, tig 4. Bleekkk, .\llns Ii-lith. 

 1877, 8, p. 44, ,55, :«3, Perc. 55, fig. 4. 



No. 0S865, 5 inches long from Suva, Fiji Islands. This specimen has hut 

 10 dorsal spines, differing from Bloch and Day, who each give 11 dorsal s])ines. 

 Bleeker fotuid 10 or 11 spines in the dorsal. 



Lutianus gibbus (Forsk.^l). 



Day, Fishes of India, 1S75, p. 43, pi. 13, tifi. 2, 3. 

 Sciaena gihba Forsk.Il, Dcserii)t. .\nim., 1775, ]). 46. 



Two s])ecimens, Nos. 08806, 5 inches long, and 08808, 51 inches long from 

 Suva, Fiji Islands. Four specimens from Paumotu Islands, Nos. A 19, 14 

 inches and A22, M. C. Z. 29741, 142 inches long from Rangiroa, A66, 14i inches 

 long from Makemo, and A41, AI. C. Z. 297.")S, 9 inches long from Fakarava. No. 

 108, M. C. Z. 29757, 9? inches long from Takaa, Society Islands. No. A106, 

 5i inches long from Taritari, Gilbert Islands. Two specimens from Marshall 

 Islands, Nos. .\17(), 1.'^ inches long from Roiigelah and .\1S.3. 141 inch(>s long 

 fi'oin .\i-hn() .\toll. 



Lutianus marginatus (('r\ ikk &: \'am:n(Iennes). 



Day, Fishes of Iiuli.i, 1S75, p. 44, pi. 13, (in. 5. 



Diacope marginala Cuv. & Vai,., Mist. .\al. Poi.ss., 1S2S, 2, p. 320 (425). 



No. 05869, 7i inches long from Makemo, Paumotu Islands. No. 05871, 

 Sl inches long, Bora Bora, Society Islands. Three specimens from Caroline 



