Light,hide nith silve 
reflections 
Black spot on temple 
(Sauvage.) 
; i Seychelles 
obtained by Dussumier, were nearly 305 mm 
Lethrinus a rgenteus Valenciennes ^ 
f Lethrinus argentJFus VALENCl MINES, Hist 
SAUVAGE, Hist^Hat. Madagascar#Poiss., 1891 
'- * ^ S' ' . ' 
2a-b (type#' j # 
Depth 2 
flight* Snout 1/8 in 
f 
reaches V 4 to eye; 
head 3 
er front profile s 
head from snout t? 
2 in snout, maxill 
ength 2 A in head from 
teeth conic, small 
more rounded in upper jaw; interorbital low, grater than eye. 
Scales 55 in lateral line to cauda^'base and 6 more nontubular out 
over latter; 6 above, 17 below, predorsal 
ales forward opposite hind eye 
i|p spine 2 /g in total head length 
i§P 3 ^/g» first ray 2 V*J caudal 1 V 5 
it •' 
jit')' ? 
I s ! peduncle SVgj P e 
fourth 
A. Ill, 8 , second 
least depth of cau 
Silvery, wit: nacry reflectS&h; all f$K|®§sy 
yellowish. (Sauvage.) 
except pectoral*:which 
as the length of his type 
it is near Lethrinus fasciatus, but the latter differs in its conve 
It suggests Lethrinus ramak^ except the second dorsal spine is show) 
longest dorsal spine , . I 
ln Sauvage's figure. In this respect it sur| 
es close to Lethrinus nonatacanthus. k 
approach 
