100 



r). AVith eighteen or nineteen rays : 

 122. S. altivelis, 123. S. inemiis, 125. S. olfax. 



124. S. quoyanus, 



6. With nineteen or twenty rays : 



126. S. dermopterus. 



3. Body with longitudinal bands * : 



127. S. formosus, 130. S. biguttatus, 133. S. urophthalmus, 



128. S. latifasciatus, 131. S. pcecilonotus, 134 S. lineatus, 



129. S. morrhua, 132. S. lemniscatus, 135. S. amboinensis. 



I. Serhani -sv-ith deeply forked caudal fin, 

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



1. Serranus phaeton. 



Cuv. S,- VaJ. ii. p. 310. pi. 34. 



Caudalis forked, with the two middle rays as long as the body, 

 both sheathed together in a membrane, the other rays strong and 

 compressed ; praeoperciilum with exceedingly fine denticulations. 

 Palatine and vomerine teeth very fine. 



Hah. ? 



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



2. Serranus creolus. 



? Farm, pi. 20. f 2. 



Serranus creolus, Cuv. S;- Vah ii. p. 265 ; Cuv. B^gne Aiiim. HI. Irhthyol. 

 pi. 8. f. 1 (coloration y). 



D. ^y. A. J. L. lat. 90. Yert. 10/14. 



Snont short. The upper maxillaiy bone reaching to below the 

 middle of the eye ; prasoperculum with very fine and equal serrature ; 

 interoperculum minutely serrated, or watbout any serratru'e. Caudal 

 fin deeply forked, ^^ith elongate lobes. Reddish, with four small 

 round violet spots on each side ; dor.sal fin with a blackish longi- 

 tudinal streak. 



Caribbean 8ea. 



a. Fine specimen. Cuba. From the Collection of the Zoological 



Society. 

 h. Adult : stuffed. West Indies. Purchased of Mr. Scrivener, 

 c, d. Fine specimens. America. From the Haslar Collection. 

 e. Adult. America. 



/. Adult. America. From the Ha.slar Collection. 

 g. Adult : skeleton. America. 



* 1. Serranus chlorocephahis, Cuv. 4" Vcd. vi. p. 522. — Polyucsia. Identical 

 with <S. Uneaht.'i'l 



