100 percidjt:. 



t;. With eighteen or nineteen rays : 

 122. S. altivelis, 123. S. inennis, 125. S. olfnx. 



124. S. quoyanus, 



6. With nineteen or twenty rays : 



126, S. dermoptenis. | 



3. Body with lon^tudinal bands * : 



127. S. formosus, 130. S. biguttatus, 133. S. urophthalmus, 



128. S. Litifasciatus, 131. S. poecilonotus, 134. S. lineatus, 



129. S. morrhua, 132. S. lemniscatus, 135. S. amboineusis. 



I. Serrani with deeply forked caudal fin, 

 A. and with the two middle ray.s of caudal fin much elongate. 



1. Serranus phaeton. 

 Cuv. 4- Val. ii. p. 310. pi. 34. 



Caudalis forked, with the two middle rays as long as the body, 

 both sheathed together in a membrane, the other rays strong and 

 compressed ; praeoperculum with exceedingly fine denticulations. 

 Palatine and vomerine teeth very fine. 



Hah. ? 



B. With the two middle rays of caudal fin shortest. 



2. Serranus creolus. 



? 1-arra, pi. 20. f. 2. 



SeiTanus creolus, Cur. 8,- Val. ii. p. 205; Cuv. Rcgne Anim. III. Ichthi/ol. 

 pi. 8. f. 1 (coloration?). 



D.l. A. J. L. lat. 90. Vert. 10/14. 



Snont short. The upper maxillary bone reaching to beldw the 

 middle of the eye ; pra3oi)erculiim with very fine and equal scrrature ; 

 interoperculum minutely serrated, or wdthout any serratiu-e. Caudal 

 fin deeply forked, with elongate lobes. Reddish, -wdth four small 

 round violet spots on each side ; dorsal fin with a blackish longi- 

 t\idinal streak. 



Caribbean Sea. 



a. Fin" specimen. Cuba. From the Collection of the Zoological 



Society. 

 6. Adult stufted. West Indies. Purchased of IMr. Scrivener. 

 c d. Fine specimens. America. From the llaslar Collection. 

 e. Adult. America. 



/. Adult. America. Fnmi the Haslar Collection. 

 g. Adult: skeleton. .Vnicvica. 



• 1. Serranus chlofoceplialus, Cur. 4- Val vi. p. r)22.- -Polynesia Identical 

 with S. linenitisx 



