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Arabia, Zanzibar, Mozambique, Natal, Madagascar, Mauritius, 

 Reunion, Bourbon, Rodriguez, India, Ceylon, Andamans, East Indies, 

 Formosa, China, Queensland, Micronesia. Our materials are all like 

 Serranus hoedtii. 



6715, 6716. Manila market. December 4, 1908. Length 250 to 255 mm. 

 7084. Port San Pio Quinto, Camiguin Island. November 11, 1908. Length 

 390 mm. 



SERRANUS AREOLATUS (Forsk&l) 



Perca summana areolata Forskal, Descript. Animal., 1775, pp. xi, 42. 



Djedda, Red Sea.— Gmelin, Syst. Nat. Linn., vol. 1, 1789, p. 1317 



(Arabia). 

 Perca areolata Walbaum Artedi Pise, vol. 3, 1792, p. 345 (on Forskal). 

 Serranus areolatus Karoli, Termesz. Fuzetek, Budapest, vol. 5, 1882, p. 150 



(Yokohama). 

 Serranus (Hyposerranus) areolatus Klunzinger, Fische Roth. Meer., 1884, p. 



3 (Koseir). 

 Epinephelus areolatus Eotjlenger, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1895, p. 202 



(Red Sea, Aden, Muscat, Andamans, Malay Archipelago, Amboina). — 



Figure 12.— Serranus areolatus (Forskal), young 



Jordan and Snyder, Annot. Zool. Japon., vol. 3, 1901, p. 73 (Ohisham 



and Nagasaki). — Smith and Pope, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 31, 1906, 



p. 486 (Susaki and Yamagava). — Jordan and Richardson, Proc. U. S. 



Nat. Mus., vol. 37, 1910, p. 448 (Sumatra). — Weber, Siboga Exp., vol. 



57, Fische, 1913, p. 201 (Sulu).— Fowler and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. 



Mus., vol 62, 1922, p. 29 (Takao, Formosa). 

 Serranus (Epinephelus) areolatus Zugmayer, Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Math.- 



Phys. Kl., vol. 26, pt. 6, 1913, p. 9 (Mekran and Oman). 

 Bodianus melanurus Geoffroy St. Hilaire, Descript. Egypte, Poiss., 1809, 



p. 317, pi. 21, fig. 1. Suez. 

 Serranus melanurus Isadore Geoffroy St. Hilaire, Descript. Egypte, 



Poiss., vol. 1, pt. 1, 1827, p. 319. — Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 



2, 1828, p. 351 (Suez).— Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 



147 (copied). 

 Serranus angularis Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 2, 1828, p. 353. 



Ceylon. — Day, Fishes of India, pt. 1, 1875, p. 22, pi. 5, fig. 2. — Steindach- 



ner and Doderlein, Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. 47, pt. 1, 1883 



