26. 8EEHANUS. 135 



prominent, and with stronger dentienlations. Caudal rounded. 

 Uniform blackish ; fins without any spots. (HoUjr.) 

 Coast of South Carolina. 



82. Serranus acutirostris. 



Cuv. ^ Val ii. p. 286, ix. p. 432 ; Valenc. in Barker- Webb S,- Ber- 

 thelot, lies dinar. Iddhyol. p. 11. pi. 3. f. 1 5 Guichen, Explor. Sc. 

 Al^er. Poiss. p. 35. 



The height of the body is 4| in the total length, the length of the 

 head 3i. Proeoperculum finely serrated behind ; angle projecting, 

 with coarser dentienlations. CaudaUs slightly emarginate ; the third 

 aual spine longer than the second. Uniform greenish. 



Coast of Brazil ; Canary Islands ; Sea of Messina. 



83. .Serranus marginalis. 



Epinephelus marginalis, Block, t. 328. f. 1. 

 Holocentrus rosmarus, Lacep. iv. pp. 389, 392. t. 7. f. 2. 

 Serranus marginalis, Cue. Sf Val. ii. p. 301 ; Richards. Ichth. China, 

 p. 233 ; Bleeker, Perc. p. 34 



D.J^. A.|. L.lat. 80-90. Vert. 9/15. 



Caudalis truncated. Length of the head 2|^ in the total ; diameter 

 of the eye 4|^ in the length of the head. Praeoperculum with rather 

 stronger dentienlations on the angle, sub- and iuteroperculum entire. 

 The upper maxillary bone reaching just to the level of the posterior 

 margia of the eye. Pectorals distant from the front end of the anal, 

 and reaching a little behind the tip of the ventrals. Brownish or 

 yellowish ; the spinous part of tho dorsal fin, and sometimes the 

 caudal fin, black-edged. 



Javanese, Chinese, and Japanese Seas ; Amboyna ; Timor ; Louis - 

 lade Archipelago. 



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



6. Adult: skeleton. China. 



c. Adult. China. 



d. Adiilt : stufi'ed. China. Presented by J.. E. Eeeves, Esq. 



e. Adult. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 

 /. Adult. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 

 g. Adult. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 



h. Half-grown. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 

 i. Adult: stuffed. Japan. 

 k. Adiilt. India. 



I. Adult : bad state. India. From the Haslar Collection. 

 m. Young. India. From the Haslar Collection. 

 n-q. Adult : stuffed. Louisiade Archipelago. Yoyage of the Rattle- 

 snake. 

 r. Advdt : skin. Sand-bank near Darnley Island 

 s. Adult : skin. Copang (Timor). 



