116 PERCIDJE. 



a. With seventeen or eighteen soft rays. 



33. Serranus rogaa. 



Perca rogaa, Forsk. p. 38. 



Bodianus rogaa, Bl. ScJm. p. 334. 



Serranus rogaa, Cuv. ^ Val. ii. p. 349 ; Rilpj). Atlas, p. 105. pi. 26. f. 1. 



D.l A.l(^i2«pp.)- 

 Caudalis truncated ; denticulations of the prseoperculiun nearly- 

 obsolete. Uniform blackish brown ; fins black-edged. 

 Red Sea. 



a. Adult : stuffed. Eed Sea. 



34. Serranus zananella. 



Serranus zananella, Bleeker, Perc. p. 32. 



? Labnis guaza, Lacep. iii. p. 501. pi. 27._f. 1. 



? Serranus zananella, Cuv. Sf Val. ii. p. 304. 



D. ^. A. |. L. lat. 70. 



Caudalis rounded ; inter- and suboperculura entire ; denticulations 

 of the prseoperculum conspicuous. Coloration uniform brown; dor- 

 salis black-edged. 



Javanese Sea. 



fi. With sixteen soft ra}'s (rarely with 15-17^. 



35. Serranus pachy centrum. 

 Cuv. 8r Val. ii. p. 295. 



15 8 



Caudalis rounded; both Umbs of the praeoperculum, and lower 

 Urabs of the inter- and suboperculum finely denticulated; lateral 

 scales each with a slight keel, forming together longitudinal lines. 

 Dried specimen uniform brown. 



Ceylonese Sea. 



a. Adult: skin: not good state. Ceylon. Presented by E. F. Kelaart, 

 M.D. 



36. Serranus erythrseus. 



Cm: 8f Val. vi. p. 516, 



16 9 



Caudalis rounded ; denticulations of the praeoperculum exceedingly 

 fine. Uniform brownish ; pectoral and caudal fins nearly black ; 

 ventrals yellowish. {Vnl.) 



Isle de France. 



37. Serranus microprion. 



Bleeker, Avihnina, ii. p. 552. 



'^■mry ^-l- L-l«t. 75. 

 Caudalis rounded; denticulations of the prae-, sub-, and inter- 



