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bifurcated anteriorly, but simple from below the second dorsal to 

 the caudal. 



Colours. In formol, silvery white with a greenish tinge on the 

 dorsal surface : the top of the head is yellowish, and the same 

 colour is to be traced on the cheeks there is a distinct yellow 

 spot immediately above the opercular spine. Fins immaculate, 

 excepting the caudal which, towards the base, is of yellowish hue. 

 The black and pearl-coloured blotches mentioned by Giinther are 

 not to be observed in our example. The type specimen was 

 obtained at Apia in the Samoa Islands, one of the archipelagos 

 nearest to the Ellice Group. 



UPENEUS, Sleeker. 

 UPENEUS TRIFASCIATUS, Lacepede. 



Upeneus trifasciatus, Lacepede, sp., Poiss., iii., p. 104, pi. 15, 

 fig. 1 : Giinther, Fische der Stidsee, p. 59, pi. xliv., figs. 6, c. 



This widely distributed form is represented by a solitary 

 example, in which the usual dark markings are almost obsolete, 

 the body band beneath the second dorsal is the most pronounced, 

 whilst the black mark on the basal half of this fin is the darkest 

 feature of the specimen. It measures 173 millim. 



The native name is " Teforo." 



SPARID^B. 



LETHRINUS, Cuvier. 

 LETHBINUS ROSTRATUS, Cuv. & Vol. 



Lethrinus roslratus, Cuv. & Val., sp., Hist. Nat., vi., p. 296 ; 

 Playfair, Fishes of Zanzibar, p. 44, pi. vii., fig. 2. 



Said to be common and a favorite food-fish. When the more 

 esteemed species are not caught in sufficient numbers, inferior kinds 

 are eaten in consequence of the limited flesh-foods on the island. 

 A small example only was brought to Sydney. 



Known to the natives as " Nutta." 



LETHRINUS RAMAK, Forsk. 



Lathrinus ramak, Forsk., sp., Descr. Anim., p. 52 ; Gunther, 

 Fische der Sudsee, p. 64, pi. xlvi., fig. 13. 



The two yellow longitudinal bands which Gunther remarks are 

 such a striking feature in the living fish, are very conspicuous in 

 two of our three examples. There is also a third fainter and 



