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 EPINEPHELUS HEXAGONATUS, {Bl Schn.) BleeJcer. [No. 19243]. 



Holocentrus hexagonaius, BtocH, Syst. Ichth., ed. ScHX., 1801, 323. 



Serranus hcxagonatus, Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. des Poiss., ii, 1828, 330 ; vi, 1830, .510. — 

 EiCHARDSON, Voy. Sulph., 1844, 82, pi. 38, f. 1.— Bleeker, Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind., 

 vi, 1854, 191.— GUNTHER, Cat. Fisli., i, 1859, 140 ; Jour. Mus. Godeflf., ii, ISTS^J*' 

 Fische der Sudsee, i, 7, pi. 7. 



Serranus foveatus, Cuv. & Val., op. cit., ii, 1828, 329. 



Serramts stellans, Richardson, Ann. Nat. Hist., 1842, ix, 23. 



Perca hexagonata, Forster, Descr. Auim., ed. Light., 1844, 189. 



D.4L-. A.?. 



15-10 8 



Brownish ; covered all over with hexagonal spots, separated by white 

 lines; four large dark brown blotches on the back along the base of the i a 

 dorsal fin. 



Locality : Christmas Island. 



VARIOLA LOUTI, (ForsTc.) BleeTcer. [No. 19244.]. 



Perca louii, Forskal, Descr. Anim., 1775, 40. 



Ldbrus punctatus, LaciSp., Hist, des Poiss., iii, 1803, 377, pi, 17, f. 2. 



Bodianus louti, Block, Syst. Ichth., ed. Scnisr., 1801, 332.— Laci^p., op. cit., iv, 1803, 280. 



Serranus imnctulatus, Cuv. «fc Val., Hist. Nat. des Poiss., ii, 1828, 307 ; is, 1833, 435. 



Serranus louti, Ruppell, Atlas Fische, 1828, 106, pi. 20, f. 2. — GiJnther, Cat. Fish., 



i, 1859, 101 ; Jour. Mus. Godeff., ii, 1873, Fische der Sudsee, i, 2, pi. 1 (noa 



Val). 

 Variola longipinna, Swaixson, Nat. Hist., ii, 1839, 202. 

 Psciidoserranus louti, Kluxzinger, Fisohe d. Roth. Meer, 087. 



D. — A. —. 



14-15 S-9 



Caudal lobes prolonged; dorsal, anal, and ventral fins produced 

 l)Osteriorly. Eeddish (in spirits), covered all over with bluish spots, 

 which are round on the head and fins, and linear on the body ; hinder 

 margin of the dorsal, the anal, and the caudal fin light colored. 



Locality : Christmas Island. 



ECHENEIDIDiE. 



ECHENEIS REMORA, Linn* [No. 19245]. 



Locality : "Washington Island. Taken from the body of a captured 

 shark. 



* See synonymy under Californian Fishes. 



