140 PERCID^. 



95. Serranus akaara. 



Faun. Japon. p. 9. pi. 3. f. 1 ; Richardson, IcMhyol. China, p. 231. 



Caudalis rounded. Praeoperculum serrated, denticulations at the 

 angle sometimes very strong, sometimes equal to the others. The 

 third, fourth and fifth dorsal spines longest, the "posterior ones not 

 much shorter ; the second and third anal spines nearly equal in length 

 (according to the Fauna Japon ica, the second lougest) ; pectorals not 

 reaching the anus. Maxillary bone not reaching behind the level of 

 the eye. Brownish red ; head, body, and vertical fins covered ^vitli 

 round bright red spots. 



Japanese Seas. 



a. Adult : stuffed. Japan. 



b. Adult: stuifed. India. 



96. Serranus apua. 



Margr. p. 158; Lib. Princ. i. p. 315. 

 Bodianus apua, Block, t. 229 ; Lacep. iv. p. 296. 

 ? Serranus apua, Cut: 8f Val. ii. p. 287; Guichen. in Ramon de la Sagra, 

 Hist'Cub. ]^. 11. 



D.iJ. A.|. L. lat. 105. 



Caudalis truncated, with rounded angles ; angle of the praeoper- 

 culum with stronger denticulations. Brownish, with brown spots 

 on the sides of the head and body ; about twenty-five between the 

 opercle and the root of the caudal. The spinous dorsal higher than 

 the soft ; the vertical fins with a broad black edge. 



Caribbean Sea. 



a. Adult : stuffed. "West Indies. From Mr. Scrivener's Collection. 

 h, c. Half-grown : stuffed. West Indies. From Mr. Scrivener's 



Collection. 

 d-f. Adult : skins. Jamaica. From Dr. Pamell's Collection. 



97. Serranns mentzelii. 



Cuv. (§• Val. u. p. 291. 



T) " A i- 



Caudalis truncated; muzzle short, blunt. Bro'wnish, marbled 

 with reddish brown, and with streaks of the same colour on the beUy, 

 anastomosing on the tail. Fins iinifonn ; dorsalis and analis black - 

 edged. (Val) 



Coast of Brazil. 



(. With fifteen to seventeen rays. 

 98. Serranus hexagonatus. 



11 



5-i; 

 Caudalis rounded. The length of the head is 3|-3| in the total 



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