318 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FSIHES, 



A good description of this species is given by Count Castelnaii 

 at page 365 of tlie tliird volume of the Proceedings of the 

 Linnean Society of New South Wales. 



East Coast, N. S. Wales. 



31. Serranus alatus, All. & Macl. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S. Wales, Vol. I., p. 264, pi. 4, fig. 2. 

 South Coast New Guinea, {" Chevert'' Exp.) 



32. Serranus carinatus. All. & Macl. 

 Proc. Lin. Soc, N. S. Wales, Vol. I., p. 265, pi. 4, fig. 3. 

 Torres' Straits, {" Chevert " Exp.) 



33. Serranus guttulatus, Macl. 

 Proc. Linn. Sc, N. S. Wales, Vol. III., p. 33, pi. 2. 

 Port Jackson. 



34. Serranus undulato-striatus, Peters. 

 Monatsber, Ak. Wiss., Berlin, 1866, p. 518. 



Described by Count Castelnau in Proc. Linn. Soc, N. S. Wales 

 Vol. III., p. 366. 



It is very likely I think to be the same as the preceding species, 

 but the descriptions do not tally. 



Port Jackson. 



35. Serranus hexagonatus, Cuv. & Val. 



Gunth. Cat. I., p. 140. 



D. 11/15-17. A. 3/8. L. lat. 80. 



Caudal fin rounded. The length of the head is three times and 

 one-tliird to three and a-half in the total ; diameter of the eye 

 nearly one-fifth of the length of the head, and larger than the 

 distance between the eyes. The upper maxillary bone reaches 



