Plate 8

Bodianus lentjan Lacepède. 1802: 281, 293, Java.
Lethrinus leutjanus; Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830: 309, type; Fourma- noir, 1957: 125, fig. 92, Canal de Mozambique; Shinohara, 1963: 45, fig. 8, Ryu-kyus; Munro, 1967: 329, p1. 43, New Guinea.
Lethrinus lentjan; Smith, 1959: 291, p1. 21, figs. A, B, East Africa; Taylor, 1964: 211, Arnhem Land; Sato, 1971: 141, fig. 15, Ryukyus, Nuguria Atoll, New Ireland I., New Britain I.; Gushiken, 1972: 38, fig. 185, Okinawa Is.; Kyushin et al., 1973: 72, Andaman, Sri Lanka; Masuda et al., 1975: 60, fig. G, southern Japan; Kyushin et al., 1977: 156, Andaman, Sri Lanka.
Lethrinus flavescens Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830: 299, Tongatabou.
Lethrinus geniguttatus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830: 304, ?loc.
Lethrinus opercularis (not of Valenciennes); Bleeker, 1850: 14, Batavia, Bantam, Sama- rang; Günther, 1859: 461, compiled; Bleeker, 1876-77: 119, pl. 335, fig. 5, East Indies; Herre & Montalban, 1927: 420, pl. 9, fig. 3, Philippines.
Lethrinus nebulosus (not of Forsskål); Akazaki, 1962: 249, fig. 44, Gulf of Siam.

Specimens examined.

Holotype. —MNHN7847 (D, 144 mm standard length) from Java.
Holotype of L. flavescens. —MNHN9032 (180) from Tongatabou.
Holotype of L. geniguttatus. —MNHN907 5 (155) from ?loc.
UMUTZ52698 (225), 52696 (235), 52695 (275) from New Britain I.
UMUTZ52653 (350) from New Ireland I.
UMUTZ42303 (110) from Philippines.
MNHN9068 (190) from Massuah.

D. X, 9; A. III, 8;P₁. 13; P₂.I, 5;C.7+8; L. lat. 46 to 48; Ltr. 6 or 7/i/14 or 15.

Proportional measurements of some specimens are shown in Table 15.

Head length less than body depth. End of jaws on the vertical through anterior or posterior nostril. Interorbital area slightly or well convex. Fourth dorsal spine longest. 6 scale rows between lateral line and median dorsal spines. Inner base of pectoral without scales or sometimes with a few scales. Lateral teeth of jaws include strong molars in adults.

Color. —Olive-green above, paler below. Bright red spots on posterior end of oper-culum and on outer pectoral base. Individual scales on the back sometimes with white center. Fins yellow. Dorsal and caudal mottled or striped with bright orange.

Distribution. —East Africa to Ryukyus, New Guinea.

Remarks. —The type of Bodianus lentjan is a dried half skin and it is difficult to examine sufficiently. In fact, the identity of this type with the present species is doubtful, especially judging from the shape of the teeth. The lateral teeth in this specimen seem smaller and more pointed than in the present species. But the name lentjan is provisionally adopted here because this name has often been used recently for the present species. More detailed examination is necessary to determine the valid name for this species.

For the comment on the type of L. geniguttatus, see the remarks for L. haematopterus.