26. SKRRAXUS. l/lS 



of the head concave. Prseoperculiim finely and equally serrated. 

 Yellowish, aU parts with distant round black spots edged with white. 

 Javanese and Chinese Seas ; Sea of Pinang ; Port Essington. 



a. Large specimen. East Indies. 



h. Adult. China. Presented by General Hardwicke. 

 c. Young : very bad state. Port Essington. From the Haslar 

 Collection. 



123. Serranus inermis. 



Cm\ Sf Val. ix. p. 430 ; Poey, Menwrios Cuba, 1851, p. 54. lam. 4. f. 2. 

 D. ii. A. ■^. L. lat. 90. Ca^c. pylor. 20. Vert. 10/14. 



Body elevated, Caudalis truncated, with rounded angles. Prae- 

 operculum with excessively fine serrature, denticulations of the angle 

 rather stronger; pectoral fins as long as the head, one-fourth of 

 the total length. Brown, with large white blotches ; the vertical 

 fins spotted with wliite, the pectoral and ventral fins with olive. 



Caribbean Sea. 



«. Adult. Cuba. Presented by the Zoological Society. 



b. Adult. West Indies. Presented by the Zoological Society. 



124. Serranus quoyanus. 



Cut: S)- Val. vi. p. 519. 



Caudalis rounded. The diameter of the eye is 4f in the length 

 of the head ; the height is one-fourth of the total length, the length 

 of the head 3| in the latter ; the maxillary bone reaching to behind 

 the centre of the eye. Pr?eoperculum strongly serrated, %\'ith strong 

 denticulations at the angle ; sub- and intcroperculum entire. The 

 pectoral fins reaching beyond the vcntrals, nearly to the anus. 

 BroA^Tiish, all the parts with large dark brown spots ; the ground- 

 colour of the vcntrals and pectorals blackish. 



Molucca Sea. 



a. Half-grown. Amboyna. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 

 h. Adult. Celebes. From Mr. Frank's Collection, 



125. Serranus olfax. 



Jenyns, Zool. of the Beagle, Fishes, p. 9. pi. 4. 

 D. n A. A. 



18 11 



Caudalis truncated or very shghtly cmarginate. The length of 

 the head is contained 3| in the total ; the diameter of the eye 

 is one-seventh the length of the head, larger than the distance be- 

 tween them. Prteoperculum with a sHght sinuosity just above the 

 angle, very obsoletely denticulated. The second dorsal spine longest, 

 not quite equalling half the height. Coloration uniform, mottled 

 with bro^^■n. {Jen.') 



Chatham Island (Galapagos Archipelago). 



