26. SEER.1NUS. Icjy 



92. Serranus celebicus. 



lileeker, Celebes, i. p. 217. 



Caudalis truncated. The height of the body is 3|- in the total length, 

 the length of the head 3-1- ; the diameter of the eye is 4^ in the length 

 of the head ; upper maxillary bone reacliing to beneath the centre of 

 the eye ; prasoperculum strongly serrated, with three or four still 

 sti'onger denticulations at the angle ; sub- and interoperculum denti- 

 culated ; the fourth dorsal spine longest. Reddish brown, with large, 

 roiindish darker spots ; aU the fins brown- spotted ; dorsal and caudal 

 fins ycUow-edged. 



Celebes. 



(f. Half-grown. Amboyna. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



93. Serranus variolosus. 



Renard, Poiss. t. 28. f. 15.3, aud t. 3. f. 17 ; Vulentyn, Ind. iii. f. 41. 



Perca variolosa, Forst. 3I8S. 



Serranus variolosus, Cuv. ^- Val. ii. p. 354 ; Bleeker, Perc. p. 35. 



D.|^. A.|. L. lat. 110. 



10 8 



Caudalis truncated ; head one-thii'd of the total length ; diameter 

 of the eye one-fourth of the length of the head ; upper maxillary bone 

 reaching to below the posterior half of the eye ; praeoperculum with 

 rather stronger denticulations at the angle ; sub- aud interopercidum 

 entii'c. Brownish, with roundish brown spots on the head, body, and 

 soft part of doi'sal fin ; the other fins immaculate. 



Sunda Sea ; Pacific. 



a. Adult. Pacific. 

 6. Adult. Pacific. 

 c, d. Half-grown. Pacific. From the Haslar Collection. 



94. Serranus hoedtii. 



Sleeker, Amboina, vi. p. 406. 



D-,-^6- ^-T- L- lat- 120. 



Caudalis truncated, with slightly roimded angles. The diameter of 

 the eye is 4|— 4i in the length of the head ; the upper maxillary bone 

 reacliing to the level of the posterior margin of the eye ; praeoper- 

 culum serrated, with foivr to six rather stronger denticulations at the 

 angle ; suboperculum entii'e ; interoperculum scarcely denticulated. 

 The thii'd or the thii-d and foui'th dorsal spines longest ; the second 

 and third anal spines nearly equal in length. Bluish ; head, body, 

 and all the fins dotted with black ; the soft parts of the dorsal and 

 anal fins yeUow-edged ; caudal and pectoral fins orange-coloiu'ed, 

 with a violet base. {Bh) 



Sea of Amboyna. 



