FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 79 



123. Lutianus quinquelineatus (Bloch). 



Five specimens from Bulan (no. :i535, 3311, 3272, 3273, and 32-lS; ],.,.(!, 6 lo (i.5 in.), and one from 

 Bacon (no. 3312; length 6.5 m.). 



dorsl?'^"^ distinguished by the 5 blue stripes along side and th.. large black blotch under beginning „f soft 



Holocentrus quinguelinealus Bloch, Ichth., iv, 84, tab. <rxxxix 1?I7 



.Vesoprion ,,un„:iu,U,ua,us. Cuvi,.,- .. Valrnciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss;, n, ;«,i (442) (J„ya); Ounther, Cat. i 209 



LM.anus quinqueUncalus, Day. Fishes India, 40, pi. xii, flg. 3; Blrek,.r, Atlas, viii, .w, pi. c. cxuii, flg. 4. 



124. Lutianus decussatus (Kuhl& Van Ilasselt). Buegsang. 

 Four specimens from Bacon (no. 3954 and 3264 to 3266; length 5.75 fo 7 in.). 



Easily distinguished by the 5 or (i broad longitudinal brownish bands, the upper 3 crossed by short vertica] 

 bare, and a black spot on l)asc of caudal. 



Mesopriondenismtm Kuhl i \-an Ilasselt in Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ii, 369 (487), 1828, Java; Giinther, 



Lulianus decussatus, Day, Kshes India, 47, pi. xiv. fig. 4; Bleeker, Atlas, vni, 72, pi. ccrxxxviii, flg. 4. 



125. Lutianus monostigma (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



One specimen from Bacon (no. 3640; length 6.5 in.). No teeth on tongue: dark spot on the lateral line 

 smaller than in L. johnii, which has distinct teeth on tongue. 



Mesoprion monostigma Cuvior & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ii, 337 (44(;). 1828. Seychelles. 

 Latianus liogloesus Bleeker, Atlas, vm, 70, pi. cccxliv, fig. 4, Bintang, Java, Celebes, Amboyna, 



126. Lutianus fulviflamma (Forskai) . Bititta. 



One specimen from Bacon (no. 4168; length 10.25 in.), and 2 from Zamboanga (no. 3459 and 3443; length 

 6 and 7 in.). 



Scisena fulviflamma Forsklll, Descr. .Vnim., 45, 1776, Red Sea. 



-Vesoprion fulviflamma, Giinther, Cat., i, 201, in part. 



Lutianus fulviflammxi, Day, Fishes India, 41, pi. xii, flg. 6; Bleeker, Atlas, vni, 65, pi. crrxLiv, flg. 3. 



127. Lutianus johnii (Bloch). Bitilla: Manila. 



Two specimens from Jolo (no. 4041 and 4042; length S and 10 in.), one from Bacon (no. 4166; length 10 

 in.), and 2 from Bulan (no. 3539 and 3540; length 5.5 and 6.2 in.). 



Readily distinguished by its having the rows of scales parallel with the back; teeth on tongue. 



Anthias johnii Bloch, Ichth., ix, 97, pi. cccxvm, 1797. 



Misopnon johnii, Giinther, Cat., 1,200. 



Lutianus johnii, Bleeker, Atlas, vm, 49, pi. rcrxxxvni, fig. 3; Day, Fishes India, 42, pi. xni, flg. 1. 



128. Lutianus luzonius Evermann & Scale, new species. 



Head 2.55 in length; depth 2.55; eye 4 in head; snout 3.1; interorbital 4.N: dorsal X, 14; anal iii, 8; 

 scales 7-48-16; teeth on tongue. 



Body oblong, moderately ele^-ated and compressed ; dorsal surface evenly curved ; depth of caudal peduncle 

 3.18 in head; jaws equal ; maxillary scarcely reaching anterior margin of pupil, its length 2.55 in head; greatest 

 width of premaxillary not more than 2 in pupil; mandible 2.5 in head; preorbital 1.75 in ej-e; teeth on jaws, 

 vomer, palatines, and tongue, those of jaws in a single series, small, canine-shaped, the anterior ones of upper 

 jaw enlarged; gillrakers 11 on lower limb, the longest about equal to pupil; notch of preopercle very deep and 

 distinct, the lower limb slightly produced backward, rounded, and rather strongly toothed; knob of inter- 

 opercle large and strong; opercle ending in a single sharp point; origin of dorsal slightly anterior to origin of 

 pectoral, the distance between tip' of snout and first dorsal spine scarcely greater than length of head, longest 

 spine 2.7 in head, longest soft ray 3.5; origin of anal midway between origin of ventrals and base of caudal, 

 its base 3.75 in base of dorsal, the longest ray 2.75 in head, the second spine longest and strongest, 2.5 in head; 

 ventrals 1.75 in head, their tips reaching vent; pectoral 1.24, the tip scarcely reaching line with origin of anal; 

 caudal emarginate, 1.3 in head. 



