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608. Lutianus sexfasciatus (Macleay). New Guinea. 



609. Lutianus rubens (Macleay). New Guinea. 



Mesoprion rubens Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1883, 232, New Guinea. 



610. Lutianus flavipes (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Vanicolo; East Indies. 

 Diacope analis Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vi, 534, 1830, lie de France. 

 Diacope atirantiaca Cuvier & Valenciennes, op. cit., vi,535, 1830, Vanicolo. 



611. Lutianus lineatus (Quoy & Gaimard). Samoa; Waigiu; Guam; Christmas I.; East Indies. 

 Serranus limbatus Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., n, 307, 1828, Guam. 



Of this species we have 3 young specimens from the reef at Apia. They are reddish olive in 

 spirits, with about 6 yellowish stripes from the snout to base of caudal; dorsal dark-edged; caudal 

 dusky behind; notch on preopercle slight; tongue with teeth. 



612. Lutianus vitta ( Quoy & Gaimard) . Waigiu; Louisiades; East Indies. 



613. Lutianus chrysotsenia (Bleeker). New Guinea (Macleay); East Indies. 



614. Lutianus johni (Bloch). Tahiti (Giinther); East Indies. 



615. Lutianus fulviflanrma (Forskal). Fiji; New Guinea (Macleay); Fate (Seale); East Indies. 



616. Lutianus monostigma (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Taiva uliuli; Vava sui; Feloitega; Samoa; 



Tahiti; Kingsmill I.; Paumotu Is.; New Guinea (Macleay); Tubuai; Marquesas Is. and Fate 

 (Seale). 



Mesoprion monostigma Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ir, 446, 1828. 

 Lutianus lioglossus Bleeker, Atlas, vm, 70, tab. xlvi, rig. 4, 1877. 



Of this well-marked species 12 fine specimens were taken at Apia. Life colors were noted in 

 various specimens as follows: 



(1) Specimen from Apia called vara sui. Olive-green, scales on sides brassy; belly whitish tinged 

 with golden yellow; a small, well-defined black lateral spot; fins all golden-yellow; lips orange-red; 

 no stripe on head; axil dark. 



(2) Specimen called feloitega, from Apia. Color the same as in no. 1, with black axil spot, except 

 that lower parts are shaded with coppery red; jaws bright red; fins all deep yellow; seems same except 

 for red color. 



(3) From Apia. Coppery red, the belly paler red, the back olive; a small jet-black lateral spot; 

 fins all bright orange yellow, the dorsal dark on edge, the soft dorsal paler; a pale streak below eye. 



(4) Specimen called iawauli'uli, from Pago Pago. Dull olive-green, without red shades; lateral 

 spot distinct; fins above yellow olive; below more yellow, verging on orange; soft dorsal, anal, and 

 ventral with pale edge; traces of bronze streaks along scales. 



This species, often poisonous, is well distinguished by its small, well-defined lateral spot and the 

 absence of teeth on the tongue. It is well represented in Giinther's plate (Fische der Siidsee, pi. 16), 

 except that in that plate the first soft ray of the dorsal is represented as a spine. In our judgment, 

 Giinther and Sauvage are right in identifying the monostigma of Cuvier & Valenciennes with Bleeker's 

 lioglossus. 



617. Lutianus erythropterus (Bloch). Guam; East Indies. 

 (Diacope lineolata Rvippell.) 



618. Lutianus russelli (Bleeker). Solomon Is. (Seale); East Indies. 



619. Lutianus rlaviroseus (De Vis). New Britain. 



This species is unknown to us. It bears some resemblance to Lutianus monostigma, but has a faint 

 dark spot at base of caudal. 



620. Lutianus ehrenbergi (Peters). New Ireland; New Britain; East Indies. 

 Mesoprion ehrenbergi Peters, Berl. Mon. 1S69, 704, New Ireland, New Britain. 



621. Lutianus aureovittatus (Macleay). Solomon Is. 



This species is unknown to us. There is a large black blotch on the lateral line, and three golden 

 stripes along the lower part of the side. 



