FISHES OF BORNEO. 270 



veutriils aiT sliglilly staiueil witli j^Tay. No. 2(jjr; K'ljylli, Kid inilli- 

 metei'K. 



A vahialile lodil-lisli of Borncd; also (•(niimon iii'tlui Philippines. 



Lates calcarifer (Blocli). 



Siiverv-gray ; lins gi'ay ; pccldrals yrllow. .Siroii,!; spines on lowe'i' 

 margin of pieoperele. No. '2 190; length, 290 millimeters. 



A valuable I'ood-fish of Borneo; recorded also from the Philippines. 



Epinephelus sexfasciatus ( Cuv. and V:il.). 



Color brownish, «ith dull yellowish and brownish spots; six darker 

 vertical bands down sides ; lins gi-ayish without distinct markings. 

 Yentrals darker at tips. Xo. 2098; length, 121 millimeters. 



A valued tood-fish of lionieu; also recorded from the Philippines. 



Family LUTJAXID^E. Snappers. 

 Lutianus erythropterus Bloch. 



This species is easily distinguished by the white mark in the posterior 

 a.xil of the soft dorsal which is followed by a deep black area lovering 

 the remainder of the top of caudal peduncle. Xo. 290(1 ; length, 210 

 millimeters. 



A common food-lish of Borneo; also recorded from the Philippines. 



Nemipterus upeneoides (Bleeker). 



Head 3.45; depth 3. .')<). 



I'oior yellowish- white with silvery reflection; darker above; a round 

 dusky spot on the lateral lino above midille of pectorals. No. 2."il6 ; 

 length, 130 millimeters. 



.\ common food-fish of Borneo; not known from the Philippines. 



Lutianus fulviflamma (Forskil). 



Color white, with longitudinal yellow stripes ; a distinct black blotch 

 on each side. Young specimens have a dusky stripe from eye to tip of 

 snout and on upper portion of preopercles. Fins yellowish. Xos. 2.519, 

 2.5-1:8, 24S(;, and 27 39; length, 100 to 230 millimeters. 



A common and valued food-fish of Borneo; also recorded from the 

 Philippines. 

 Lutianus vitta (Quoy and Gaimard). 



Yellowish-white, with a distinct black line along the side from head to 

 caudal. Xo dusky shadings on dorsal. Xo. 2f93; length, 210 milli- 

 meters. 



A food-fish of value in Borneo ; also common in the Philippines. 



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