tubes simple, Fifth dorsal spine 2 7/8 +n head; first 
branched dorsal ray 24; third anal spine 34; pectoral 1 1/3; 
ventrel 1 3/5; caudal deeply forked, pointed lobes (tips 
damaged) with upper at least slightly longer than head, 
| Color in alcohol dull brown, scale edges darker. Traces 
of narrow yellowish lines, one along each row of scales, on 
abdomen and lower sides, Iris yellowish- brown. ‘eeth white. 
Length 410 mm, Large skinned fish, without date, likely from 
Fi j i ? VAL ea Cf WK thnx £ & Lrobbw-hpl ye | re ; 
f b Z . 
Agrees ee with Gunther s figure?* which lacks 
scaly postocular area of our example, in which these in 2 
rows opposite and for a vertical extent equal to vertical 
pupil diameter, 
RIN EE SE | eS RR. RR BIT TRO Re Be Oe 
Journ.Mus.Godeffroy,vol.1I,1873-5, p,64, Pl. 46, p. 5. 
+ Ear. 
1354 
Lethrinus mahsenoides Valenciennes, /.~ ./7 2. 
Bead © 5/6 to 33: depth 2F to 35;:D. KX or XI, 8,1 or 9, 
1; A, III, 8,13; scales 45 to 47 in lateral line to caudal 
base and 2 more on latter; 6 or 7 scales above lateral line 
to spinous dorsal origin, 5 to 7 soft dorsal origin, 15 to 16 
to spinous anal ordégin; 9 or 10 predorsal scales; snout 2 to 
21/3 in head from upper jaw tip; eye 3¢ to 3 5/6; maxillary 
24 to 2 3/53 interorbital 3 2/3 to 4. 
