2G. SEREANUS. 137 



85. Serranus crapao. 



Cuv. 8f Val. iii. p. 494 ; Bleeker, Perc. p. 37 ; Richards. Ann. 8r Man. 

 Nat. Hist. 1842, ix. p. 25. 



I>-n- A-p-TFii^- L.lat.80. 



Caudalis rounded ; head one -third of the total length ; diameter of 

 the eye one-seventh of the length of the head ; angle of the praeoper- 

 culum with stronger denticulations ; sub- and interoperculum entire. 

 Brownish ; all the parts with rounded brown spots. 



Sunda Sea ; Port Essington. 



a. Adult : skin. Port Essington. 



b. Adult : skin. Port Essington. Purchased of J. Gould, Esq. 



86. Serranus sebaB. 



Bleeker, Amboiiia, v. p. 488. 



D. ii. A. I-. L. lat. 85-90. 



10 8 



Caudalis rounded ; length of the head 3^ in the total ; diameter of 

 the eye one-fifth of the length of the head ; upper profile of the head 

 convex ; angle of the prseoperculum with stronger spinous teeth ; 

 suboperculum entire ; interoperculum with one or two denticulations. 

 The third spine of the dorsal and anal fins longest. Brownish ; body 

 and all the fins with round darker spots ; the soft part of the dorsal 

 fin "land the caudalis vdth a narrow yeUow edge. 



Chinese Sea ; Amboyna. 



a. Adult. China. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



b. Half-grown. Amboyna. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



87. Serramis siimmana. 



Perca summana, Forskal, p. 42. 



Bodianus summana, Bl. Schn. p. 334. 



Pomacentrus summana, Lacep. iii. p. 511. 



Serranus summana, Cuv. 8f Val. ii. p. 344 ; Riipp. N. W. Fische, p. 102, 



and Atl. p. 104 ; Lefebvre, Voy. Abyss. Zool. p. 229. pi. 5. f. 1. 

 leucostigma, Cuv. Sf Val. ii. p. 346. 



l6 8 



Caudalis rounded; denticulations of the prseoperculum fine and 

 equal ; interoperculum with some fine denticulations. Brown, 

 marbled with greyish and spotted with white ; a blackish streak 

 passing below the eye ; a black spot on the tail. 



Red Sea. 



a. Large specimen : stuffed : not good state. Red Sea. Purchased 

 of the Frankfort Museum. 



88. Serranus micronotatus. 

 Ruppell, N. W. Fische, p. 90. 



15 9 



Caudalis rounded ; pi ^operculum finely serrated ; operculum with 



