26. SEKRANUS. 155 



tudinal bands; cheeks with four oblique streaks from the eye to 

 the margin of the praeoperculum ; a large brown spot on the occiput. 

 (Val.) 



Isle de France. 



130. Serranus biguttatus. 



Cuv. ^- Val. vi. p. 507. 



D. il. A.^. 



• 12' '8 



Back brownish, bellj yclloAnsh ; a brown Line from the eye to 

 tlic base of the taO. ; root of the pectoral fins brown. Back with 

 two pearl-coloured spots, one beneath the eighth dorsal spine, the 

 other beneath the fifth ray. ( Val.) 



Sea of Trincomalee. 



131. Serranus pcecilonotus. 



l\mm. ^ScJileg. Faun. Japun. p. 6. pi. 4 A. f. 1; Bkek. Ver/tand. Batav. 

 Genootsch. xxvi. p. 01. 



D. ^^. A. |. L. lat. 85-90. 



Caudahs rounded ; priBoperculum finely serrated, with two or 

 three spinous teeth at the angle. Four M'hite bands on each side : 

 the first half-moon-like, surrounding the spinous part of the dorsal 

 fin ; the second parallel to the fij'st, running from the shoulder to the 

 middle of the soft part ; the thii-d lateral, united with that of the 

 other side above the eyes ; the fourth, from the eye to the pectoral 

 fins and along the sides. Back of the tail with two white spots. 



Japanese Seas. 



132. Serranus lemniscatus. 



Cuv. ^ Val. ii. p. 240. 



Body three times as long as broad. A bro-\vn band from the eye 

 to the caudal fin, another obsolete one beneath. ( Val.) 

 Ceylon. 



133. Serranus urophthalmus. 



Sleeker, Batav. p. 310. 



D. j|. A. |. L. lat. 100. 



Caudahs rounded. The height of the body is 41 in the total 

 length, the length of the head 3^, the diameter of the eye 4|-45^ in 

 the length of the head ; head pointed ; the upper maxillary bone 

 reaching beyond the hinder margin of the eye. Praeoperculum 

 serrated, with a stronger spinous tooth at the angle ; sub- and 

 interopcrculum denticulated; the third and fourth dorsal spines 

 and the second of the anal fin longest. Bed (in Hfe), -n-ith eight 

 alternating blue and brownish longituchnal bands, oblique on the 

 head ; on each side of the muzzle a black spot, another at the root 

 of the caudal fin ; fins immaculate. (Bl.) 



Sea of Batoe. 



