26. SKBEANTS. 153 



of the head concave. Praeoperculum finely and equally serrated. 

 Yellowish, all parts with distant roimd black spots edged with white. 

 Javanese and Chinese Seas ; Sea of Pinang ; Port Essington. 



a. Large specimen. East Indies. 



b. Adult. Chiua. Presented by General Hardwicke. 



c. Young : very bad state. Port Essington. From the Haslar 



Collection. 



1 23. Serranus inennis. 

 Cuv. Sf Vol. ix. p. 436 ; Poey, Memorias Cuba, 1861, p. 64. lam. 4. f. 2. 

 D. }i. A. ^. L. lat. 90. Cffic. pylor. 20. Vert. 10/14. 



Body elevated. Caudalis truncated, with rounded angles. Prae- 

 6perc\]Ium with excessively fine Serrature, denticulations of the angle 

 rather stronger; pectoral fins as long as the head, one-fourth of 

 the total length. Brpwn, with large white blotches; the vertical 

 fins spotted with white, the pectoral and ventral fins with olive. 



Caribbean Sea. 



a. Adult. Cuba. Presented by the Zoological Society. 



h. Adult. West Indies. Presented by the Zoological Society. 



124. Serranus quoyauus. 

 Cuv. 8f Val. vi. p. 519. 



^w A.|. 



Caudalis rounded. The diameter of the eye is 4|^ in the length 

 of the head ; the height is one-fourth of the total length, the length 

 of the head 3^ in the latter ; the maxiUary bone reaching to behind 

 the centre of the eye. Praeoperculum strongly serrated, with strong 

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

 pectoral fins reaching beyond the ventrals, nearly to the anus. 

 Brownish, all the parts with large dark brown spots ; the groimd- 

 colour of the ventrals and pectorals blackish. 



Molucca Sea. 



a. Half-grown. Amboyna. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



b. Adult. Celebes. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



125. Serranus olfaz. 

 Jenyns, Zool. of the Beagle, Fishes, p. 9. pi. 4. 

 D. ii. A. i-. 



18 11 



Caudalis truncated or very slightly emarginate. The length of 

 the head is contained 3|'in the total; the diameter of the eye 

 is one-seventh the length of the head, larger than the distance be- 

 tween them. Praeoperculum with a slight sinuosity just above the 

 angle, very obsoletely denticulated. The second dorsal spine longest, 

 not quite equalling half the height. Coloration uniform, mottled 

 with brown. (Jen.) 



Chatham Island (Galapagos Archipelago). 



