26. SERRANUS. 141 



diameter of the eye nearly one-fifth of the length of the head, and 

 larger than the distance between the eyes. The npper maxillary 

 hone reaches beyond the level of the posterior mai'gin of eye. The 

 angle of the praiopercidum with stronger spinous teeth ; sub- and 

 interopcrcidum entire ; the pectoral reaches as far as the ventral — 

 that is, not to the vent. Brownish, covered aU over with largo 

 rounded or hexagonal spots. 



From the Red Sea along the African coast through all the Indian 

 Seas into the North of Australia and into the Pacific. 



Var. A. HEXAGONATA. The spots hexagonal, separated fi-om one 

 another by white lines on the head, on the anterior part of the 

 body, and on the pectoral and caudal fins, biit more irregidar on the 

 other parts ; sometimes closer together at the base of the dorsal, and 

 there forming three darker blotches. 



Perca hexagonata, Forster, Descr. Anim. ed. Licht. p. 189. 



Holocentrus hexagouatus, Bl. Scltn. p. 32.3. 



Sen'anus hexagonatus, Cur. 4* TV//, ii. p. 3-30, vi. p. 516 ; Gnerin, Icon. 

 Foiss. pi. 4. f. 1 ; Richardsoti, Voy. Sulph. p. 82. pi. 38. f. 1 ; Cantor, 

 Catal. p. 7 ; Bleek. Natuurk. Tydschr, Nederl. Indie, vi. p. 191 ; Gay, 

 Chile, Zool. ii. p. 150. 



foveatus, Cm. Sf Val. ii. p. 329. 



stellans, Richardson, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1842, vol. i.x. p. 23. 



a. Half-grown. Madagascar. Presented by Dr. J. E. Gray. 

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



c. Adult. Philippines. 



d, e. Adidt and half-grown. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 

 /. Half-grown. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



g, h. Young. AmbojTia. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



i. Half-grown : stuffed. Louisiade Archipelago. Yoyage of the 



Rattlesnake. 

 k. Half-grown : bad skin. Sand-bank near Darnley Island. 

 Z. Adult. India. From Dr. Russell's Collection as Pomacentms 



punctatiis. 

 m. Adult. India. Purchased of Mr. Frank, 

 n^). Half-grown. Feejee Islands. Presented by the Lords of the 



Admiralty. 



Yar. B. merra. The spots roundish, without white lines between, 

 sometimes confluent in the middle of the sides, much smaller on the 

 fins. 



Sebfi, iii. 27. 7 ; Klein, Hist. Fisc. v. p. 43. t. 8. f. 3. 

 Peica tauviiia, Forsk. p. 39. 

 Epineplielus merra, £1. t. 329 ; £1. Schn. p. 300. 

 Holocentrus tauvinus, Bl. Schn. p. 321 ; Lacep. iv. p. 338. 



raeiTa, Lacep. iv. p. 342. 



SeiTanus men'a, Cur. S,- Val. ii. p. 325. 



q. Half-grown. Singapore. 



r, s. Half- grown. China. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 

 ~ /. Half-grown. Philippines. 



