84 PERCII)^. 



5. Centropristis conceptionis. 



Serranus conceptionis, Cur. ^ I'd!, ii. p. 246 ; Less. Voij. Coq. ZooL 

 ■ ii. p. 236; Gay, Chile, Zool. ii. p. 148. 



1). — . A. --. 



]°2 



Only six soft rays in the anal fin ; angle of prfeopercnlum pro- 

 duced posteriorly, with stronger teeth ; both its limbs serrated. 

 Body uniform brownish ; dorsal fin marbled in front, striped behind. 



Conception. 



a. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 



0. Centropristis hepatus. 



P'HTrarof (jecorinus), Arist. Hist. Anirn. ii. 17. 



Sachettus Venetoruni, WiUughhf, iv. c. 30 ; Itay, p. 139. 



Labrus no. 2, Arfech, Synon. p. 53 (sjTion. pars). 



Labi-us hepatus (part.), L. Gm. p. 1283 ; Bl. Schn. p. 245 ; LaceiJ. iii. 



pp. 424, 456. 

 adriaticus, Briinmch,Spol. 3Iass. p. 98. no. 11; Gtn. Syst. p. 1297; 



Bl. Schn. p. 262. 

 Holocentrus striatus, Bloch, t. 235. f. 1 ; Bl Schn. p. 314. 

 Lutjanus adriaticus, Lacep. iv. p. 222. 

 Holocentrus triacanthus, Lacep. iv. p. 376. 



siagonotus, Be la Roche, Ann. Mas. xiii. p. 352. pi. 22. f. 8. 



hepatus, Risso, Ichthyol. Nice, p. 292. 



Serranus hepatus, Cuv. 8f Vol. ii. p. 231 ; Faun. Japan, p. 5 ; Guichen. 



Explor. Sc. Alf/er. Poiss. p. 34. 



D-iiwr ^-f '^■^^■^^- 



Caudal fin truncated; prseoperculum with finely serrated limbs 

 and a rounded angle. Body with five black cross-bands ; a black 

 blotch on the first soft rays of the dorsal fin. 



Mediterranean ; Cape of Good Hope. 



a, b. Adult and young. Dalmatia. 



c. Fine specimen. Mediterranean. From the Haslar Collection. 



d,e. Adult: not good state. From the Haslar Collection. 



/. Adult. Prom the Old Collection. 



g, h. Adult. 



7. Centropristis luciopercanus. 



Serranus luciopercanus, Poey, Memor. Cuba, p. 56. lam. 9. f. 1. 



D. -. A.-. L. lat. 70. L. transv. 7/20. Caec. pylor. 2. 



12 7 ' 



Vert. 10/14. 



The lower jaw moi-e elongate and prominent than in the other 

 species ; the diameter of the eye is one-fourth of the length of the 

 head ; pracorbital projecting in front, partly covering the jaw-bones. 

 Prajoperculum serrated, without projecting angle ; interoperculum 

 entire. Caudalis forked. Reddish olive, with many irregular dark 

 transverse spots. {Poey.) 



Cuba 



