30 ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



8. Lutianus lineolatus, D. tj-Vs, A. -g-? ¥ , L. r. ■£-§-, L. tr. 6-7/14. No interopercular knob. Lingual teeth. 

 Scales in oblique sinuous rows above the lateral-line. Body horizontally banded. Red Sea, seas of India to the 

 Malay Archipelago. 



9. Lutianus lemniscatus, D. if, A. §, L. 1. 56, L. tr. 8/21. A badly developed interopercular knob. Two 

 wide dark horizontal bands from the eye to the caudal fin. Ceylon to the Malay Archipelago. 



10. Lutianus chrysotosnia, D. if, A. f, L. r. -f§, L. tr. 8/22. No interopercular knob. Lingual teeth. 

 Scales in oblique rows above the lateral-line. Oblique bands from the eye, posteriorly. Nicobars to the Malay 



__ Archipelago. 



11. Lutianus rivulatus, D. if, A. -gl^, L. r. ff, L. tr. 8/19. An interopercular knob. No lingual teeth. 

 Scales in oblique rows above the lateral-line. Brownish, spotted with blue : a black blotch, having a white 

 front edge on the lateral-line. Red Sea, East coast of Africa, seas of India, to the Malay Archipelago, and 

 beyond. 



12. Lutianus argentimaculatus, D. tJ-tts, A. §, L. r. f§Cf4s E. tr. 7-8/16. A very slight interopercular 

 knob. Lingual teeth. Scales mostly in horizontal rows above lateral-line. Cherry-red, the young with narrow, 

 white, vertical bands. Red Sea, East coast of Africa, seas of India, to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



13. Lutianus roseics, D. if, A. f , L. r. -§-£, L. tr. 7/18. No interopercular knob. Lingual teeth. Scales 

 in horizontal rows. Caudal fin rounded. Reddish-brown. Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



14. Lutianus sillaoo, D. if, A. -g-Jj-, L. r. -f-f, L. tr. 6/15. No interopercular knob. Lingual teeth. Scales 

 in oblique rows above lateral-line. Reddish with varying colours. Seas of India. 



15. Lutianus lioglossus, D. -j-j-tt, A. • g -?- g -, L. r. |f , L. tr. 6-7/15. A very slight interopercular knob. No 

 lingual teeth. Scales in oblique rows above lateral-line. Roseate shot with gold : a black lateral blotch. Red 

 Sea, seas of India to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



16. Lutianus jalmgarah, D. -ifJrg-, A. f, L. r. ff, L. tr. 6/13. No interopercular knob. No lingual teeth. 

 Scales in horizontal rows. Reddish with varying colours. Seas of India. 



17. Lutianus quinquelineatus, D. •j-3- ! rT> -A- ¥-9"! -k- r - loi -k- tr. 8/21. No interopercular knob. Lingual 

 teeth. Scales in oblique rows above the lateral-line. About six blue bands from the eye along the body : a 

 black lateral blotch. Red Sea, East coast of Africa, seas of India to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



18. Lutianus lunulatus, D. x^-^ti -A- 8"-"o> I J - r - 5~f> L. tr. 7/21. No interopercular knob. Lingual teeth. 

 Scales in oblique rows above the lateral-line. Reddish-crimson, a lunated black band on the caudal fin. Coast 

 of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



19. Lutianus fulviflamma, D. T^.y^, A. f , L. r. ff, L. tr. 7-8/16. No interopercular knob. Lingual 

 teeth. Scales in oblique rows above the lateral-line. Golden with a black lateral blotch ; and in the variety 

 Mussellii also oblique golden bands from the eye along the body. Red Sea, East coast of Africa, seas of India 

 to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



20. Lutianus Johnii, D. yf f-*, A. -g? ¥ , L. r. ff , L. tr. 7/13. A very indistinct interopercular tuberosity. 

 Lingual teeth. Scales in horizontal rows. Golden with a black lateral blotch. Seas of India to the Malay 

 Archipelago and beyond. 



21. Lutianus gibbus, D. if, A. -g-?^-, L. r. |f , L. tr. 8/23. A strong interopercular knob. No lingual teeth. 

 Scales in oblique rows above the lateral-line. Crimson in the adult. In the young a black band covers the end 

 of the dorsal fin, the last half of the free portion of the tail, and the whole of the caudal. Red Sea, Andamans 

 to the Malay Archipelago. 



22. Lutianus bohar, D. if, A. f , L. r. If, L. tr. 7/18. A small interopercular knob. Lingual teeth. 

 Scales in oblique rows above the lateral-line. Brownish with two milk-white spots, one below the spinous, the 

 other below the soft portion, of the dorsal fin. Red Sea, seas of India to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



23. Lutianus marginatus, D. xff-j, A. f , L. r. ff-, L. tr. 6-7/15. A strong interopercular knob. No 

 lingual teeth. Scales in oblique rows above the lateral-line. Purplish-yellow, fins darker, edged with white. 

 A black lateral blotch may be present, or absent. East coast of Africa, seas of India to the Malay Archipielago. 



24. Lutianus yapilli, D. -^f , A. §, L. r. ff, L. tr. 6/14. No interopercular knob. Scales in horizontal 

 rows. Caudal fin rounded. Silvery-grey, with yellow bands. Coromandel coast of India. 



25. Lutianus quinquelinearis, D. JS-j, A. -g-!-^, L. r. f§, L. tr. 8/19. A strong interopercular knob. No 

 lingual teeth. Scales in oblique rows above the lateral-line. Eive blue bands from the eye along the body : a 

 black lateral blotch. Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



26. Lutianus vitta, D. if, A. §, L. r. ff:-§f , L. tr. 8/12. No interopercular knob. Lingual teeth.' Scales 

 in oblique sinuous rows above the lateral-line. Yellowish-red with olive stripes. Seas of India to the Malay 

 Archipelago. 



27. Lutianus Madras, D. -j-i.fi, A. -^ T , L. r. ff , L. tr. 6/16. No interopercular knob. Lingual teeth. 

 Scales in. oblique rows above the lateral-line. Roseate with olive or reddish lines following the rows of scales. 

 East coast of Africa, seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



28. Lutianus decussatus, D. yf.^r, A. f, L. r. 5 | = | , L. tr. 6-7/17. A slight interopercular swelling. No 

 lingual teeth. Scales in oblique rows above the lateral-line. Six blackish longitudinal bands, and six more 

 vertical ones cross them from the back. A black blotch at the base of the caudal fin. Seas of India to the 

 Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



1. Lutianus Sebse, Plate IX, fig. 3. 

 Perca, Seba, iii, pi. 27, f. 2. 

 Sparus botlavoo champah, Russell, Fish. Vizag. i, p. 77, pi. 99. 



