150 PERCID-E. 



115. Serranus awoara. 



Temm. 8f Schleg. Faun. Japun. p. 9. pi. 3. f. 2 ; Richardson, Ichthyol. 

 China, p. 231. 



Caudalis rounded. Proeoperculiun with the angle rather produced, 

 more strongly denticulated than the upper part of the margin. The 

 third, fourth, fifth and sixth spines longest, the second not miich 

 shorter. Brownish olive ; head and body covered with small round 

 yellow spots ; fins with a broad yellow edge. 



Japanese and Chinese Seas. 



a. Adult: stuffed: not good state. China. Presented by J. 11. 

 lleeves, Esq. 



116. Serranus geographicus. 

 Serranus geographicus, (Ktihl (ij- von JIass.) Out: 8) Val. ii. p. 322. 



Caudalis rounded. Brown, darker marbled. Dorsal fin olive; 

 the spinous part wdth a large triangular spot at the base of each 

 spine, above with a brown edge ; the soft part with two longi- 

 tudinal brown streaks beneath, and with large bro^vn spots above ; 

 analis orange-coloured, with irregular brown streaks ; the other fins 

 brown-spotted. (Val.) 



Java. 



117. Serranus reticularis. 



Serranus reticularis, (Kuhl 8f von Hass.) Cuv. Sf Val. ii. p. 323. 



T) " A i- 

 U. y^. A. -. 



Caudalis rounded. Brownish, with small blackish-brown half- 

 moon-like spots ; head immaculate ; fins with numerous blue points. 

 ( Val.) 



Java. 



118. Serranus gaimardi. 



Serranus gaimardi, Blceker, Batuvia, p. 455; (? Cuv. Sf Val. vi. p. 520 j 

 Quay (^ Gaim. Voy. Astrol. Poiss. p. 060. pi. 3. f. 3.) 



D. |i. A. I-. L. lat. 90. 



Caudalis with rather convex posterior margin. The length of the 

 head 3-3- in the total, the diameter of the eye one-fifth of the length 

 of the head ; muzzle covered with scales ; the Tipper maxillary bone 

 reaching beyond the posterior margin of the eye. Pra^operculum 

 serrated, with stronger denticulations at the angle ; sub- and inter- 

 operculum entire ; scales ciliated. The third dorsal spine and the 

 second anal longest. Brownish, with scattered brown spots, round 

 on the head, and oblong on the posterior part of the body ; caudal 

 fin black-spotted behind and with a yellow edge ; dorsal and anal 

 fins near the tips of the rays with from six to ten round black spots, 



