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D. IX, 15, I, fourth spine 3}4 to V/i in total head length, first 

 branched ray 2% to 334; A. Ill, 9, i, third spine 3% to 3}4, fourth 

 ray 2)4 to 2)4; caudal 1% to 1%, convex behind; least depth of 

 caudal peduncle 3 to 3%; pectoral 1% to l}/£; ventral \% to 2. 



Pale brown generally with traces of fine pale dots or small spots 

 over all of head and body. Head rather sparsely spotted with deeper 

 brown. On back along bases of dorsals, 4 deep brown blotches, each 

 wider than interspaces and 2 narrower ones as saddles over upper 

 surface of caudal peduncle. Fins all pale like body, with traces of 

 blue spots. 



Red Sea, Zanzibar, Mauritius, Indian Ocean, Polynesia, East Indies, 

 Philippines. According to Boulenger reaches 375 mm. 



5995. Zamboanga market. May 26, 1908. Length 310 mm. 

 A1070. Ternate market, Ternate, Dutch East Indies. November 26, 1909. 

 Length 290 mm. 



CEPHALOPHOLIS BOENACK (Bloch) 



Bodianics boenak Bloch, Naturg. Ausland. Fische, vol. 4, 1790, p. 43. 

 Japan.— Walbaum, Artedi Pise., vol. 3, 1792, p. 676 (on Bloch). — Fors- 

 ter, Fauna Indica, 1795, p. 6. — Schneider, Syst. Ichth. Bloch, 1801, 

 p. 330. 



Bodianus boenack Bloch, Naturg. Ausland. Fische, vol. 4, 1790, pi. 226. 



Serranus boenack Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 2, 1830, p. 362 

 (Japan; Moluccas). — Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 

 112 (Amboyna). — Kner, Reise Novara, Zool., vol. 1, pt. 5, 1865, p. 21 

 (Singapore; Java). — Day, Fishes of India, pt. 1, 1875, p. 23, pi. 6, fig. 1 

 (Waltair; Mauritius); Fauna Brit. India, vol. 1, 1889, p. 455. — Thurston, 

 Notes Pearl Fisheries Manaar, 1890, p. 91 (Tuticorin). 



Serranus boenak Peters, Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1865, p. 105 (type). 



Epinephelus boenack Bleeker, Nederland. Tijds. Dierk., vol. 2, 1865, p. 277 

 (Amboina); Verslag. Meded. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam, ser. 2, vol. 2, 1868, 

 p. 338 (Reunion). — Boulenger, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1895, p. 

 180 (Zanzibar, Madras, Vizagapatam, China, Shanghai, Formosa, Malay 

 Archipelago, Java, Amboina), p. 371 (Pulo Satang, Sarawak). — Pelle- 

 grin, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, vol. 30, 1905, p. S5 (Tonkin).— Stejndach- 

 ner, Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. 71, pt. 1, 1907, p. 125 (Gischin, 

 southern Arabia). 



Epinephelus boenak Weber, Siboga Exp., vol. 57, Fische, 1913, p. 199 

 (Makassar). 



Cephalopholis boenack Evermann and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 26, 

 1906 (1907), p. 77 (Bacon). — Seale, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 9, 1914, 

 p. 65 (Hong Kong).— Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, 1928, p. 173 

 (compiled). 



Perca fusca Thunberg, Vet. Akad. HahdL, vol. 14, 1793, p. 297, pi. 9, fig. 

 (lower). 



Sciaena formosa Shaw and Nodder, Nat. Miscell., vol. 23, 1789-1813, pi. 

 1007 (on Rahtee bontoo Russell, Fishes of Coromandel, vol. 2, 1803, p. 22, 

 pi. 26, Vizagapatam). 



Serranus formosus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 2, 1828, p. 311 

 (Coromandel, Pondicherry, Goa). — Richardson, Ichth. China, Japan, 

 1846, p. 233 (Canton). — Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 

 154 (China, Mauritius). — Guichenot, Notes He Reunion, vol. 2, 1862, p. 



