126 PERCID^. 



56. Serranus nouleny. 



Ciiv. ^- Veil. ii. p. 247. 



D. ii. A. A. 



12 8 



Praeoperculum with fine denticiilations, those of the angle rather 

 stronger ; scapula very conspicuously denticulated. Coloration uni- 

 form. (VaJ.) 



Coast of Coromandel. 



^. With tliu'teen or fourteen rays. 



57. Serranus lutra. 



Cup. (?• Val. viii. p. 474. 



Caudalis roimded. Operculum with only one spine behind. 

 Yellowish olive, marbled with blackish ; a black spot on the back of 

 the tail behind the dorsal fin. ( VaJ.) 



Isle de France. 



58. Serranus goldmanni. 

 Sleeker, Natuurk. Tychchr. Neclerl. Indie, ix. p. 434. 



^■1^, A.|. L.lat.85. 



Caudalis rounded ; the diameter of the eye is 4| in the length of 

 the head ; the upper maxillary bone reaching beyond the posterior 

 margin of the eye. Praeoperculum serrated, with rather stronger 

 denticiilations at the angle ; sub- and intcropercidum entire ; oper- 

 culum with three points, the middle of which is the longest ; the 

 fourth, fifth and sixth dorsal spines longest ; the second anal spine 

 longer than those of the dorsal fin, nearly half the height of the 

 body. Greenish, head and body punctulated with brownish ; head 

 and anterior part of the back marbled mth brown above ; the back of 

 the tail with a black half-iing ; all the fins irregularly and thickly 

 dotted with brown, and, the pectorals excepted, edged with black. {Bl.) 



Sea of Groot-Oby. 



59. Serranus pavoninus. 



Ciiv. 8,- Val. vii. p. 44;3. 



Caudalis truncated ; muzzle pointed ; prseoperculum ?. Reddish ; 

 beneath the first foiu* dorsal rays a round black .spot, encircled by a 

 white ring ; caudal fin with a vertical black line at the base. {Val.) 



Bombay. 



y. With fourtoeu or fifteen ray.s. 



60. Serranus angularis. 



Cm: ^ Val. ii. p. 353. 



D.ii. A.l. 



15 8 



Caudalis truncated ; angle of the praeoperculum with fo^ or five 



