ii(). SEBKANUS. 149 



112. Serranus bontoides. 



Bleeker, Amhoina, vi. p. 405. 



D-T^7- A.|. L.lat.SO. 



Caiidalis rounded. The diameter of tlic ej^c one-fourth of tlio 

 length of the head ; the upper niaxilhiry bone reaeliing to below the 

 posteiior half of the eye. PruDoperculum serrated, with rather 

 stronger denticulations at the angle ; sub- and interopercidum 

 entii'c ; the liinder nine dorsal spines nearly equal in length ; the 

 second anal spine longest. Brownish, -N^ath scattered darker spots 

 on the head and body ; the dorsal fin only with a few brown spots ; 

 the soft part of the dorsalis, the caudal and pectoral fins ^vith a 

 yellow mtirgin. (S/.) 



Sea of Aiuboyna. 



113. Serranus macrospilos. 

 Bleeker, Botjan, iii. p. 499. 



D-i^7- A.|. L.lat.85. 



Caudalis rounded. The diameter of the eye about one-fourth of 

 the length of the head ; the upper maxillary bone reaching beyond 

 the posterior margin of the eye. Prteoperculum serrated, with stronger 

 denticidations at the angle ; sid)- and interopercuhun entire ; the 

 fourth and tilth dorsal spines not much longer than the follo^ving 

 ones ; the second anal spine longest, half tlie height of the body. 

 Brownish green, with large blackish spots, distant from one another, 

 seven between the ojierculmn and caudal fin ; dorsal fin with two rather 

 irregular series of large brown spots, about seven in the basal series ; 

 pectoral and ventral this black, the former yellow-edged ; anal fin 

 with a black sj^ot and yellow-edged ; caudal fin orange-coloui-ed, on 

 the anterior half with three large round lilack spots, on the posterior 

 half blackish with a yellow margin. {Bl.) 



Sea of Batjan. 



114. Serranus areolatus. 



Perca areolata, Fomk. p. 42. 



tauviua (not Forsk.), Geoffr. Descr. de VFg. pi. 20. f. 1. 



Serranus tauvinus, Geoffr. Poiss. cTEy. p. 201. 



areolatus (japonicus), Faiout Japan, p. 8 ; Cuv. Sf Val. ii. p. 350; 



Richardson, Ic/tth. China, p. 232; Peters, Wiegm.Arch, 1855, p. 2<35. 



Caudalis truncated. Length of the head 3| in the total. Pra^oper- 

 culiun very fhiely serrated, \\i\\\ strong denticulations at the angle ; 

 pectoralis veiy djstant from the anal tui. Dried specimens greyish 

 browm, covered all over with numerous small brown spots. 



Red Sea ; Coast of Mozambique ; Sea of Japan. 



«. Adult: stuflfcd. Red Sea. Presented by J. Burton, Esq. 

 6. Half-grown : stuflTed. Red Sea, 



