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26. SERRANUS*. 



Serranus, sp., Cuv. Rigne Aniin. ; Cm: i^- Val. ii. p. 210. 



Seven branchiostegals. Teeth villiform, with very distinct canines 

 in both jaw.s; teeth on the palatine bones; tongue smooth. One 

 dorsal fin, mostly ■nath nine or eleven, rarely \vith eight, ten, or 

 twelve spines ; anal fin with three. Opex'culum with two or three 

 acute points ; praeopercuhira more or less serrated, without spinous 

 teeth on the lower hmb. Scales small. 



All the seas of the temperate and tropical regions. 



Synopsis of the S^^ecies. 



I. Serhani with deeply forked caudal fin, 



A. And with the two middle rays of caudal fin much elongate : 



1. S. phaeton. 



B. With the two middle rays of caudal fin shortest f : 



2. S. creolus, 4. S. louti, G. S. filamentosus, 



3. S. colonus, 5. S. flavimarginatus, 7. S. zonatus. 



II. Sereani with slightly convex or concave, or with truncated caudal fin. 



A. With less than eight soft rays in the anal fin, and with more tliau 

 twelve in the dorsalis : 



8. S. scriba, 10. S. alboniaculatus, 11. S. rhjiicholepis, 



9. S. humeralis, 12. S. gpnnopareius. 



* 1. Holocentrus auratus, BL pi. 236; BL Sckn. p. 314. — Serranus aiiratus, 

 Cuv. (f- Val. ii. p. 304. — East Indies? 



2. Holocentrus cajruleopunctatus, BL t. 242. f. 4 ; BL Sckn. p. 315. — Ser- 



ranus ca;rideopunetatus, Cuv. cf- VaL ii. p. 3G6. — Habitat ? 



3. Serranus corallicola, {K. cf v. H.) Cuv. cf VaL ii. p. 36(5. — Java. 



4. Holocentrus argentinus. BL i. 235. f. 2. — BL Schn. p. 314. — Servanus 



argentinus. Cuv. tj- VaL iL p. 241. — Habitat ? 



5. Serranus variegatus, Rkhurds. Ichfh. China, p. 231. — Canton. 

 C. Serranus reevesii, Richarrh. L c: p. 2.'52. — Canton. 



7. Perca lunaria, Forsk. p. 39. — Perc.T^ rogaai var. lunaria, BL Schn. p. 335. 



— Eed Sea. 



8. Serranus taniocheirus, Cuv. i^- VaL vi. p. 518. — East Indies? 



9. Serranus roseus, Cuv. ^- VaL ii. p. 3U6. — Otaheiti. 



10. Serranus peruanus. Less. Voy. Coq. ZooL ii. p. 234. — Peru. . 



11. Serranus abdominalis, Peters, in Wiegm. Archiv, 1855, p. 237. — Mozam- 



bique. 



12. Serranus goliath, Peters, L c. — Mozambique. 



13. Serranus parkinsonii, Cuv. ^- VaL ii. p. 329. — Habitat ? 



14. Bonaci arara, Parra, pi. IG. f. 2. — Johnius guttalus, var., BL Schn. p. 77. 



— Serranus arara, Cuv. cf VaL ii. p. 377. 



15. Bonaci cardinal, Parra, pi. IG. f. 1. — Johnius guttatus. Bt. Schn. p. 77. — 



Serranus cardinalis, Cuv. 4" VaL ii. p. 378. 

 10. Parra, pi. 30. f. 1. — Lutjanus lunidatus, BL Schn. p. .'W.*. — Serranua 

 lunulatus, Cuv. ^- VaL ii. p. 379. — West Indies, 

 t 1. Perca lepidoptcra, Fcrst. — Epinephelus lepidoptcrus, BL Schn. p. 302. 

 — Serranus lei)idopterus. Richards. Ann. 4' Mag. Nat. Hist. 1842. ix. 

 p. 18.— Australia. 



