156 FERCID^i:. 



i;34. Serranus lineatus. 



Cuv. 4'- Val. ii. p. 312. 



D. 1^. A. ^. 



18 9 



Caudalis rounded. Prseoperculum with two or three stronger 

 spinous teeth on the angle. Brown, with four or tive blaclush (in 

 life, bhie) longituchnal bands, sometimes disai^pearing after death. 



Pondicherry ; China. 



a. Adult. China. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



135. Serranus amboinensis. 



Bleeker, Amb. i^- C'er. p. 258. 



D-TF^- A.f. L.lat. 100. 



Caudalis roimded ; the diameter of the eye is 4i in the length of the 

 head. Praeoperculum deeply serrated, with three stronger denticida- 

 tions at the angle ; sub- and intcroperculum with a few denticiila- 

 tions ; the third, fourth and fifth d(n'sal spines and the second anal 

 spine longest. Brownish ; head ■ndth numerous brown specks ; body 

 with from ten to twelve more or less serpentine deep-brown longi- 

 tudinal stripes ; fins broAvn, not spotted. 



Sea of Amboyna. 



a. Adult: skin. Ceylon. Presented by E. F. Kelaart, M.D. 



27. PLECTROPOMA. 

 Plectropoma, Cui\ Rir/ne Anim. ; Cm: i^- Val. ii. p. 387. 



Seven branchiostegals. Teeth \'illiform, with canines in both 

 jaws ; teeth on the palatine bones, tongue smooth. One dorsal, 

 formed by a series of spines and rays. Operculum -with two or three 

 acute points ; pr^operculum not notched behind, -mih spinous teeth 

 at the lower Hmb, directed forwards. Scales small. 



All the seas of the Tropical regions. 



1. Plectropoma macvilatum. 



Bodianus maculatus, Block, t. 228 ; Lacep. iv. pp. 280, 29.3. 

 Plectropoma puuctatum, Qztoy Sf Gaimarcl, J'oi/. Freycinet, Zool. 



Polss. p. 318. t. 45. f. 1. 

 maciilatuni, Cuv. i^- J'al. ii. p. 393 ; Bleeker, Perc. p. 39, and 



Jara, p. 418. 

 ? Plectropoma (maeidatum) areolatum, RUpp. All. pp. 110, 143 



(index), and N. W. Fische, p. 90. 



^■^-i^k- ^-^s- L.lat. 110. Yert. 10/14. 



Prseoperculum exceedingly finely serrated behind, and with three 

 spinous teeth below ; su1)- and interopercidum entire. Caudahs 

 tnuicate in younger specimens, in older ones emarginate. Red : 



