90 



posterior border ; two flat opercular spines, the upper tlie larger ; mar- 

 giu serrated ; suboperculum entire ; interoperculum serrated above 

 ooly ; scapular dentated. The third anal spine as long as the longest 

 dorsal spine. Color, red. 

 Locality : Fanning Islands. 



PEISTIPOMATID^. 



APHAREUS rUECATUS, {Lacq).) GiJir. [No. 19239]. 



Ldbnis furcatus, Lac:ep., Hist, des Poiss., iii, 1803-, 424, 477, pi. 21, f. 1. 

 Caranxamorus sacrestinus, Lacep., op. cit., v, 1803, 682. 



Jphareiis ccerulescens, Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. des Poiss., vi, 1830, 487, pi. 1676. 

 Aphareus furcatus, Gukther, Cat. Fish., i, 18.'')9, 386; Jour. Mus. Godeff., ii, 1873, 

 Fische der Sudsee, i, 17. 



D. if A. f . L. lat, 76. L. trans. ^. 



The third dorsal spine is the longest. The last ray of the dorsal and 

 anal fins is three times as long as the preceding rays.* Brown (in spirits), 

 darker above the lateral line ; head brownish-blue. 



Length, 13 inches. 



Locality : Fanning Islands. 



LCJTJANUS LINEATDS, [Q. & G.) Streets [No. 19240J. 



Diacope Uneata, Quoy & Gaimard, Voy. Freyc, Zool., 1824, 309. 



Bincope striata, Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. des Poiss., ii, 1828, 430. 



Mesoiirion striatus, Bleeker, Verb. Bat. Geu., xsii, 1849, Percidce, 44. 



Mesoprion jaiithinuropterus, Bleeker, Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind., iii, 1852, Celebes, iii, 751. 



Mesoprion lineatus, Gunther, Cat. Fish., i, 1859, 193. 



D. if. A. -|. L. lat. 50. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is contained 

 8^ times in the total length ; the diameter of the eye is slightly less 

 than one-fifth of the length of the head. Prseoperculum finely denticu- 

 lated ; coarser teeth at the angle ; a shallow notch above the angle. 

 The fourth and fifth dorsal spines are the longest. Caudal emarginate, 



Olive, darker above, with oblique brown lines above the lateral line, 

 and longitudinal ones below ; no lateral blotch. Dorsal and caudal fins 

 blackish ; spinous dorsal with a narrow, deeper black margin ; anal and 

 ventrals blackish ; a large blackish spot, spreading over the base of the 

 rays, in the axil of the pectoral fin. 



Locality: Christmas Island. Very abundant. 



* Giinther, in Cat. Fishes, states that it is but twice as long. This is probably a ty- 

 pographical error. 



