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23. Serranus guttatus, B1. 



Gunth. Cat. I., p. 113. 



D. 9/16. A. 3/9. 



Caudal fin rounded; denticulations of the prcooperculum obsolete, 

 its posterior limb not eniarginate. Brownisb black ; bead, body, 

 and all the fins with round, blue, black-edged spots, the caudal, 

 anal, and hinder half of the dorsal fins white-edged. 



North Coast of Australia. 



A species of wide range throughout the South and Indian Seas. 

 Indentical with S. myriates of Cuv. & VaL, and other authors, 

 and according to Dr. Bleeker, the same or a variety of his Serramis 

 Argus. 



24. Serranus ouatalibi, Cuv. & Yal. 

 Gunth. Cat. I., p. 120. 



D. 9/15. A. 3/9. L. lat. 85. Ctec. pylor. 8. Vert. 10/14. 



Caudal fin ratLer truncated ; sub and inter-operculum slightly 

 denticulated at their junction ; j)r£eoperculum serrated, teeth of 

 the angle not prominent, lower limb entire ; the upper spine of 

 the operculum largest and longest. Maxillary bone not reaching 

 to the level of the hinder edge of the eye ; diameter of the eye 

 5 J- in the length of the head; length of the head 3| in the total. 

 Eed : head and body, and sometimes dorsal fin covered with 

 numerous small, blue, black-edged spots ; a pair of larger black 

 spots on the symphysis of the lower jaw, and another on the 

 back of the tail behind the dorsal. 



Lord Howe's Island. 



This is a species of the West Indies and tropical Atlantic, but 

 is stated on the authority of Dr. Gunther, as having been taken 

 at Lord Howe's Island on one of the voyages of H.M.S. '' Herald" 

 to that Island. I suspect it will prove to be a different species. 



