108 PERCID^E. 



bands : first from the orbit over the prtEoperciilum ; second from the 

 crown of the head obliquely over the operculum to behind the pectoral 

 iins ; third very broad, occupying the space between the second and 

 tentli spine, confluent below with the second band ; fourth broad, 

 spanning nearly the eight posterior dorsal rays ; fifth ta front of the 

 caudal : all the fins -with round brown spots. 

 Bay of Bengal ; Batavia ; Samarang. 



This species is well distinguished by its coloration. Bleeker 

 states that in adult specimens the bands become obsolete, and that 

 the coloration changes to yellowish marbled with brownish. A 

 single specimen, of about four inches in length, exists in the Collec- 

 tion of the East India Museum. 



17. Serranus albofuscus. 



Holocentrus macidatus, Bl. iv. p. 96. t. 242. f. 3 ; JBI. Schn. p. 315. 



albofuscus, Lacep. iv. pp. .341, 384, 385. 



Serranus macidatus, Bleeker, Bocroe, p. 398. 



D-Tfe- ^^-f L-lat.lOO. 



Caudahs rounded; the diameter of the eye one-thu-d (?) of the length 

 of the head ; the upper maxillary bone reaching to the level of the 

 posterior margin of the eye ; praeoperculum serrated, with a much 

 longer spinous tooth at the angle ; sub- and interoperculura entire ; 

 the second, third and foiu'th dorsal spines longest ; the third anal 

 spine stronger and rather longer than the second. Brown, with 

 large pearl- coloiu-ed spots ; on the head four or five, on the back 

 three transverse blotches, more or less extending on the dorsal fin : 

 one between scapula and anterior dorsal spines, the second between 

 the lateral line and the upper edge of the hinder part of the si^rnous 

 dorsal, the third across the back of the tail behind the dorsal. Dorsal 

 fin brown, -tt^ith three roimd black spots on the soft part ; pectorals 

 blackish, with pearl-colom-ed spots and a band of the same colour 

 across the middle ; anal and ventral fins bro^vn, the former with a 

 pearl-coloiu'ed spot ; caudalis yellow, mth large brown spots. {Bl.) 



Sea of Boeroe. 



18. Serranus sexfasciatus. 



Serranus sexfasciatus, (KuJil <^- r. JIatss.) Cut: l^'- Vol. ii. p. 360 ; Bleeker, 

 Pcrc. p. 38. 



Caudalis rounded ; sub- and interoperculum entire ; angle of the 

 prfeoperculum with very strong teeth. Body with six dark brown 

 cross-bands ; head uniform ; dorsal and caudal fins with roundish 

 browTi spots. 



Javanese Sea. 



o. Half-grown: skin; bad state. East Indies. Presented by 

 B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



