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Others are striped longitudinally ', or barred 

 across 2 , or marbled in large masses \ or divided 

 into two colours 4 , or finally tinted more or less uni- 

 formly 5 . 



Very few of them present characters to be drawn 

 from very perceptible forms ; nevertheless we will cite 



Serr. altivelis, Cuv. and Val. ii. 32, 



whose dorsal fin is capable of greater elevation than in 

 the others ; this species has round black spots on a 

 bright brown ground. 



Serr. 'phaeton, lb. pi. xxxiv. 



Has the two middle rays of the caudal fin united into 

 a filament as long as the body. 



We have separated from the serrani 



127. Labrus leopardus, Lacep. iii. 30. 1. Holoc. salmonoidcs,\h. 

 24. 3. Bodianus melanurus, Geoff. Eg. xxi. 1 . 



1 Scicena formosa, Shaw, Russel, 129. 



2 Holo. tigrinus, Bl. 237. Seb. iii. 27. Hoi. lanceolatus, Bl. 

 242. 1. Anthias orientalis, id. 326. Anthias strialus, id. 324. 

 which is also anthias cherna, Bl. Schn. Parra 24., and the Spare 

 chrysomelane, Lacep. 



3 Serranus geographicus, Kuhl. Cuv. and Val. ii. p. 322. 



4 Serranus Jlavo cceruleus, Cuv., which is the Holoc. gymnosc of 

 Lacep. iii. 27. 2., his Bodian grosse the, iii. 20. 2., and his Ho- 

 locentre jaune et bleu, iv. p. 469. It is moreover the Serr an bou- 

 rignon, Quoy and Gaim. Voy. de Freycin. Zool. pi. lvii. 2. 



5 Holoc. ongus, pi. ccxxxiv. Epinephelus marginalis, Bl. 228. 

 or Holocentro resmare, Lacep. iv. 7. 2. Holoc. oceanique, Lacep. 

 iv. 7. 3. Epinephelus ruber, Bl. 331. For a description of many 

 other unfigured species see the second volume of our history of Fish. 



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