140 PERCID^. 



95. Serranus akaara. 



Faun. Japan, p. 9. pi. 3. f. 1 ; Richardson, Ichthyol. China, p. 231. 



Caudalis rouudod. Prseoperciilum serrated, dcnticulations at the 

 angle sometimes very strong, sometimes equal to the others. The 

 third, fourth and fifth dorsal spines longest, the posterior ones not 

 much shorter ; the second and third anal spines nearly equal in length 

 (according to the Fauna Japonica , the second longest) ; pectorals not 

 reaching the anus. Maxillary bone not reaching behind the level of 

 the eye. Brownish red ; head, body, and vertical fins covered with 

 round bright red spots. 



Japanese Seas. 



a. Adult: stuffed. Japan. 

 6. Adult: stuffed. India. 



96. Serranus apua. 



Margr. p. 158 ; Lib. Prine. i. p. 315. 

 Bodianus apua, Bloch, t. 229 ; Lacep. iv. p. 296. 

 ? Serranus apua, Cuv. i^ Val. ii. p. 287; Guichen. in Ramon de la Sagra, 

 Hist. Cub. p. 11. 



D. ji. A.|. L. lat. 105. 



Caudahs tiimcated, with rounded angles ; angle of the prseoper- 

 culum with stronger dcnticulations. Brownish, with brown spots 

 on the sides of the head and body ; about twenty-five between the 

 opercle and the root of the caudal. The spinous dorsal higher than 

 the soft ; the vertical fins with a broad black edge. 



Caribbean Sea. 



a. Adult : stuffed. West Indies. From !Mi'. Scrivener's Collection. 

 6, c. Half-grown : stuffed. West Indies. From Mr. Scrivener's 



Collection. 

 d~f. Adult : skins. Jamaica. From Dr. Parnell's Collection. 



97. Serranus mentzelii. 



aiv. ^ Val. ii. p. 291. 



Caudalis truncated ; muzzle short, blunt. Brownish, marbled 

 with reddish brown, and vrith streaks of the same colour on the beUy, 

 anastomosing on the tail. Fins unifomi ; dorsalis and analis black- 

 edged. {Val.) 



Coast of Brazil. 



€. With fifteen to seventeen rays. 

 98. Serranus hexagonatus. 

 ^■^r A.|. L. lat. 80. 

 Caudalis rounded. The length of the head is 3^3^ in the total ; 



