26. SERRANCS. 137 



85. Serranus crapao. 



Cur. <5" Val. iii. p. 494 ; Bleeker, Perc. p. 37 ; Richards. Ann. ^ Mag. 

 Nut. Hist. 1842, ix. p. 25. 



D. ii. A. rrj^^r-^,. L. lat. 80. 



15 QiSBleek.) 



Caudalis rounded ; head one-third of the total length ; diameter of 

 the eye one-seventh of the length of the head ; angle of the proeoper- 

 ciilum with stronger denticulations ; suh- and interoperculum entii'e. 

 Brownish ; all the parts with rounded brown spots. 



Sunda Sea ; Port Essington. 



a. Adult : skin. Port Essington. 



h. Adult : skin. Port Essington. Purchased of J. Gould, Esq. 



86. Serranus sebae. 



Bleeker, Amboina, v. p. 488. 



D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 85-90. 



10 8 



Caudalis rounded ; length of the head 3^ in the total ; diameter of 

 the eye one-fifth of the length of the head ; upper profile of the head 

 convex ; angle of the praeoperculum with stronger spinous teeth ; 

 siiboperculum entii'e ; interoperculum with one or two denticulations. 

 The third spine of the dorsal and anal fins longest. Brownish ; body 

 and all the fins with round darker spots ; the soft part of the dorsal 

 fin and the caudalis with a narrow yellow edge. 



Chinese Sea ; Amboyna. 



a. Adult. China. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



h. Half-grown. Amboyna. From Mr. Prank's Collection. 



87. Serranus summana. 



Perca summana, Forskal, p. 42. 



Bodianus siunmana, Bl. Sc/in. p. 334. 



Pomacentrus summana, Lacep. iii. p. fill. 



Serranus simmiana, Cm: ^ J'al. ii. p. 344 ; Biipp. N. W. Fische, p. 102, 



and Atl. p. 104 ; Lefehvre, Voy. Abyss. Zool. p. 229. pi. 5. f. 1. 

 leucostigTiia, Cuv. Sf Val. ii. p. 346. 



D.il. A.i. 



16 8 



Caudalis rounded; denticulations of the praaoperculum fine and 

 equal ; interoperculum with some fine denticulations. Brown, 

 marbled -with greyish and spotted with white ; a blackish streak 

 passing below the eye ; a black spot on the tail. 



Eed Sea. 



a. Large specimen : stufi'ed : not good state. Red Sea. Purchased 

 of the Erankfort Museum. 



88. Serranus micronotatus. 

 Riippell, N. W. Fische, p. 90. 



15 9 



Caudalis rounded ; praeoperculum finely serrated ; operculum with 



