20. sKKKANrs. 97 



26. SERRANUS*. 



Serrami3, sp., Cuv. Regne Anini. ; Cuv. tSj" Val- ii- P- 210. 



Seven branchiostegals. Teeth villiform, with veiy distinct eaninea 

 in both jaws ; teetli on the pakxtine bones ; tongue smooth. One 

 dorsal tin, mostly %vith nine or eleven, rarely -with eight, ten, or 

 twelve spines ; anal fin with three. Operculum with two or three 

 acute points ; pra3operculum more or less serrated, without spinous 

 teeth on the lower limb. Scales small. 



All the seas of the temperate and tiopical regions. 



Synopsis of the Sjiecies. 



I. Serrani with deeply forked caudal fin, 



A. And with the two middle rays of caudal fin nmch elongate ; 



I. S. phaeton. 



B. With the two midille rays of caudal fiu .-shortest f : 



2. S. creolus, 4. S. louti, 0. S. filamentosuft, 



3. S. colomis. 5. S. flavimarginatus, 7. S. zonatus. 



II. Serrani with slightly convex or concave, or with truncated caudal fin. 



A. With less thau eight soft rays in the aual fin, and with more than 

 twelve in the dorsali.« : 



8. S. scriba, 10. S. albouiaculatu.^, II. S. rhyncholepis, 



9. S. humeralis^. 12. S. gymnopareius. 



* 1. Holocentrus aiiratus, Bl. pi. 236; Bl. Schn. p. 314 — Serranus auratus, 

 Cuv. 4- Fill. ii. p. 3G4.— East Indies? 



2. Ilolocentrus caeruleopunctatus, Bl. t 242. f. 4; Bl. Schi. p. 315. — Ser- 



ranus civruleopunctatus, CiitK cj- Vnl. ii. p. 366.— Habitat — — - ? 



3. Serranus corallieola, {K. ^- v. H.) Cuv. cj?- Val. ii. p. 366. — Java. 



4. Holocentrus argpntinus, Bl. t. 23.5. f. 2. — Bl. Srkn. p 314. — Sei-ranus 



argentinas, Cuv. 4~ Val. ii. p. 241. — Habitat ? 



5. Serranus variegatus, Richurds. Ichth. China, \}. 231. — Canton. 

 G. Serranus reevesii, Bic/mnls. I. c. p. 232. — Canton. 



7- Perca lunaria, Forak. p. 3'J. — Percaj rogaie var. luuaria, Bl. Schn. p. 335 

 - — Red Sea. 



8. Serranus taniocheirus, Cuv. c^- Vnl. vi. p. .518. — East Indies i* 



9. Serranus roseus, Cuv. 4' Val. ii. p. -306. — Otalieiti. 



10. Serranus peruanus, Less. Voy. Coq. Zool. ii. p. 234. — Peru. 



11. Serranus abdominalis, Pefcrs, in Wlcgm^ Archiv, 1855, p. 237. — Mozam- 



bique. 



12. Serranus goliath, Peters, I. c. — Mozambique. 



13 Serranus parkinsonii, C)tv. cf- Val. ii. p. 329. — Habitat ? 



14. Bonaci arara, Parra, pi. 16. f. 2. — Johnius guttatiis. v.iv., Bl. Schn. p. 77. 



—Serranus arara, Cuv. cf- Val. ii. p. 377- 



15. Bonaci cardinal, P«?-/-«, pi. 16. f. 1. — Johnius guttatus, i/A Sch?/. p. 77. — 



Serranus cardinalis, Cuv. ^ Val. ii. p. 378. 



16. Parra, pi. 36. f. 1.— Lutjanus limulatus, Bl. Schn p. 329.— Serranus 



lunulatus, Cuv. ^- Val. ii. p. 379.— West Indies, 

 t 1. Perca lepidoptera, Fvrsf. — Epineplielus lepidopterus, Bl. Schn. p. .302. 

 — Serranus lepidopterus, Richards. Ann. >.]■ Mag Naf. Hibt. 1842, i\. 

 p. 18. — Australia. 



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