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beyond the level of tlie posterior margin of the eye. The angle of 

 the praeoperculum with stronger spinous teeth ; sub and inter- 

 operculum entire ; the pectoral fin reaches as far as the ventral — 

 that is, not to the vent. Brownish, covered all over with large 

 rounded or hexagonal spots. 



North and East Coasts. 



A species of very wide range and identical with 8. stellans and 

 foveatiis, of Ouv. & Yal Dr. Q-unther considers 8. merra a mere 

 variety of liexagonatus Dr. Bleeker regards them as distinct 

 species. We have both in Australian waters. 



36. Serranus Gtilberti, Eichards. 



Gunth. Cat. I., p. 148. 



D. 11/16-17. A. 3/8-9. L. lat. 75-80. 



Caudal fin rounded ; length of head three times and a-half in 



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



in the length of the head, larger than the distance between the 



eyes, but equal to the distance of the eye from the end of the 



snout. Pectoral fins very large, nearly equal to the length of 



the head, and reaching to the commencement of the anal fin, the 



maxillary bone reaches beyond the level of the posterior margin 



of the eye. Praeoperculum finely serrated, with stronger denti- 



culations at the angle ; sub and inter-operculum entire. Brownish 



all parts with large, rounded, dark-brown spots j behind the 



maxillary bone a black streak. 



North and North-east Coast. Torres' Straits. 



Identical with S. megachir, Eichards, and Epinephelus pcerdalisy 

 Bleeker, Atlas Ichthyol. Perc. tab. 53, fig. 3. 



37. Serranus altivelis, Cuv. & Val. 

 Gunth. Cat. I., p. 152. 



Cromileptes altivelis, Bleek., Atlas Ichthyol. Perc, tab. 44, fig. 3. 

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