MESOPRION. 
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MESOPKION, Cuv* 
34. Mesoprion bohar. [326, 366.] 
Scisena bohar, Forsk. p. 46. 
Diacope bohar, Cuv. Val. ii. p. 433 ; Rupp. Atlas, Fische, p. 73, and N. W. Fische, p. 103. 
Diacope quadriguttata, Cuv. fy Val. ii. p. 427, vi. p. 533. 
Mesoprion bohar, Gunth. Fish. i. p. 190. 
Zanzibar. Red Sea. Madagascar. 
35. Mesoprion gembra. [157.] 
Russell, pi. 95. 
Mesoprion gembra, Cuv. fy Val. ii. p. 485; Cantor, Mai. Fish. p. 15; Gunth. Fish. i. p. 193. 
Zanzibar. Ray of Bengal. Molucca Sea. 
36. Mesoprion fulviflamma. [29.] 
Sciaena fulviflamma, Forsk. p. 45. 
Diacope fulviflamma, Cuv. fy Val. ii. p. 423 ; Rupp. Atlas, Fische, p. 72, t. 19. f. 2, and N. W. Fische, 
p. 94. 
Mesoprion fulviflamma, Gunth. Fish. i. p. 201. 
Aden. Zanzibar. Seychelles. Red Sea. Seas of Java , Amhoyna , and China. 
37. Mesoprion annularis. [271.] 
Mesoprion annularis, Cuv. Val. ii. p, 484, iii. p. 497; Gunth. Fish. i. p. 204 ; Kner, Novara, Fisch. 
p. 33. 
Diacope annularis, Rupp. Atlas, Fische, p. 14, and N. W. Fische, p. 91. 
Mozambique. Indian Ocean. Red Sea. Chinese and Japanese seas. 
38. Mesoprion lineolatus. [486.] 
Diacope lineolata, Rupp. Atlas, Fische, p. 76, t. 19. f. 3. 
Mesoprion lineolatus, Gunth. Fish. i. p. 205 ; Kner, l. c. p. 36. 
Var. a. Body yellow, with oblique pale-blue streaks above the lateral line, and about 
seven longitudinal ones below it. 
Var. b. Olive-brown, the oblique and longitudinal lines darker blue. 
Var. c. Violet above, muzzle rosy, the oblique and longitudinal lines yellow. 
Zanzibar. Red Sea. Amhoyna. 
* Undetermined specimen [694]. 
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