BY W. MACLEAT, F L.S. 229 



This fisli grows to a large size ; its colour according to Mr. 

 Goldie when caught is — "Dirty white with golden-brown spots 

 all over." It is quite distinct from S. jyoll/jjodophihis, Bleek., 

 with which Dr. Gunther seems to confound it. 



15. Seeeanus hexagoxatus, Forst. 



Gunth.Cat. 1, p. 140.— Proc. Linn.Soc, N.S.W.,vol.v.,p. 018, 

 — Bleel<:., Atl. Ichth., Perc, p. 54, tab. 54, fig. 5.— Gunth., Journ. 

 Mus. Godef. Heft. 3, p. 7, tab, 7, f. a. b. 



This species seems to be common on the New Guinea Coast, 

 as it is in all the warm seas south of the equator. 



16. Serranus magnificus, n. sp. 



D. 11/16. A. 3/9. 



Of a broad slightly compressed form, the height of the bodj^ 

 is comprised three and a half times in the total length, the length 

 of the head three times ; the snout is short, broad and rounded, 

 distant from the eye, which is small, about one diameter of the 

 orbit ; the space between the eyes is broad and almost flat ; the 

 maxillary bone reaches to beyond the vertical from the posterior 

 margin of the eye, and is triangular behind with rounded angles ; 

 the canine teeth are rather small ; the prseoperculum is rounded, 

 raggedly serrated, and densely covered with very minute scales ; 

 the opercular spines are obtuse, the middle one large and flat ; 

 the spines of the dorsal fin are strong, and excepting the first two, 

 are of nearly equal height, the soft dorsal is much higher and is 

 rounded posteriorly ; the caudal fin is large and expanded, densely 

 covered with minute scales and rounded at the apex ; the anal fin 

 is more pointed-looking behind than the soft dorsal, the spines 

 are short, the third largest ; the pectorals are large, round and 

 expanded ; the ventrals are much shorter. The general colour 

 seems to have been of an olive-green, with numerous lighter 

 patches all over, turning yellow on the belly; all the fins are of 

 a yellowish-ground-colour, with very numerous large brown spots 



