12G PEKCID.«. 



56. Serranus nouleny. 



Cm: 4'- Va/. ii. p. 247. 



B.'-l. A. A. 



1'2 8 



PraBoperculum with fine denticulations, those of the angle rather 

 stronger ; scapula very conspicuously denticulated. Coloration uni- 

 form. (Val.) 



Coast of Coromandel. 



0. With thirteen or fourteen rays. 



57. Serranus lutra. 

 Cuv. (§• Val. viii. p. 474. 



Caudalis rounded. Opercidmn with only one spine behind. 

 Yellowish olive, marbled -nath blackish ; a black spot on the back of 

 the tail behind the dorsal fin. ( V'll.) 



Isle de France. 



58. Serranus goldmanni. 

 Sleeker, Natuurk. Tydschr. Kederl. hulk; ix. p. 4Ji4. 



^■^, A.|. L.lat.85. 



Caudalis rounded ; the diameter of the eye is 4| in the length of 

 the head ; the upper maxillary bone reaching beyond the posterior 

 margin of the eye. PraBoperculum serrated, with rather stronger 

 denticulations at the angle ; sub- and intero])erculura entire ; oper- 

 culum with three points, the middle of which is the longest ; the 

 fourth, fifth and sixth dorsal spines longest ; the second anal spine 

 longer than those of the dorsal fin, nearly half the lieight of the 

 body. (ireeni.sh, head and body punctulatcd with bi-ownish ; head 

 and anterior part of the back marbled with bro'\\Ti above ; the back of 

 the tail with a black half-ring ; all the fins irregularly and thickly 

 dotted with brown, and, the pectorals excepted, edged \^-ith black. {Bh ) 



Sea of Groot-Oby* 



59. Serranus pavoninus. 



Cur. <§• Val. vii. p. 443. 



Caudalis truncated ; muzzle pointed ; prseopcrculum ?. Reddish ; 

 beneath the first four dorsal rays a round black spot, encircled by a 

 white ring ; caudal fin with a vertical black line at the base. ( Val.) 



Bombay. 



y. Witli fouHcon or fifteen rays. 

 GO. Serranus angularis. 

 Cuv. ^- Val ii. p. .3.5.3. 



Caudalis truncated ; angle of the prasoperculum with four or five 



