128 PEECID^. 



64. Serranus polyphekadion. 



Bkekei; Perc. p. 39, and Java, p. 417. 



D. {|. A. 1. L. lat. 80-85. 



CaudalLs rounded. The length of the head is 3|-3i in the 

 total, and the diameter of the eye 5^ in the length of the head ; upper 

 profile of the head rather convex ; maxillary bone reaching behind 

 the level of the eye. Prseoperculum with stronger denticulations 

 on the angle, sub- and iuteropereulum entire. The fifth and sixth 

 spines of the dorsal fin and the third spine of the anal longest. Eose- 

 coloured in life, darker on the back ; above with numerous deep 

 brown and yellow specks, beneath with brown spots ; all the fins 

 punctulated with broTvn. 



Sea of Batavia. 



a. Adult : not good state. Sine patria. Old Collection. 



65. Serranus salmonoides. 



Holocentrus salmonoides, Lacep. iii. pi. .34. f. 3. 

 SeiTanus sabnonoides, Cuv. i^ Val. ii. p. 343. 



luti, Cuv. Sf Val. ii. p. 363 (not synon.) ; Lefebvre, Voy. Abyss. 



Zool. p. 230 ; Poks. pi. 5. f. 2. 

 ? Serranus polypodopliilus, Bleeker, Peir. p. 37. 



D. i^. A. |. L. lat. 90. 



15 8 



Caudalis roiuided. The length of the head is three times in the 

 total ; the diameter of the eye 51 in the length of the head ; the 

 upper maxillary bone reaching a little behind the posterior margin 

 of the eye ; pra;operculum with rather coarse denticulations at the 

 angle ; sub- and interoperculum entii'e ; upper pi'ofile of the head 

 rather convex. Brownish yellow, marbled wdth darker ; head and 

 body vnth blackish and yellowish round spots ; all the fins with 

 rounded black and whitish spots. 



Sea of Batavia ; Isle de France ; Red Sea. 



a. Adult: stuffed. Isle de France. From Dr. Janvier's CoUeeti on. 



b. Adult : stuffed. Red Sea. 



c. Half-grown. India. From the Ha.slar Collection. 



d. e. Half-grown and young. IncUa. From the Haslar Collection. 



The cross-bands mentioned by Valenciennes are nothing more than 

 darker blotches of more or less regular shape. 



66. Serranus epistictus. 



Tenim. Sf Schleq. Faun.Japmi.^.8; Bleek. Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. 

 xxvi. p. GO. pi. 2. f. 1. 



D-,i^- A-i^9- L. lat. 95. 

 The height of the body is four times in the total length, the length 

 of the head 4^ ; the diameter of the eye is 4J-41 in the latter. The 



