96 



PERCID.E. 



One dorsal with cloven sinnes, the anal fin -Rdth three. Operculum 

 with two or three points ; praeoporculum serrated. Scales snuill, 

 ctenoid. 



From the Seychelles to the Molucca Sea. 



1 . Anyperodon leucogrammicus. 



Renard, Poiss. t. 1. f. 6 ; Valetit. iii. p. 476. f. 409. 

 Serranus leucogi'ammlcus, (JReinw.') Cuv. (§• Val. ii. p. 347 ; Biv ket 

 Pcrc. p. 33. 



D. '-{. A. ^. L. lat. 80. 



The height of the body is one-fourth of the total length, the 

 length of the head one-third ; the diameter of the eye is one-seventh 

 of the latter. Operciilum With three spines, praeoperculum finely 

 and equally serrated ; sub- and inter-operciUum with dcnticulatioiis. 

 Caudalis rounded. BroAvnish, with three whitish longitudinal 

 bands, and with brown spots above. 



Seychelles ; IVfolucca Sea. 



a. Adult. Amboyna. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



25. PRIONODES. 



Prionodes, Jenym, Zool. Beayle, Fishes, p. 40. 



Body oblong ; muzzle with the lower jaw prominent. Canine 

 teeth ; no teeth on the vomer or the palatine bones. Seven bran- 

 chiostegals. One dorsal with ten, the anal fin with three spines. 

 Praeopercidum serrated ; operculum with two or three spines. Scales 

 moderate, ctenoid. 



The form of this fish, as the Rev. L. Jenyns has pointed out, is so 

 completely that of a Serranus, that we may well hesitate to refer 

 it to another family (Scicenidce). One specimen only being knoAvn, 

 it is possible cither that the absence of vomerine teeth is acci- 

 dental in that specimen, or dependent on the age of the fish. But 

 if this be not the case, the stnicture of the fins and of the opercles 

 is as important a character as the absence or presence of a patch of 

 minute teeth, and therefore I think it better to place this fish in 

 tlie group of Serranina. 



1. Prionodes fasciatus. 

 Jenyiis, I.e. p. 47. pi. 9. f. 1. 



Brownish, with numerous dusky cross-bars ; the vertical fins with 

 black occllated spots. The posterior limb of the praeoperculum 

 serrated. 



Chatham Island (Galapagos Archipelago). 



