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ginate above the angle. Sub- and interoperculum conspicuously serrated. Operculum 

 with three very broad flat spines. Dorsal spines increasing in length posteriorly, the 

 last being shorter than the shortest ray, and one-third of the length of the head. 

 Second anal spine rather shorter but much stronger than the third, which is about 

 equal to the last dorsal spine. The soft dorsal is about as high as the tail between the 

 terminations of the vertical fins. Colour in life red (yellowish in a dried state) ; caudal 

 spotted with lighter. 

 Seychelles. Mauritius. 



7. Serranus cyanostigmatoides. [55.] 



Serranus guttatus, Cuv. fy Val. ii. p. 357 (not Peters). 



cyanostigmatoicles, Bleek. Verhand. Bat. Genootsch. 1849, Perc. p. 31 ; Giinth. Fish. i. p. 117. 



Zanzibar. Seas of Java and Amboyna. 



8. Serranus miniatus. [152.] 



Perca miniata, Forsk. p. 41. no. 41. 



Serranus miniatus, R'tipp. Atlas, Fische, p. 106, t. 26. f. 3 ; Giinth. Fish. i. p. 118. 



Aden. Red Sea. Mozambique. 



9. Serranus hemistictus. [54.] 

 Serranns hemistictus, Riijjp. Atlas, Fische, p. 109, t. 27. f. 3; Giinth. Fish. i. p. 119. 



Aden. Bed Sea. 



10. Serranus sonnerati. Plate III. fig. 1. [583.] 

 Serranus sonnerati, Cuv. fy Val. ii. p. 299 ; Giinth. Fish. i. p. 122. 



D. £. A. % L. lat. 85. 



Caudalis rounded. Height of body nearly equal to the length of the head, and con- 

 tained thrice and a half in the total length. The diameter of the eye is one-fifth of the 

 length of the head. The upper maxillary reaches beyond the posterior margin of the 

 eye. The denticulations of the prseoperculum are exceedingly feeble, the posterior limb 

 slightly emarginate ; sub- and interoperculum entire. Dorsal spines short, moderately 

 strong, increasing in length posteriorly, the last being two-sevenths of the length of the 

 head. The second anal spine is scarcely longer and stronger than the third, and is 

 equal in length to the last of the dorsal. The pectorals reach to the anal. 



Colour dark red ; head, belly, dorsal, and anal fins spotted with vermilion, the two 

 last with black margins. 



Zanzibar. Pondicherry. Ceylon. Sumatra. Louisiade archipelago. 



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