26. SEHRANUS. . 149 



112. Serranns bontoides. 



Sleeker, Amboina, vi. p. 405. 



^■^r ^-f L.lat.80. 



Caudalis rounded. The diameter of the eye one -fourth of the 

 length of the head ; the upper maxillary bone reaching to below the 

 posterior half of the eye. Pra^operculum serrated, with rather 

 stronger denticulations at the angle; sub- and interopcroidura 

 entire ; the hinder nine dorsal spines nearly equal in length ; the 

 second anal spine longest. Brownish, with scattered darker spots 

 On the head and body ; the dorsal fin only with a few brown spots ; 

 the soft part of the dorsalis; the caudal and pectoral fins with a 

 yellow margin. (-BZ.) 



Sea of Amboyna. 



113. Serranus macrospilos. 



Bleeker, Batjan, iii. p. 499. 



^-IFTr ^-f L-lat.85. 



Caudalis rounded. The diameter of the eye about one-fourth of 

 the length of 'the head; the upper maxillary bone reaching beyond 

 the posterior margin of the eye. Prajoperculum serrated, with stronger 

 denticulations at the angle ; sub- and interoperculum entire ; the 

 fourth and fifth dorsal spines not much longer than the following 

 ones ; the second anal spine longest, half the height of the body. 

 Brownish green, with large blackish spots, distant from one another, 

 seven between the operculum and caudal fin ; dorsal fin with two rather 

 irregular series of large brown spots, about seven in the basal serifes ; 

 pectoral and ventral fins black, the former yellow-edged; anal fin 

 with a black spot and yellow-edged ; caudal fin orange-colom-ed, on 

 the anterior half with three large round black spots, on the posterior 

 half blackish with a yellow margin. {Bl.) 



Sea of Batjan. 



114. Serranus areolatus. 



Perca areolata, Forsk. p. 42. 



tauvina (net Forsk.), Geoffr. Descr.* de VEg. pi. 20. f. 1. 



Serranus tauvinus, Geoffr. Poiss. cFEg. p. 201. 



areolatus (japonicus), Fauna J<ipon. p. 8 ; Cuv. if* Val. ii. p. 350 ; 



Richardson, Ichth. China, p. 232; Peters, Wiegm. Arch. 1855, p. 235. 



Caudalis truncated. Length nf the head 3| in the total. Prseoper- 

 culum very finely serrated, with strong denticulations at the angle ; 

 pector?,li8 very distant from the anal fin. Dried specimens greyish 

 brown, covered all over with numerous small brown spots. 



Red Sea ; Coast of Mozambique ; Sea of Japan. 



a. Adult : stuffed". Red Sea. Presented by J. Bui-ton, Esq. 



b. Half-grown : stuffed. Red Sea. 



