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Serranus tauvina Klunzinger, Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 28, 1870, p. 

 683 (Koseir, Red Sea); Fische Roth. Meer., 1884, p. 6, pi. 1, fig. 3. — 

 Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1925, p. 225 (Durban Bay); 

 1927, p. 275 (Orion, Philippines). — Fowler and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat- 

 Mus., vol. 71, 1927, p. 6 (Benkoelen, Sumatra). — Fowler, Mem. Bishop 

 Mus., vol. 10, 1928, p. 182, fig. 42 (Palmyra; type of Serranus 

 phaeostigmaeus) . 



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

 Phys. KL, vol. 26, pt. 6, 1913, p. 10 (Oman). 



Epinephelus tuavina Boulenger, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1895, p. 244 

 (Red Sea, Zanzibar, Natal, Muscat, Fao, Ceylon, Madras, Vizagapatam, 

 Bengal, Singapore, Malay Archipelago, Borneo, Formosa, Amoy, China, 

 Ponap6, North Celebes, Amboina, Pelew Islands, Port Essington, Port 

 Denison, Port Bowen, Java). — Jordan and Evermann, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., vol. 25, 1902, p. 341 (Keerun, Formosa). — Pellegrin, Bull. Soc. 

 Zool. France, vol. 30, 1905, p. 85 (Tonkin). — Regan, Journ. Bombay 

 Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. 16, No. 2, 1905, p. 329 (Persian Gulf).— Jordan and 

 Seale, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 28, 1905, p. 781 (Negros); Bull. Bur. 

 Fisher., vol. 26, 1906 (1907), p. 20 (Cavite).— Evermann and Seale, Bull- 

 Bur. Fisher., vol. 26, 1906 (1907), p. 75 (Bacon).— Seale and Bean, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 33, 1907, p. 242 (Zamboanga).— Regan, Ann. Natal 

 Mus., vol. 1, pt. 3, 190S, p. 244 (Congella). — Jordan and Richardson, 

 Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 6, No. 4, 1909, p. 183 (Takao). — Gilchrist and 

 Thompson, Ann. South Afric. Mus., vol. 6, 1908-10, p. 220 (Natal).— 

 Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 42, 1912, p. 498 (Okinawa). — Weber, 

 Siboga Exp., vol. 57, Fische, 1913, p. 205 (Haingsisi, Makasser). — Regan, 

 Ann. Durban Mus., vol. 1, 1914-17, p. 167 (Durban). — Barnard, Ann. 

 South Afric. Mus., vol. 21, 1927, p. 484 (Natal coast). 



Serranus micronotatus Ruppell, Neue Wirbelth., Fische, 1835, p. 90. Mas- 

 sauah, Red Sea. — Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 137 

 (copied). — Klunzinger, Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien., vol. 20, 1870, p. 685 

 (Red Sea). 



Serranus summana var. micronotatus Kossman and Rauber, Zool. Ergebn. 

 Reise Roth. Meer., 1877, p. 7 (Red Sea). 



Epinephelus micronotatus Boulenger, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1895, p. 

 246 (copied). 



Serranus abdominalis Peters, Arch. Naturg., 1855, p. 237. Mozambique. 



Serranus chabaudi Castelnau, Mem. Poiss. Afrique Australe, 1861, p. 3. 

 Mouth of Zwartkops River. 



Homalogrystes guntheri Alleyne and Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South 

 Wales, vol. 1, 1876, p. 269, pi. 9, fig. 3. About 12 miles south of New 

 Guinea coast at Katow. 



Serranus esluarius Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 8, 1883, 

 p. 200. Mary River, Queensland. 



Epinephelus estuarius Ogilby, Ann. Queensland Mus., No. 1, 1911, p. 50 

 (Mary River). 



Serranus phaeostigynaeus Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1907, 

 p. 255, fig. 2. Hawaiian Islands. 



Depth 3}/ 8 to 3%; head 2% to 2^, width 2% to 2*4. Snout 4)4 

 to 4^ in head from snout tip; eye 5% to 7%, IK to \% in snout, 

 greater than interorbital in young to lJ/3 in interorbital with age; 

 maxillary extends well beyond eye, expansion \ x /i to 1%, length 2% 



