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vol. 71, 1927, p. 6 (Poeloe Toekus Island, Sumatra). — Fowler, Mem. 

 Bishop Mus., vol. 10, 1928, p. 181 (Society Islands, Apiang, Gilbert 

 Islands, Marshalls, Ebon Island, Ascension Island, Carolines, Ponap<5, 

 Strong Island, Fiji, Samoa, Polynesia?, Tempe, Tahiti, Fanning Islands, 

 Apia, Solomons, Makemo, Rangiroa, Mangareva, Guam, Fate, Rarotonga, 

 Tubuai, Marcus Island, Wake Island, Thornton Island). 



Serranus hexagonatus var. merra Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 

 1859, p. 141 (Singapore, China, Philippines, India). — Gorgoza, Anal. Soc. 

 Espafi. Hist. Nat., Madrid, vol. 17, 1888, p. 262 (Nasugbu; Manila).— 

 Elera, Cat. Fauna Filip., vol. 1, 1895, p. 462 (Cavite Naie, Nasugbu). 



Holocentrus hexagonatus Schneider, Syst. Ichth. Bloch, 1801, p. 323. Tahiti. 



Perca hexagonata (Forester) Schneider, Syst. Ichth. Bloch, 1801, p. 323 

 (name in synonymy). 



Serranus hexagonatus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 2, 1829, p. 330 

 (Borabora and Oualan); vol. 6, 1830, p. 516 (Carteret Harbor, New 

 Ireland). — Guerin, Iconogr. Regne Animal, Poiss., 1829-44, p. 3, pi. 4, 

 fig. 1 (Borabora and Oualan). — Richardson, Ichth. Voy. Sulphur, vol. 1, 

 1844, p. 82, pi. 38, fig. 1 (South Pacific). — Cantor, Cat. Malayan Fishes, 

 1849, p. 7 (Pinang Sea). — Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1,1859, 

 p. 503 (reference). — Guichenot, Notes He Reunion, vol. 2, 1862, p. 23. — 

 Kner, Reise Novara, Zool., vol. 1, pt. 5, 1865, p. 25 (Hong Kong, Sydney, 

 Nicobars).' — Playfair, Fishes of Zanzibar, 1866, p. 10 (Zanzibar; Great 

 Comoro). — Kltjnzinger, Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 20, 1870, p. 683 

 (Koseir, Red Sea). — Gunther, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, vol. 1, pt. 1, 1873, 

 p. 7, pi. 7, figs, a-b (Society Islands, all Polynesia). — Day, Fishes of India, 

 pt. 1, 1875, p. 14 (Andamans). — Alleyne and Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 New South Wales, vol. 1, 1876, p. 263 (Palm Islands, Queensland). — ■ 

 Martens, Preuss. Exp. Ost-Asien, vol. 1, 1876, p. 386 (Benkoelen, Sumatra; 

 Singapore; Amboina). — Peters, Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1876, p. 

 435 (Mauritius). — Gunther, Philos. Trans. Roy. Soc. London, vol. 168, 

 1879, p. 470 (Rodriguez). — Karoli, Termesz. Fiizetek, Budapest, vol. 5, 

 1882, p. 150 (Ceylon). — Meyer, Anal. Soc. Espafi. Hist. Nat., Madrid, 

 vol. 14, 1885, p. 8 (Manado, Celebes; Ternate; Kordo, Mysore). — Day, 

 Fauna Brit. India, vol. 1, 1889, p. 447. — Thurston, Notes Pearl Fisher. 

 Manaar, 1890, p. 91 (Pamban). — Kent, Great Barrier Reef, 1893, p. 281 

 (Port Darwin), p. 369 (Queensland). — Weber, Semon's Zool. Forsch. Reis. 

 Australia, vol. 5, 1895, p. 262 (Amboina). 



Epinephelus hexagonatus Bleeker, Nederland. Tijdschr. Dierk., vol. 1, 1863, 

 p. 344 (Madagascar); Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 7, 1873-76, pi. (23) 

 301, fig. 2.— Pellegrin, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, vol. 39, 1914, p. 224 

 (Diego-Suarez and Mubambo, Madagascar). 



Serranus faveatus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 2, 1S28, p. 329. 

 Seas of India, Mauritius, Ceylon. — Guichenot, Notes He Reunion, vol. 2, 

 1862, p. 23. 



Serranus nigriceps Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, 1S30, p. 517. 

 No locality (on M. Gaimard). 



Serranus confertes Bennett, Life of Raffles, 1830, p. 686. Sumatra. 



Serranus stellans Richardson, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. 9, 1842, p. 23. 

 Melville Island on South side of Torres Straits. 



Epinephelus stellans Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 7, 1873-76, 

 p. 54 (Amboina); vol. 8, 1876-77, pi. (54) 382, fig. 4. 



Epinephelus stellatus Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 42, 1912, p. 498 

 (Okinawa). 



