118 PEKCID^. 



Feters {Wieyvt,. Arvhiv, 1855, p. 235) unites S. ci/anostiynm and the 

 following species. 

 a. Adult. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



40. Serranus miixiatus. 



Perca miniata, Forsk. p. 41. no. 41. 



Diacope miniata, Cm: ^- Val. ii. p. 4-3.3. 



Serranus miniatns, Riipp. Atl. Fische, p. 106. t. 26. f. 3. 



Closely allied to S. gutlatus. CaudaHs rounded ; prseoperculum 

 very finely serrated, and with a rather decided notch above the 

 angle. Red (in life), covered with small, blue, black-edged rings ; 

 pectoral and anal fins immaculate ; no fin wiih a coloured edg'e. 

 (Riipp.) 



Red Sea ; Mozambique. 



a. Half-gro-mi : stiiifed : discoloured. Sine patria. Old Collection. 

 y. With fifteen (rarely ■wdth fom-teen) rays. 



41. Serranus aurantius. 



C'hv. Sf Val. ii. p. 305 ; Week. Sum. i. p. 571. 



D-nV,- A.|. L.lat.85. 



CaudaHs rounded ; the diameter of the eye is 5 or 5 1 in the 

 length of the head ; upper maxillary bono just reaching the posterior 

 margin of the eye ; denticulations of the pra?operculum feeble, of 

 the sub- and interopercidum conspicuous. Red ; head and front part 

 of back pimctulated with brown ; the soft part of the dorsal fin and 

 caudaHs with a black and yellow edge, the anal fin ^^•ith a black one. 



Seychelles; Sumatra. 



42. Serranus sexmacnlatus. 



Eiippall, Atl. Fische, p. 107. 



Closely allied to S. ininlatus. CaudaUs rounded. Red (in life), 

 covered with small, blue, black-edged rings ; six blackish blotches 

 along the base of dorsal fin. {Riipp.) 



Red Sea. 



43. Serranus nigripinnis. 



Blether, Batjan, iii. p. ,500 ; (P Cuv. 4- Val. ii. p. 339.) 



D-rir^- ^-h- L-lat.lOO. (B.7.) 

 CaudaHs rounded. The diameter of the eye one-fifth of the length 

 of the head ; the upper maxillary bone reaching to below the posterior 



