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PERCIDiE. 



a single spiiie ; second dorsal spine longest. Greyish ; head, body, and 

 dorsal fin punctulated with brown ; a lighter streak from below the 

 eye to the base of the pectoral fins. {Rupj}.) 

 Massana (Red Sea). 



89. Serranus tumilabris. 

 Cuv. ^ Vnl. ii. p. 346. 



D.H A.l. 



15 9 



Caudalis rounded ; praeopercxilum with equal and fine denticula- 

 tions ; sub- and interoperculum entire ; lips thick, swollen. Brown, 

 marbled with darker ; all the parts with rounded greyish- white 

 specks ; a black streak behind the maxiUary bone. 



Seychelles. 



a. Adult. Sine patria. From Mr. Brandt's Collection as Epine- 

 phelus punctatiis. 



90. Serranus hoevenii. 

 Bleeker, Perc. p. 36. 



D.ii. A.f. L. lat. 80. 



Caudalis rounded. The length of the head is 2|- in the total ; 

 diameter of the eye one-sixth of the length of the head, much larger 

 than the distance between the eyes, but equal to the distance of the 

 eye from the end of the snout ; maxiUary bone just reaching the 

 vertical from the posterior margin of the orbit ; praeoperculum with 

 rather larger denticulations at the angle ; sub- and interoperculum 

 entire. Brownish, with round pearl -coloured spots on the sides of 

 the body ; fins immaculate, with a black and yellow edge. 



Batayia. 



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



91. Serranus bontoo. 



Russell, pi. 128. 



Serranus bontoo, Cw\ R^gne Anim. ; Oiw. 8f Vol. ii. p. 334, vi. p. 628 ; 

 Cantor, Catal. p. 11. 



Caudalis rounaed ; praeoperculum with strong denticulations, 

 strongest at the angle, and Avith a very oblique lower limb. Brown, 

 with large, scattered ferruginous spots ; dorsal and anal fins whitish, 

 with a black and white edge ; caudalis greyish at the end, with a 

 bluish spot between each two rays ; pectoral fins blackish, with a 

 broad whitish band at the base. 



Madras ; Vizagapatan ; Java. 



.o. Adult: stuffed. Ceylon. 



