268 BULLETIN 10 0, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



A798. Zamboanga market. October 9, 1909. Length 377 mm. 

 A 1620. Nafa, Riu Kiu. February 7, 1910. Length 320 mm. 



SERRANUS MERRA (Bloch) 



Epinephelus merra Bloch, Naturg. Ausliind. Fische, vol. 7, pt. 10, 1793, p. 17, 

 pi. 329. Japan Sea. — Shaw and Nodder, Nat. Miscellany, vol. 10, 1790, 

 p. 382 (Japan Sea). — Schneider, Syst. Ichth. Bloch, 1801, p. 300 (Indian 

 Ocean, Japan, Coromandcl). — Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 

 7, 1873-76, p. 55 (Sumatra, Batu, Nias, Pinang, Singapore, Cocos Islands, 

 Java, Celebes, Sangir, Timor, Letti, Flores, Ternate, Obi major, Buru, 

 Ceram, Amboina, Waigiu, Philippines, New Guinea). — Streets, Bull. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 7, 1877, p. 92 (Christmas Island). — Bleeker, Verh. 

 Akad. Wet. Amsterdam, vol. 18, No. 3, 1879, p. 1 (Mauritius). — Bou- 

 lenger, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1895, p. 24 (Zanzibar, Mauritius, 

 Rodriguez, Andamans, China, Riu Kiu, East Indies, Philippines, Java, 

 Amboyna, Duke of York Island, Solomons, Aneiteum, Samoa, Fiji, Micro- 

 nesia, East Australia, Madagascar, Torres Straits, Seychelles, Moluccas). — 

 Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1899, p. 485 (Thornton 

 Island). — Steindachner, Abh. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges., vol. 25, 1900, 

 p. 414 (Batjan, Ternate). — Jordan and Snyder, Annot. Zool. Japon., vol. 

 3, 1901 p. 75 (Riu Kiu). — Regan, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. 16, 

 No. 2, 1905, p. 329 (Persian Gulf), p. 331 (Muscat). — Jordan and Seale, 

 Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 25, 1905 (1906), p. 258 (Apia).— Evermann and 

 Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., 26, 1906 (1907), p. 75 (Bacon).— Regan, Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. London, vol. 12, ser. 2, 1907, p. 222 (Maldives). — Seale and 

 Bean, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., vol. 33, 1907, p. 242 (Zamboanga).— Gil- 

 christ and Thompson, Ann. South Afric. Mus., vol. 6, 1908-10, p. 22 (Dur- 

 ban).— Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 42, 1912, p. 497 (Okinawa).— 

 Weber, Siboga Exp., vol 57, Fische, 1913, p. 204 (Seba, Savu; Lumulumu 

 and Kabaladua; Borneo Bank; Muaras Reef, Celebes Sea; Sanguisiapo, 

 Sulu Archipelago; Karkaralong Island; Salibabu; Salomakie; Saleyer; Bi- 

 nongka; Lucipara; Nalahia; Banda; Hoch Key; Roma; east point Timor; 

 Pepela Bay; Solor). — Seale, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 9, 1914, p. 65 

 (Hong Kong). — Fowler and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 62, 1922, 

 p. 28 (Zamboanga). — Fowler and Silvester, Marine Pap. Carnegie Inst., 



1922, p. 118 (Pago Pago). — Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 



1923, p. 39 (Madagascar); Bishop Mus. Bull., No. 22, 1925, p. 9 (Guam), 

 p. 33 (Samoa). — Barnard, Ann. South Afric. Mus., vol. 21, 1927, p. 483 

 (Natal coast). 



Holocentrus merra Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 4, 1802, pp. 343, 384 

 (Japan). 



Serranus merra Lay and Bennet, Zool. Beechey's Voy., Fish, 1839, p. 52 

 (Loo Choo). — Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 2, 1829, p. 325 (Japan, 

 East Indies, Red Sea, Waigiu, Timor, Mauritius, Bourbon, Seychelles, 

 Borabora, Oualan). — Peters, Arch. Naturg., 1855, p. 235 (Mozam- 

 bique). — Guichenot, Notes He Reunion, vol. 2, 1862, p. 23. — Peters, 

 Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1876, p. 435 (Mauritius). — Castelnatj, 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 3, 1878, p. (349) 365 (Port Jack- 

 son). — Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1907, p. 255 (Thornton 

 Island and Apia, Samoa); 1925, p. 222 (Natal). — Fowler and Ball, 

 Bishop Mus. Bull., No. 26, 1925, p. 14 (Wake Island).— Fowler, Bishop 

 Mus. Bull., No. 38, 1927, p. 14 (Fanning, Christmas, Jarvis, Tongareva, 

 Howland and Baker Islands). — Fowler and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 



