150 PEECID^. 



115. Serranus awoara. 



Temm. 8f Schleg. Faun. Japon. p. 9. pi. 3. f. 2 ; Richardson, Ichthyol. 

 China, p. 231. 



D-T^. A.|. 

 Caudalis roimded. Prfeoperculum with the angle rather produced, 

 more strongly denticulated than the upper part of the margin. The 

 third, foiirth, fifth and sixth spines longest, the second not much 

 shorter. Bro^vnish olive ; head and body covered with small round 

 yellow spots ; fins vnih a broad yellow edge. 

 Japanese and Chinese Seas. 



«. Adult: stuffed: not good state. China. Presented by J. E. 

 Reeves, Esq. 



116. Serranus geographicus. 



Serranus geographicus, {Kuhl i^- von Ilass.) Cm: ^- Val. ii. p. 322. 

 T) " A * 



Caudalis rounded. Brown, darker marbled. Dorsal fin olive; 

 the spinous part with a large triangular spot at the base of each 

 spine, above with a brown edge ; the soft part with two longi- 

 tudinal brown streaks beneath, and with large brown spots above ; 

 analis orange-coloirred, with irregular brown streaks ; the other fins 

 brown-spotted. (^Val.) 



Java. 



117. Serranus reticularis. 



SeiTanus reticidaris, {Kuhl if von Haas.) Cuv. 4" J'«'- ii- P- 323. 

 D-j^. A.f 

 Caudahs roimded. Brownish, with small blackish-brown half- 

 moon-hke spots ; head immaculate ; fins ^^"ith numerous blue points. 

 {Val.) 

 Java. 



118. Serranus gaimardi. 



Serranus gaimardi, Bleekcr, Batavia, p. 455; (? Cuv. Sf Val. vi. p. 520; 

 Quoy 8,- Guim. Voy. Astral. Poiss. p. 056. pi. 3. f. 3.) 



D. i). A. |. L. lat. 90. 



Caudahs with rather convex posterior margin. The length of the 

 head 3^ in the total, the diameter of the eye one-fifth of the length 

 of the head ; muzzle covered with scales ; the upper maxillary bone 

 reaching beyond the posterior margin of the eye. Prajoperculum 

 serrated, with stronger denticulations at the angle ; sub- and inter- 

 operculum entire ; scales ciliated. The third dorsal spine and the 

 second anal longest. Brownish, with scattered bro'WTi spots, roimd 

 on the head, and oblong on the posterior part of the body ; caudal 

 fin black-spotted behind and with a yeUow edge ; dorsal and anal 

 fins near the tips of the rays with from six to ten round black spots, 



