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c. Adult : bad skin. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Kelaart. 

 <f. Young. Bonieo. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 

 e. Younff : bad skin. From Gronov's Collection. 



4(j. Serranus ouatalibi. 



Purra, p. '30. pi. 5. f. '2 ; Marqr. p. 147 (Cai-auna) ; Licht. Bed. Abhcmdl. 



1820, p. 278. 

 Bodifinus guativere, Bl, Schn. p. ^36. 

 Gymnocephalus ruber, Bl. ScJtn. p. 340. pi. (57. 

 Serranus ouatalibi, (Jiir. i^ Vul. ii, p. 381 ; Gnichen. in liammi dc la 



Sinjra, Hi.st. Cuba, Poiss. p. 15. 

 carauna. Cur. S)- Val. ii. p. 384; Castclnau, Anim. nouv. on rarca 



de VAmer. du Sud, Poiss. p. 1. pi. 1. f. 1 (faulty). 



D. ^. A. |. L. lat. 85. Csec. pylor. 8. Vert. 10/14. 



Caudalis rather truncated ; siib- and interopercuhim ver}' slightly 

 denticulated where they are joined ; pracopcrculum serrated, teeth 

 of the angle not prominent, lower limb entire ; the upper spine of 

 the operculum largest and longest. Maxillarj' bone not reaching to 

 the level of the hinder edge of the eye ; diameter of the eye 5g in the 

 length of the head ; length of the head '6\ in the total. Eed (in 

 life) ; head and body, and sometimes dorsiil fin, covered with nume- 

 rous small, blue, black-edged spots, a pair of larger black spots on 

 the symphysis of the lower jaw, and another on the back of the tail, 

 behind the dorsaUs. 



Caribbean Sea. 



a. Adult : stuffed. West Indies. 



h. Adult : female. West Indies. 



c-e. Adult. West Indies. 



f. Adult : not good state. West Indies. 



(/. Half-grown, West Indies. Old Collection as Perca atomaria, 



h. Adult : stuffed. West Indies. From Mr. Scrivener's CoUection. 



I. Adult. S. America. Presented by Sir 11. Schomburgk. 



k-r. Half-grown : stuffed. AVest Indies. From Mr. Scrivener's Col- 

 lection. 



s-x. Half-grown: skins. Jamaica. From Dr. Pamell's Collection. 



y,z. Adult: stuffed. Lord Howe's Island. Voyage of H.M.S. 

 Herald.— With the formula: D. ^. A. f. 



a. Adult: bad skin. Cape Verde. 



/). Intestines and ovarium of spec. h. Both halves of the ovarium 

 arc nearly entirely separated. 



Skeleton. — The \ippor surface of the skull is rounded on both 

 sides, with a very low horizontal branch of the occipital crest between, 

 not extending on the frontal bones; the space between the orbits is 

 concave, with a deep, oblong, triangular groove in front. The pos- 

 terior part of the orbit is strongly elevated ; the interior orbito- 

 scapular ridge is fc(;ble, but projecting behind into a strong spine ; 

 the exterior is veiy broad and strong, covered by the skin only. 



