26. SEREANUS. 133 



Serranus niarginatus, Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1833, p. 142. 



fimbriatiis, Lowe, Trans. Cavibr. Philos. Soc. 1836, p. 195. pi. 1 ; 



Valenc. in Barker- Webb 8f Berthelot, Ichilujol. p. 8. 

 caniuus, Valenc. I. c. p. 10. 



Caudalis rounded ; denticiilations of the praeopercuhim gradually 

 becoming- larger towards the angle ; sub- and interoperculum entire. 

 The height of the body is 3i in the total length, the length of the 

 head 31. Nearly uniform brownish, lighter towards the belly. 



Mediterranean ; Atlantic Coast of the Peninsula. (Cape of Good 

 Hope ?) 



a. Very large specimen. Sine patria. 



h. Very large specimen : stuffed. Sine patria. 



c. Adult : stuffed. Madeira. Presented by the Zoological Society. 



Tyj^e o{ S.Jimhriatus, Lowe. 



d. Very large specimen : stuffed. Cape of Good Hope. Presented 



by Sir A. Smith. 

 c. Young : bad state. Madeira. Presented by the Rev. R. T. Lowe. 



75. Serranus moara. 



Temm. S,- Schleg. Faun. Jaj)on. pi. 4, lower figure. 



Caudalis rounded; prseopcrculum with coarser denticulations at 

 the angle ; the height of the body not quite one-fourth of the total 

 length. Brownish grey, marbled with darker. (Schleg.) 



Japanese Seas. 



76. Serranus goreensis. 



Cuv. ^ Veil. vi. p. 511 ; Jemjns, Zool. of the Beagle, Fishes, p. 5. 



Allied to 8. gigas. Caudalis truncated or slightly emarginate. 

 Denticulations of the pra;operculum stronger at the angle. The fourth 

 dorsal spine longest, equalling just half the entire length of the 

 spinous portion of tlie fin. Uniform brown ; dorsal and anal fins with 

 a violet edge ; ventral fins blackish. 



Coast of Goree ; St. Jago ; Cape Verde Islands. 



77. Serranus erythrogaster. 



Dekay, New York Fauna, Fishes, p. 21. pi. 19. f. 52 ; Solbr. Ichth. 

 S. Carol, p. 29. pi. 5. f. 2 (dorsal bad). 



D. ^. A. -. Cajc. pylor. 28. 



lb 9 ^ •' 



Closely allied to S. goreensis. Caudalis emarginate. The height of 

 the body is 3i in the total length, the length of the head is one-third 

 of the latter." Denticulations of the prseoperculum stronger at the 

 angle. The third dorsal spine longest, shorter than the half of the 

 entire length of the spinous portion of the fin. Pectorals rounded. 



