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Depth 3; head 3, upper profile very slightly arched. Snout 2 in 
suborbital depth to maxillary expansion; maxillary reaches ^/q to eye, length 
( , 
2°/c: in head; canines weak and teeth pointed; interorbital low. 
Scales 52 in lateral line (57 on figure); 6 above, 13 below, predorsal 
forward opposite edge; pa rent ly small postocular scale* 
* in 
- fourth spine 2||L in head, second ray 2 1 /?; A. Ill, 8, third 
•«**•> d!* 2 - 
Tspihe 4, second ray 2 / 3 ; caudalJp’/g, deeply forked; least depth of caudal 
>Lf. 
\ 1 . 1 » 
'peduncle 3; pectoral 1 / 8 ; ventrip 1 /o* (Sauvage.) 
Mozambiq^e, Madagasca^||i Seychelles, East Indies* Valenciennes gives 
the following coloration 
green on back, head and tail below more yel 
bands^of which 3 upper from 
#e to lips r and other 2 interrupted and undulate* 
V 
iged orange and spots of flame gold and large dots 
ne; membranes of soft dorsal golden, also pectoral 
Spinous dorsal yellowish 
and caudal rays yellow. 
al and ventral yellow. Length 200 mm. 
is different frcm Lethrinus 
miniatus.L Lethrinus 
higiensis and Lethrinu 
vaceus were identified with 
Lethrinus miniatus 
types, found they el¬ 
and less extended snout 
Lethrinus 
|p mm/ long and describe 
& 
sh and body clouded with 
as brown on the back, silvery below. Snout blac 
large blackish marblings. Some traces of brown 
nds on jaws 
Lethrinus microdon Valenapennes C «* 
Lethrinus microdon VAIEMCI HIKES 
SAUVAGE, Hist. Eat. Madaga|par, Foiss 
-*»• mSS?'' * 3sKr 
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