SEKKANUS. 5 



We may remark that the description given by Valenciennes of S. horridus is too in- 

 definite to admit of recognition. A specimen in the British Museum received from Dr. 

 Cantor as " 8. horridus, juv.," measures 10 inches in length, and is certainly specifi- 

 cally identical with the banded lanceolatus : the bands have been broken up into the 

 irregular sinuous markings described by Cantor, the coloration of the fins is the same 

 in both, and so is the comparative length of the dorsal spines, which is certainly not the 

 case in the specimens figured by Mr. Day. We do not venture to say what the speci- 

 men stated by Mr. Day to be the old state of lanceolatus may eventually prove to be. 



Zanzibar. Indian Ocean. Batavia. Samarang. 



12. Serranus suillus. [514, 742.] 

 Russell, pi. 127 ; ? pi. 128. 



Bola coioides, Buck. Ham. pp. 82, 369. 



Serranus suillus, Cuv. fy Val. ii. p. 335 ; Giinth. Fish. i. p. 127. 

 ?Russell, pi. 128. 



?Serranus bontoo, Cuv. Regne Anim. ; Cuv. fy Val. ii. p. 334, vi. p. 523 ; Cantor, Mai. Fish. p. 11; 

 Giinth. Fish. i. p. 138. 



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Caudalis rounded ; denticulations of the prseoperculum conspicuous, stronger at the 

 angle. Height of the body one-fourth of the total length ; the length of the head 

 is contained thrice and one-third in the same. The upper maxillary bone reaches 

 to the vertical from the posterior margin of the eye. Pectorals rather longer than the 

 ventrals, but not reaching the vent. Dorsal spines, the first two excepted, subequal in 

 length. The second and third of anal equal in length and strength, and two-sevenths 

 of the length of the head. 



Colour brownish, with eight more or less interrupted darker cross bands, — the first 

 over the orbit and prseoperculum ; the second on the nape of the neck ; the third 

 between the second and third dorsal spines ; the fourth, very indistinct, from the 

 eleventh to the fifteenth spine ; the fifth from the first to the seventh ray ; the sixth 

 from the ninth to the last ray ; the seventh before the caudal ; and the eighth across 

 the root of the caudal. The head and body are moreover covered with large, round, 

 yellowish-brown spots, which are smaller than the interspaces between them. 



Zanzibar. Philippines. Java. Coasts of India. 



13. Serranus fuscoguttatus. [ 410 » 494 -J 



Percse summanse, var. b, Forsk. p. 42. 



Serranus fuscoguttatus, Riipp. Atlas, Fische, p. 108, t. 27. f. 2 ; Peters, Wiegm. Arch. 1855, p. 235 ; 

 Giinth. Fish. i. p. 127. 



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