112 PKHCIDiE. 



darker cross-bauds ; a round black spot between the two upper 

 opercular spines ; dorsal fin with a pale edge, pectoral and anal fins 

 with a dai'k one. 



China Seas. Xorth-west Coast of Australia ? 



b. Denticulations of prajoperculum conspicuous and equal. 

 25. Serranus tigris. 

 Cuv. ^ Val. ix. p. 440. 



Caudalis slightly rounded ; prsDoperculum very finely serrated. 

 Violet, spotted with bro^vTlish ; eight oblique cross-bands of a light 

 blue colour. {Val.) 



St. Domingo. 



26. Serranus boenack. 



Bodianus boeuack, Block, iv. p. 44. t. 220; Bl. Schn. p. .330. 

 Serranus boenack, Cuv. ^- Val. ii. p. .3<)2 (not good) ; Sleeker, Perc. 



p. 31. 

 boelang, Cur. c^ Vol. ii. p. 308, vi. p. 514 ; Qnoi/. ^- Oaim. Voi/. 



Astral. Poiss. p. 0.57. pi. 3. f. 4. 

 nigro-fascialvis, Ilumhr. S,- Jacqiun. Voy. Pole Siid, Poiss. p. 3(>. 



pi. 2. f. 1. 



D.i. A.|. L.lat.70. 



Caudalis rounded ; sub- and interoperculum with slight denticu- 

 lations, prajopcrculum finely serrated ; the diameter of the ej'e one- 

 sixth of the length of the head. Brown ; body with seven darker 

 cross-bands ; fins not spotted ; caudalis with a black and yellow 

 hinder edge. 



Sunda and Molucca Sea. 



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



b. Adult: stufied. Presented by J. Gould, Esq. 



27. Serranus nigri. (Plate IX. fig. A.) 



1).^. A.f L.lat.70. 



Caudalis rounded. The height of the body is 3| in the total 

 length, the length of the head 3i ; the diameter of the eye is 4i in 

 the latter. Thc^ upper maxillary bone does not reach to the level of 

 the posterior margin of the eye. Sub- and intcro})crculum entire ; 

 pectorals as long as ventrals, not extending to the anal fin. Brown, 

 with seven indistinct vertical bands ; cheeks, upper jaw, the soft pai't 

 of the dorsal and all the other fins with more or less distinct, round, 

 pale bluish spots of the size of a scale. 



a. River Niger. From Mr. Fraser's Collection. 



Description. — The form, as in most of the Serrani, is oblong, rather 

 elongate ; the greate.st height of the body is beneath the front end 



