26. SBKRANUS. 119 



half of the eye; prseoperculum finely seriated, with rather stronger 

 denticulations at the angle ; sub- and interoperciilum serrated ; the 

 posterior dorsal spines nearly equal in length, longer than the ante- 

 rior ones ; the second anal spine stronger but not longer than the 

 third. Brownish ; head and anterior part of the back with numerous 

 small bluish spots, the posterior part of the body with more distant 

 brown spots ; the soft part of the dorsal fin, the caudal and anal fins 

 spotted ; the caudal and pectoral fins yellow-edged. (Bl.) 

 Sea of Bat Jan. 



44. Serranus hemistictus. 

 Eiippell, Atlas, p. 109. t. 27. f. 3. 



(B.6.) D.,^. A.f 



Caudalis rounded ; prgeoperculum rounded, wdth very fine and ob- 

 solete serratiu-e ; the last dorsal spine longest. Dark olive ; head, 

 belly, and fuis with small blue spots, those of the operculum black- 

 edged ; caudal, anal, and ventral fins with a whitish edge. 



Riippell gives fourteen or fifteen rays for the dorsal fin, and six 

 branchiostegals only. 



Eed Sea. 



a. Adult : stuifed. Red Sea. 



45. Serranus ^ttatus. 



Perese miniatai var. B., Fursk. p. 41. 



Remird, i. pi. 20. f. 3, pi. 30. f. 162 ; Valent. iii. p. 358. f. 87. 



Bodianus guttatus, Bl. t. 224 ; £1. ScJin. p. 330. 



Serranus niyria.ster, Cur. ^ Val. ii. p. 3(35; Eiippc/l, Atlas, p. 107. 



t. 27. f. 1; Richards. Ichthyol. China, p. 233; 0""// i-S' Gaim. Voy. 



Astral, pi. 3. f. 1; Less. Voy. Coqiiille, pi. 37 ; Sleek. Nat a ark. Tydschr. 



Nederl. Indie, \\. p. 192 ; Quoy ^ Gaim. Voy. Astrol. Poiss. p. 653. 



pi. 3. f. 1. 

 Serranus guttatus, Peters, Wiogm. Arch, 1855, p. 235 (not Ciiv.^ Val.). 



D.^(^C.^F.,i?wi>p.). A. 4. 



Caudalis rounded ; denticulations of the prseoperculum obsolete ; 

 its posterior limb not emarginate. Brownish black ; head, body, 

 and all the fins with roimd, blue, black-edged spots ; caudalis, analis, 

 and tlie hinder half of the dorsalis white-edged. 



According to Bleeker's description, the fins do not appear to be 

 blue-spotted (probably a variety). The denticulations of the pra5- 

 operculum are entirely absent according to Riippell's description, but 

 they arc conspicuous in the figure given by the same naturalist. 

 After having removed the skin, I find very small teeth at and above 

 the angle. 



Red Sea ; Isle de France ; Coast of Mozambique ; Ceylon ; China 

 Seas ; Borabora ; Australia ; Polynesia ; Sandwich Islands. 



a, b. Largo specimens : stuffed. Isle de France. 



