26. SEKRANUS. 139 



92. Serranns celebicus 



Sleeker, Celebes, i. p. 217. 



D-.TT6- ^-l- L.lat.90. 



Candalis truncated. The height of the body is 3f in the total length, 

 the length of the head 3^ ; the diameter of the eye is 4| in the length 

 of the head ; upper maxOlary bone reaching to beneath the centre of 

 the eye ; praeopercxdum strongly serrated, with three or four still 

 stronger denticidations at the angle ; sub- and interoperculum denti- 

 culated ; the fourth dorsal spine longest. Reddish brown, with large," 

 roundish darker spots ; all the fins brown -spotted ; dorsal and caudal 

 fins yellow-edged. 



Celebes. 



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



93. Seiranus variolosns. 



Benard, Poiss. t. 28. f. 153, and t. 3. £ l^j Valentyn, Ind. iii. f. 41. 



Perca variolosa, Forst. MSS. 



Serranns variolosus, Cuv. ^ Vol. ii. p. 354 ; Sleeker, Perc. p. 86. 



D. ii. A. |. L, lat. 110. 



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

 of the eye one-fourth of the length of the head ; upper maxillary bone 

 reaching to below the posterior half of the eye ; praeoperculum with 

 rather stronger denticulations at the angle ; sub- and iateroperculum 

 entire. Brownish, with roundish brown spots on the head, body, and 

 soft part of dorsal fin ; the other fins immaculate. 



Sunda Sea ; Pacific. 



a. Adult. Pacific. 

 h. Adult. Pacific. 

 e, d. Half-grown. Pacific. From the Haslar Collection. 



94. Serranus hoedtii. 

 Sleeker, Amboina, vi. p. 406. 



I>MTi6- ^-T- L. lat. 120. 

 Caudalis truncated, with slightly rounded angles. The diameter of 

 the eye is 4^— 4|^ in the length of the head ; the upper maxillary bone 

 reaching to the level of the posterior margin of the eye ; prseoper- 

 culmn serrated, with four to six rather stronger denticulations at the 

 angle ; suboperculum entire ; interoperculum scarcely denticulated. 

 The third or the third and fourth dorsal spines longest ; the second 

 and third anal spines nearly equal in length. Bluish ; head, body, 

 and all the fins dotted with black ; the soft parts of the dorsal and 

 anal fins yeUow-edged : caudal and pectoral fins orange -coloured, 

 with a violet base. (Bl.) 

 Sea of Amboyna. 



