148 PEECIDJJ. 



110. Serranus gilberti. 



Percis no. 15, Klvhi, Hist. Pise. v. p. 43. t. 8. f. 3. 

 Serranus g-illjerti, Richardson, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1842, p. 19, and Ichth. 

 C'himi, p. 280. 



megachir, Richardsmi, Ichth. Cliina, p. 230. 



partialis, Blcekcr, Pcrc. p. 37. 



D-I^r ^-h- L-lat. 75-80. 

 Caiidalis roiinded. The length of the head is ?>i in the total ; the 

 diameter of the eye 4|^ in the length of the head, larger than the 

 distance hetween the eyes, but equal to the distance of the eye from 

 the end of the snout. Pcctoralis veiy lai'ge, nearly eqiral to the leng-th 

 of the head, and just reaching to the front end of the anal fin ; the 

 maxillary hone reaches beyond the hinder level of the eye. Prse- 

 operculum finely sciTated, with stronger dcnticulations at the angle ; 

 sub- and interoperculum entire. Brownish, all parts ■with large, 

 rounded, dark-brown spots ; behind the maxillary bone a black 

 streak. 



China Seas ; Batavia ; Sumbawa ; Arabopia ; Torres Straits ; 

 North Austraha. 



a, h. Adult : skins. China. From Mr. "Warwick's Collection. 



c. Adult. Cliina. 



d. Adult : stuffed. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 



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

 /. Young. Amboyna. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 

 g. Adult: stuffed. Aiistralia. 



h. Adidt : skin. Port Essington. 



Fishes which have been skinned often become stretched, and more 

 elongate than they are in nature ; on the other hand, the fins .shiink 

 together and become shorter, especially the soft ones ; thus the 

 distance between the end of the pectoral fins and the analis appears 

 to be greater. This was the case with specimens named by Dr. 

 Richardson S. rjilherti, which name has the priority. In specimens 

 which decidedly belong to Dr. Richardson's S. megachir, I do not 

 find the number of the soft dorsal rays to be fifteen, but always 

 sixteen, or even seventeen. 



111. Serranus nebnlosus. 



Cuv. Sf Val. ii. p. 313 ; Blocker, Perc. p. 34 (not Richankon). 

 D. 1^. A. |. L. lat. 75. 



Caudal fin rounded. Subopercidum entire, interoperculum slightly 

 denticulated ; angle of the pra?operculum vdih. rather strong teeth, 

 rectangidar. Length of the head more than one -third of the total; 

 eye of moderate size, its diameter one-fifth of the length of the head. 

 BroAvnish, darker marbled ; fins without spots or streaks. 



Javanese Sea. 



