108 PERCIDiE. 



bands : first from the orbit over the prajoperculum ; second from tho 

 crown of the head obliquely over the operculum to behind the pectoral 

 fins ; third very broad, occupying the space between the second and 

 tenth spine, confluent below with the second band ; fourth broad, 

 spanning nearly the eight posterior dorsal rays ; fifth in front of the 

 caudal : all the fins \\'ith round bro"\\-n spots. 

 Bay of Bengal ; Batavia ; Samarang. 



This species is well distinguished by its coloration. Bleeker 

 states that in adult specimens the bands become obsolete, and that 

 the coloration changes to yelloAvish marbled with brownish. A 

 single specinum, of about four inches in length, exists in the Collec- 

 tion of the East India Museum. 



1 7. Serranus albofuscus. 



Holocentms macidatus, BL iv. p. 90. t. 242. f. 3 ; Bl. Schn. p. 315. 



albofuscu.^, Laccp. iv. pp. 341, 384, 385. 



Serrauus maculatus, Bleeker, Bocroe, p. 398. 



D-T^- ^^-l- L-lat-100. 



Caudahs rounded; the diameter of the eye one -third (?) of the length 

 of the head ; the upper maxillary bone reaching to the level of the 

 posterior margin of the eye ; })r£copcrculum serrated, Avith a much 

 longer spinous tooth at the angle ; sub- and intcroperculum entire ; 

 the second, third and fom-th dorsal spines longest ; the third anal 

 spine stronger and rather longer than the second. Brown, with 

 large pearl-coloured spots ; on the head four or five, on the back 

 three transverse blotches, more or less extending on the dorsal fin : 

 one between scapula and anterior dorsal spines, the second betAveen 

 the lateral line and the upper edge of the hinder part of the spinous 

 dorsal, the third across the back of the tail behind the dorsal. Dorsal 

 fin brown, with three round black spots on the .soft part ; pectorals 

 blackish, with pearl-coloured spots and a band of the same colour 

 across the middle ; anal and ventral fins brown, the former with a 

 pearl-coloured spot ; caudalis yellow, with large brown spots. {Bl.) 



Sea of Boeroe. 



18. Serranus sexfasciatus. 



Sen-anus sexfasciatus, (Kuhl^- v. Haas.) Cuv.^' V(tl. ii. p. 3G0 ; -B/eeA:er, 

 Perc. p. 38. 



D.ii. A.i. 



Caudj^is rounded ; sub- and intcroperculum entire ; angle of the 

 prEDoperculum Avith very strong teeth. Body Avith six dark broAvn 

 cross-bands ; head imiform ; dorsal and caudal fins with roundish 

 brown spots. 



Javanese Sea. 

 a. Hulf-grown: skui : bad state. East Indies. Presented by 

 B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



