138 PEECID.^. 



a single spine ; second dorsal spine longest. Greyish ; head, body, and 

 dorsal fin punetulated ^^ath l)rowTi ; a lighter streak from below the 

 eye to the base of the pectoral fins. {Riipiy.^ 

 Massana (Red Sea). 



89. Serranus tumilabris. 

 Cuv. Sf Val. ii. p. 346. 



D.^. A.l. 



15 9 



Caudalis rounded ; praeoperciilum with equal and fine denticula- 

 tions ; sub- and interoperculum entire ; Kps thick, swollen. Brown, 

 marbled with darker ; all the parts with rounded greyish-white 

 specks ; a black streak behind the maxillary bone. 



Seychelles. 



a. Adult. Sine patria. From Mr. Brandt's Collection as Epitie- 

 jilielus imnctatus. 



90. Serranus hoevenii. 



Bleeker, Perc. p. 36. 



D. ii. A. f . L. lat. 80. 



Caudalis rounded. The length of the head is 2-| in the total ; 

 diameter of the eye one-sixth of the length of the head, much larger 

 than the distance between the eyes, but equal to the distance of the 

 eye from the end of the snout ; maxillary bone just reaching the 

 vertical from the j^osterior margin of the orbit ; prseoperculum with 

 rather larger denticulations at the angle ; sub- and iuteropereiilum 

 entire. Brownish, with romid pearl-coloured spots on the sides of 

 the body ; fins immaculate, with a black and yellow edge. 



Batavia. 



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



91. Serranus bontoo. 



Eussell, pi. 128. 



Senvinus bontoo, C«r. Regne Anim. ; Cm: Sf Veil. ii. p. 334, \i. p. 523 ; 

 Cantor, Catal. p. 11. 



D.H A.|. 



lb 8 



Caudalis rounded ; prseoperculum with strong denticulations, 

 strongest at the angle, and with a veiy oblique lower limb. Brown, 

 with large, scattered ferruginous spots ; dorsal and anal fins whitish, 

 with a black and white edge ; caudalis grejdsh at the end, with a 

 bluish spot between each two rays ; pectoral fins blackish, with a 

 broad whitish band at the base. 



Madras; Vizagapatan ; Java. 



(T. Adult : stuff'ed. Ceylon. 



