FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 281 



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



Poiss., vol. 2, 1828, p, 323. Java. 

 Serranus reticularis Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 150 



(copied). 

 Serranus tumilabrus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 2, 1828, p. 346. 



Seychelles. — Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 139 (no 



locality). — Playfair, Fishes of Zanzibar, 18G6, p. 8, pi. 2, fig. 1 (Aden). — 



Thurston, Notes Pearl Fisher. Manaar, 1890, p. 91 (Tuticorin). 

 Serranus alboguttatus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 2, 1828, p. 366. 



Sea of the Indies. — Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 129 



(Amboyna). 

 Epinephelus alboguttatus Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N6erland., vol. 7, 1873- 



76, pi. (6) 284, fig. 1. 

 Serranus bataviensis Bleeker, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. (Percoid.), vol. 22, 



1849, p. 38. Batavia.— Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit, Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 



129 (Amboyna). — Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 7, 1873-76, 



pi. (4) 282, fig. 2.— Meyer, Anal. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat,, Madrid, vol. 16, 



1885, p. 9 (Manado, Celebes). 



Figure 20.— Serranus summana (Forskal), young 



Serranus polystigma Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 4, 1853, p. 



244. Benculen, Sumatra. — Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 



1859, p. 129 (copied). 

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



pi. (7) 285, fig. 4. 

 1 Serranus flavogutlatus Peters, Arch. Naturg., 1855, p. 235. Mozambique. 

 Epinephelus caeruleopunctalus (part) Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., 



vol. 7, 1876, p. 62. 



Depth 23^ to 33^; head 2% to 2Y 2 , width 2^ to 2%. Snout ?>% 

 to 5 in head from snout tip; eye i l /i to 5Xo, 1 to 1K in snout, greater 

 than interorbital; maxillary reaches opposite hind eye edge, expan- 

 sion \y z to 1% in eye, length 2^ to 2% in head from snout tip; 

 teeth in rather broad bands, mandibulars in 5 rows anteriorly, nar- 

 rowing to 3 and finally 2 rows; pair of canines in front of each jaw, 

 often double; moderate bands of fine teeth on vomer and palatines; 



