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Show 1867.] THE FISHES OF SEYCHELLES. 853 Dorsal and anal with a narrow blue margin, the extreme points of the produced portions being yellow. Caudal with a very narrow white margin. Ventrals with a few more or less interrupted blue lines along the rays. Length 7\ inches. Creole name "Ignace." MULLID.E. 60. M U L L U S VITTATUS, Forsk. 61. M. BARBERINUS, Lacep. 62. M. OXYCEPHALUS, Blkr. 63. M. LUTEUS, C. & V. 64. M. DISPILURUS, Playf. 65. M. FRATERCULUS, C. & V. 66. M. FLAVOLINEATUS. M. flavolineatus, Lacep. iii. p. 406. Upeneus flavolineatus, Cuv. & Val. iii. p. 456 ; Riipp. N. W Fische, p. 101, t. 26. f. 1. Mulloides flavolineatus, Bleek. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind. 1852, Ceram, ii. p. 697 ; Giinth. Fish. i. p. 403. Hab. Seychelles ; Bombay ; from Red Sea to Chinese Seas. 67. M. CYCLOSTOMA. M. cyclostomus, Lacep. iii. p. 404, pl. 19. f. 3 (bad). Scieena heptacanthus, Lacep. iv. pp. 308, 312. Upeneus cyclostomus, Cuv. k Val. iii. p. 472; Riipp. N.W. Fische, p. 101 ; Giinth. Fish. i. p. 409. Hab. Seychelles ; from Red Sea, through Indian Ocean, to East- Indian archipelago. SPARID^E. 68. CANTHARUS GRANDOCULIS, C. & V. 69. LETHRINUS LONGIROSTRIS, Playf. 70. ? LETHRINUS GENIVITTATUS. 1 Lethrinus genivittatus, Cuv. & Val. vi. p. 306, pl. 159 ; Steindachner, Verhandl. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1866, p. 478; Playf. in Fishes of Zanzib. p. 144. D. -. A. I. L. lat. 50. L. transv. 5/15. 9 8 Diagnosis.-No true molars ; teeth conical, moderately strong. Height of body equal to length of head, and one-fourth of the total length. Diameter of eye about one-fourth of the length of the head, and half that of the snout, which is pointed and conical. The maxillary does not nearly reach the vertical from the anterior nostril. The interspace between the eyes is about equal to their diameter. |