1 56 PEECID-E. 



134. Serranus lineatus. 

 Cuv. ^ Val. ii. p. 312. 



D. li. A. ^. 



18 9 



CaudaHs rounded. Praeoperculum with two or three strouger 

 spinous teeth on th^ angle. Brown, with four or five blackish (in 

 life, blue) longitudinal bands, sometimes disappearing after death. 



Pondicherry ; China. 



a. Adult. China. Presented by Sir J. Rifthai-dson. 



135. Serranus amboinensis. 

 Sleeker, Amh. 8f Cer. p. 258. 



D. -i?-. A. -. L. lat. 100. 



17-19 8 



Caudalis rounded ; the diameter of the eye is 4| in the length of the 

 head. Praeoperculum deeply serrated, with three stronger denticula- 

 tions at the angle ; sub- and interoperculum with a few denticula- 

 tions ; the third, fourth and fifth dorsal spines and the' second anal 

 spine longest. BrouTiish ; head with numerous brown specks ; body 

 with from ten to twelve more or less serjjcntine deep-brown longi- 

 tudinal stripes ; fins brown, not spotted. 



Sea of AmbojTia. 



a. Adult : skin. Ceylon. Presented by E. F. Kelaart, M.D. 



27. PLECTROPOMA. 



Plectropoma, Ciw. Regne Aiiim. ; Cuv. <§• Val. ii. p. 387. 



Seven branchiostegals. Teeth villifonn, with canines in both 

 jaws; teeth on the palatine bones, tongue smooth. One dorsal, 

 formed by' a series of spines and rays. Operculum with two or three 

 acute points ; praeoperculum not notched behind, with spinous teeth 

 at the lower limb, directed forwards. Scales small. 



All the seas of the Tropical regions. 



1. Plectropoma maculatuin. 



Bodianus maculatus, Block, t. 228 ; Lac^. iv. pp. 280, 293. 

 Plectropoma punctatum, Quoy 8f Gaimard, Voy. Frcycinet, Zool. 



Poiss. p. 318. t. 45. f. 1. 

 maculatum, Cuv. 8f Val. ii. p. 393 ; Sleeker, Perc. p. 89, and 



Java, p. 418. 

 ? Plectropoma (maculatum) areolatum, Riipp. Ail. pp. 110, 143 



(index), and N. W. Fiscke, p. 90. 



D-i^?i^-W A. 5551?. L. lat. 110. Vert. 10/14, 



Praeoperculum exceedingly finely serrated behind, and ^-ith three 

 spinous teeth below ; sub- and interoperculiim entire. Caudalis 

 truncate in younger specimens, in older ones emarginate. Red : 



