148 TEEaD^, 



110. Serranus gilberti. 



Percis rib. 15, Klein, Hist. Pise. v. p. 43. t. 8. f. 3. 

 Serranus gilberti, Rivhankon, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1842, p. 19, and Iclith. 

 CTiina, p. 2-30. 



megachir, Richardson, Ichth. CIdna, p. 230. 



pardalis. Sleeker, Perc. p. 37. 



^'Wrr ^'i^- L.lat. 75-80. 



Caudalis rounded. The length of tlie head is 31 in the total ; the 

 diameter of the eye 4^ in the length of the head, larger than the 

 distance between the eyes, but equal to the distance of the eye from 

 the end of the snout. Pectoralis very large, nearly equal to the length 

 of the head, and just reaching to the front end of the anal fin ; the 

 maxillary bone reaches beyond the hinder level of the eye. Prae- 

 operculum finely serrated, mth stronger denticulations at the angle ; 

 sub- and interoperculum entire. Brownish, aU parts with large, 

 rounded, daz'k-brown spots ; behind the maxillary bone a black 

 streak. 



' China Seas ; Batavia ; Sumbawa ; Amboyna ; Torres Straits ; 

 North Australia. 



a, b. Adult : skins. China. From Mr. Warwick's Collection. 



c. Adult. Cliina. 



d. Adult : stuffed. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 



e. Adult. Amboyna. Fi'om Mr. Frank's Collection. 

 /. Young. Amboyna. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 

 g. Adult stuffed. Australia. 



h. Adult : skin. Port Essington. 



Fishes which have been skinned often become stretched, and more 

 elongate than they are in nature ; on the other hand, the fins shrink 

 together and become shorter, especially the soft ones; thus the 

 distance between the end of the pectoral fins and the analis appears 

 to be greater. This was the case with specimens named by Dr. 

 Richardson S. gilberti, which name has the priority. In specimens 

 which decidedly belong to Dr. Richardson's S. megachir, I do not 

 find the number of the soft dorsal rays to be fifteen, but always 

 sixteen, or even seventeen. 



111. Serranus nehulosus. 

 Cuv. ^ Val, ii. p. 313; Sleeker, Perc. p. 34 (not Richardson). 

 D. H A. |. L. lat. 75. 



Caudal fin rounded. Suboperculum entire, interoperculum slightly 

 denticulated ; angle of the pra5operculum with rather strong teeth, 

 rectangular. Length of the head more than one-thii-d of the total ; 

 eye of moderate size, its diameter one-fifth of the length of the head. 

 Brownish, darker marbled ; fins without spots or streaks. 



Javanese Sea. 



