144 PEBCID^. 



the posterior front teeth of the upper jaw are rather small — much 

 smaller than in S. coronatus : in the remainder of the dentition both 

 species agree with each other. The spines of the anal fin being 

 small, the interhaemal is ?ilso much less developed ; it is fixed to the 

 eleventh haemal, and is only as long as the first six vertebiie together. 



103. Serranus tsirimenara. 



Temm. 8f Schleg. Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 7. pi. 4 A. f. 3 ; Bleek. Verh. 

 Batav. Genootsch. xxvi. p. 62. 



D. T^v A. ^. L. lat. 90-100. 



16-17 7-9 



The height of the body is four times in the total length ; the length 

 of the head 3|— 3i ; the diameter of the eye is 4|^-4^ iri the latter. 

 The upper maxillaiy bone reaches rather beyond the posterior margin 

 of the orbit. Praeoperculum with rather stronger denticulations at 

 the angle ; interoi^erculum scarcely, suboperculum not serrated. 

 The fifth dorsal spine longest, shorter than one-half of the depth of 

 the body. Caudal fin rounded. Red, with seven or nine rose- 

 coloured blotches, one series of which is above the lateral line, and the 

 other beneath ; the dorsal fin with a black upper edge (dorsali spinosa 

 supeme parte membranse emarginata macula trigona nigra. Bl.). 



Japanese Sea. 



104. Serranus punctatissimus. (Plate X. fig. A.) 

 D. j^. A. |. L. lat. 100. 



17 8 



Caudalis truncated. The height of the body is 3^ in the total 

 length, the length of the head 3^ ; the diameter of the eye is 44 in the 

 latter. The upper maxillary bone reaches to the level of the pos- 

 terior margin of the eye. Praeoperculum serrated behind, with about 

 three spinous teeth at the angle ; sub- and interoperculum entire. 

 The foiirth dorsal spine and the third of the anal fin longest ; the 

 ventrals rather longer than the pectorals, not reaching to the vent. 

 Brownish olive (in spirits) ; head, body, and the soft parts of the 

 dorsal and anal fins piinctulated with brown. The soft portions of 

 the vertical fins and the ventrals with a broad black margin. 



a. China. Presented by Mr. Reeves. 



Description. — In habit similar to S. marginalis. The height of the 

 body is 3^ in the total length, the length of the head 3i. The scales 

 extend on the upper surface beyond the nostrils, but the praeorbital 

 and the upper maxillary are naked. The space between the eyes 

 is rather flat, and less than the diameter of the eye ; the extent of 

 the snout is equal to the latter, and 4^ in the length of the head. 

 The nostrils are lateral ; the posterior opening larger, oval. The cleft 

 of the mouth is wide, the upper maxillaiy reaching to the level of 

 the posterior margin of the eye. The posterior limb of the praeoper- 

 culum descends obliquely backwards, is finely serrated, and has a 

 slight emargination above the angle, and about three stronger spinous 

 tepth at the angle. Sub- and interoperculum entire. The spines 



