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50. Serranus analis. 



Cuv. 8f Veil. ii. p. 307, vi. p. 514 ; Less. Voy. Cuq. Zool. ii. p. 235. 

 D.^. A.f. 

 Caudalis rounded. Denticulations of the pi-aeoperciilura very fine. 

 Uniform whitish ; vertical fins black-edged. ( VaL) — [Lesson men- 

 tions only thirteen soft rays of the dorsal fin.] 

 New Ireland. 



51. Serranus zanana. 



Serranus zanana, Cuv. 8f Val. ii. p. 339. 



SeiTanus spilurus, Cuv. 8f Val. ix. p. 433 ; Blvek. Fhris, p. 322. 



D-TI^,- A.^. L.lat.65. 

 Caudalis rounded. The height of the body is 3| in the total 

 length, the length of the head 3^ ; the diameter of the eye is one- 

 foui-th of the length of the head ; upper maxillary boue reaching 

 beyond the hinder margin of the eye ; prseoperculum minutely 

 serrated, suboperculum entire, interoperculum scarcely denticulated 

 behind ; lateral line veiy convex, nearest to the sixth, seventh and 

 eighth dorsal spines ; the posterior six dorsal spines nearly equal in 

 length, the second anal spine longest and strongest. Bro'nTiish grey, 

 marbled with darker ; four large, oblong, dark spots along the base 

 of the dorsal; on the back of the tail behind the dorsal a round, 

 black, white-edged spot, behind which is another smaller one. 

 Across the posterior margin of the caudal a black band. 



a. Half-grown. Amboyna. From Mr. Frank's Collection as Ser- 



ranus spilurus. 



b. Half-gro^\Ti : stuffed. 8ine patria. 



There can be little doubt of the identity of the specimens described 

 by Valenciennes under two names. But the fish described by Blocker 

 may prove to be a different species ; his fish is covered with small 

 blue spots, and anteriorly punctulated with brown ; he does not 

 mention, also, the dcep-colom-ed dorsal blotches, which may disappear 

 in diied specimens, but certainly not in those which are presei-ved 

 in spirits. 



6. With fourteen (rarely with fifteen) rays. 



52. Serranus leopardus. 



Labvus leopardus. Lace]}, iii. p. 517. pi. 30. f. 1. 

 Serranus leopardus, Cm: i^ Val. ii. p. 336. 



D. ^. A. ^. 



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Caudalis rounded ; priseoperculum veiy finely denticulated. Colo- 

 ration of diied specimens : pale roimd spots all over the body, more 

 numerous on the head, chest, and belly ; a lirown temple-streak with 

 a darker spot behind; on the back of the tail, behind the dorsal, one 

 or two black spots ; caudalis with two oblique bands ; a series of spots 

 between the dorsal spines, and two series between the rays. ( Val.) 



Hah. ? 



