130 PEKCID^. 



entire ; the spinous part of the dorsal fin lower than the soft, -the 

 middle spines longest ; the second spine of the anal fin one-third of 

 the length of the head. BroAvnish ; ail parts covered with blue specks, 

 smaller than the scales ; vertical and pectoral fins with an orange 

 edge. {BL) 



Sea of Amboyna. 



70. Serranus maculatus. 



Perca maciJata, Bl. t. 313 (bad). 



Spams atlanticus, Lac^. iv. p. 158. pi. 5. f. 1. 



Serranus catus, Cuv. 8f Vol. ii. p. 373 ; Guichen. in Ramon <le la 



SagrUf Hist. Cuba, Poiss. p. 13. 

 Sfirranus maculatus, Bleek., is another species : cfr. no. 17. 



D.ii. A.i. 



M 8 



Caudalis rounded ; prseoperculum very finely serrated, sub- and 

 interoperculum entire. Head not quite one-third of the total 

 length ; the third spine to the sixth of dorsal fin, and the second of 

 the anal longest. Dried specimen light brown ; head and body with 

 rounded yellowish spots, each with a brown centre ; fins immaculate, 

 the vertical ones with a blackish edge. 



Cuvier gives seventeen soft rays for the dorsal fin. 



Martinique. 



a. Adult : stuffed. West Indies. 



71. Serranus ga^eus. 



MiiU. Sf Tfosch. in Schomhurgk'' s Beisen in Brit. Guiafia, p. 621. 

 15 9 



Caudalis rounded. The length of the head is 3^ in the total ; the 

 diameter of the eye is 6i in the length of the head, and much smaller 

 than the distance between the eyes ; maxillary bone reaching far be- 

 hind the eye ; praeoperculum with fine serrature, rather stronger on 

 the angle ; sub- and interoperculum entire ; the spinous part of the 

 dorsal fin low, the third to the eleventh spine nearly equal in length ; 

 the third spine of the anal fin longer th\in the second. Brown, marbled 

 with darker ; head, anterior part of body and pectoral fins with 

 scattered blackish-brown spots ; spots of the other fins obsolete. 



Coast of Brazil. 



a. Adult. South America. Presented by Sir R. Schomhurgk. 

 72. Serranus niveatus. 



Cuv. 8f Val. ii. p. 380; Castelnau, Anim. tiouv. ou rares de PAm^. 

 du Sud, Poiss. pi. 1. f. 2. 



D.i^. A. 4. 



14 9 



Caudalis rounded ; praeoperculum strongly serrated, -with the angle 

 rather produced backwards. Brownish olive, 'svith small scattered 



