316 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



25. Serranus fuscoguttatus, Eupp. 



Guntli. Cat. I., p. 127. 



D. 11/14-15. A. 3/8-9. 

 Caudal fin rounded ; denticulations of the prpeoperculum stronger 

 at tlie angle ; light brown, marbled with darker and covered with 

 rounded blackish-brown spots ; a large black blotch behind the 

 dorsal fin across the back of the tail. 



North and North-east Coasts. 



Identical with S. horridus, Cuv. &Yal., and >S. dispar, Playfair. 



26. Serraxus corallicola, Cuv. & Yal. 

 Serranus altivelioides, Bleek., Grunth. Cat. I., p. 127. 



D. 11/15. k. 3/8. L. lat. 86. 

 Caudal fin rounded ; the length of the head is three times and 

 one-fifth in the total length ; diameter of the eye one-fifth of the 

 length of tlie head ; the upper profile of the head rather convex ; 

 sub and inter-operculum entire. Yellowish ; head, body, and all 

 the fins with small round brown spots. 



North-west Coast. Port Darwin. 



27. Serraxus marginalis, B1. 



Grunth. Cat. I., p. 135. 



D. 11/15-16. A. 3/8. L. lat. 80-90. Yert. 9/15. 



Caudal fin truncated. Length of the head twice and one-third 

 in the total ; diameter of the eye four times and two-thirds in the 

 length of the head. Pra3operculum with rather stronger denti- 

 culations on the angle, sub and inter-operculum entire. The 

 maxillary bone reaches to the level of the posterior margin of 

 the eye. Pectorals distant from the anal and reaching a little 

 behind the tip of the ventrals. Colour brownish or yellowish ; 

 the spinous part of the dorsal fin, and sometimes the caudal fin 

 black- edged. 



Darnley Island. 



