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ration of the back emitting six transverse bands towards the belly ; 

 operei'ilum broAvn ; cheeks brown-sjjotted ; a large brown blotch in 

 front of the root of the pectoral fin ; fins not spotted. 

 Coast of Chili. 



10. Serranus albomaculatus. 



Jcnyns, Zool. of the Bcayh', Fishes, p. 3. pi. 2. 

 D. 1". A. 1. 



13 7 



Caudalis truncated. The length of the head one-third of the total ; 

 the diameter of the eyes about one-sixth of the length of the head, 

 larger than the dista,nce between them. Pr^eopercuhim finely ser- 

 rated, with coarser diAiticulations at the angle and along the posterior 

 half of the basal margin ; suprascapula denticulated. The third 

 dorsal spine very long, more than twice as long as the second, 

 c(j[ualling more than half the height of the body. On the sides a 

 series of five or six good-sized snow-white spots, and one placed 

 above. (Jen.) 



Galapagos Archipelago. 



11. Serranus rhyncholepis. 

 Sleeker, Celebes, iii. p. 749. 



B.JL.. A.f L.lat.80. 



CaudaHs rounded ; the diameter of the eye is 4^ in the length of 

 the head ; upper maxillary bone reaching behind the eye. Praeoper- 

 culum serrated, vnth. stronger denticulations at the angle ; sub- and 

 interoperculum entire ; the spinous and soft parts of dorsal fin of 

 equal height. Brown, each scale on the sides with a lighter speck ; 

 fins immaculate. (Bl.) 



Sea of Bulucomba (Celebes). 



Bleeker comj)ares this species with S. lahriformis, Jenyns j he 



states the number of the rays of the anal fin to be — ; but as 



•^ ;-8 ' 



he always reckons the last as two, I am obliged to remove this 

 species from S. lahriformis into another group wdth seven soft rays 

 in the anal fin. Further examination of other specimens wiU show 

 whether I am right in so doins:. 



12. Serranus gymnopareius. 



? Epinephelus striatus, Bloch, t. 330. 

 Serranus gymnopareius, Cuv. 8f Val. ii. p. 248. 



D.^. A.f 



Praeoperculum without scales, only its posterior limb denticulated ; 

 caudalis truncated. Body ^\dth seven or <'ight dark-brown cross- 

 bands. 



Jamaica (?) 



