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Depth 33^ to sy 5 ; head 2}£ to 2%, width 2}/ b to 2%. Snout 4% 

 to 4^5 in head from snout tip; eye 5 to 53^, 1 to \ l /i in snout, 

 greater than interorbital; maxillary reaches opposite hind eye edge 

 or little beyond, expansion 1% to \% in eye, length 23^ to 2^ in 

 head from snout tip; teeth in narrow bands in jaws, biserial on sides 

 of mandible; pair of canines in front of each jaw; band of fine teeth 

 across vomer and each palatine; interorbital 634 to 7^, very slightly 

 convex; hind preopercle edge minutely serrate and three large spines 

 at angle; median opercle spine nearer lower and upper advanced. 

 Gill rakers 9 + 16, lanceolate, equal gill filaments or half of eye. 



Scales 85 to 90 in lateral line to caudal base and 8 to 10 more on 

 latter; pores 57 to 67 in lateral line to caudal base and 8 to 10 

 more on latter; 15 to 18 scales above lateral line, 26 to 29 below, 48 

 to 50 predorsal, 23 to 26 rows on cheek; body scales without fine 

 basal auxiliary scales; fine scales over fins basally; upper half of 

 maxillary expansion with patch of fine scales. Scales with 5 basal 

 radiating striae; circuli moderate. 



D. XI, 13, 1 or 14, 1, third spine 2% to 3Ko in total head length, 

 third ray 23^ to 2Y 2 ; A. Ill, 8,1, third spine 334 to 33^, third ray 

 23^8 to 2}4; caudal \% to 1%, convex behind; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 3% to 4; pectoral 1% to 1%; ventral 2}/$ to 2%. 



Brown, lighter below. Six transverse oblique cross bands, slightly 

 darker and more or less with short streaks, bars and spots below lat- 

 eral line. Oblique dark streaks from eye over postocular and cheek, 

 variably broken. Fins all pale, verticals and ventrals darker or 

 grayish terminally. 



Chinese Sea. Reported from the Philippines by Elera. 



9745, 11664. Kowloon market, China. October 5, 1908. Length 130 to 



159 mm. 

 6828. Kowloon market. October 17, 1909. Length 171 mm. 



SERRANUS SEXFASCIATUS Valenciennes 



Serranus sexfasciatus (Kuhl and Van Hasselt) Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. 

 Poiss., vol. 2, 1828, p. 360. Java— Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., 

 vol. 1, 1859, p. 108 (East Indies).— Day, Fishes of India, pt. 1, 1875, p. 

 17 (Japan; type). — Karoli, Termesz. Fiizetek, Budapest, vol. 5, 1882, 

 p. 149 (Singapore; Canton, China). — Day, Fauna Brit. India, vol. 1, 

 1889, p. 449.— Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1907, p. 257 

 (Padang material); Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, 1928, p. 178 (compiled). 



Epinephelus sexfasciatus Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 7, 

 1873-76, p. 60, pi. (3) 281, fig. 2 (Sumatra, Singapore, Java, Celebes). — 

 Boulenger, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1895, p. 214 (Philippines, 

 Arafura Sea, Louisiades). — Steindachner, Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. 

 39, No. 24, Nov. 20, 1902, p. 316 (Kischin).— Fowler, Journ. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 2, vol. 12, 1904, p. 524 (Padang). — Regan, Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. London, ser. 2, vol. 12, 1907, p. 222 (Haddumati, Maldives, 

 in 35 fathoms). — Seale, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 5, No. 4, 1910, p. 



