26. SEEUANXTS. 135 



prominent, and with stronger dcnticiilations. Caudal rounded. 

 Uniform blackish ; fins Avithout any spots. (Holbr.) 

 Coast of South Carolina. 



82. Serranus acutirostris. 



Cuv. ^- Val. ii. p. 286, ix. p. 432 ; Valvnc. in Barker- Webb S,- Bei- 

 thelot, lies Cunar. Ichthyol. p. 11. pi. 3. f. 1 ; Guichen. Exphr. Sc. 

 Alyer. Poiss. p. 35. 



T) '^ A i- 



U.yg. A., J. 



The height of the body is 4| in the total length, the length of the 

 head 3^. Pra?oporculum finely serrated behind ; angle projecting, 

 with coarser denticulations. Caudahs slightly emarginate ; the third 

 anal spine longer than the second. Uniform greenish. 



Coast of Brazil ; Canary Islands ; Sea of Messina. 



83. Serranus marginalis. 



Epinephelus marginalis, Bloch, t. 328. f. 1. 

 Holocentriis rosmarus, Lacep. iv. pp. 389, 392. t. 7. f. 2. 

 Serranus marginaHs, Cuv. ^ Val. ii. p. 301 ; Richards. Ichth. China, 

 p. 233 ; Sleeker, Perc. p. 34. 



D.JLL^. A.|. L.lat. 80-90. Vert. 9/15. 



Caudalis trancated. Length of the head 2f in the total ; diameter 

 of the eye 4-| in the length of the head. Prseoperculum ^^-ith rather 

 stronger denticulations on the angle, sub- and interoperculimi entire. 

 The upper maxiUary bone reaching just to the level of the posterior 

 margin of the eye. Pectorals distant from the front end of the anal, 

 and reaching a little behind the tip of the ventrals. Brownish or 

 yellowish ; the spinous part of the dorsal fin, and sometimes the 

 caudal fin, black-edged. 



Javanese, Chinese, and Japanese Seas ; Amboyna ; Timor ; Louis- 

 iade Archipelago. 



a. Adiilt. Amboyna. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



6. Adult: skeleton. China. 



c. Adult. China. 



d. Adult : stuffed. China. Presented by J. E. Reeves, Esq. 



e. Adult. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 

 /. Adult. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 

 g. Adult. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 



h. Half-grown. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 

 i. Adult: stuffed. Japan. 

 Ic. Adult. India. 



/. Adult : bad state. India. From the Haslar Collection. 

 m. Yoimg. India. From the Haslai' Collection. 

 n~q. Adult: stuffed. Louisiade Archipelago. Voyage of the Rattle- 

 snake. 

 >-. Adult : skin. Sand-bank near Darnley Island, 

 s. Adult : skin. Copang (Timor). 



