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Serranus guaza (Linna>us). 



Italy (Bonaparte Coll.); Beirut, Syria. 



Serranus guaza mentzelii (Valenciennes). 



Epincphclus bracfn/soma Cope, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. Phila., (2) XIV, 

 1871, p. 4GG. type, No. 13,372, A. N. 8. P. Rio Janeiro, Brazil. Dr. 

 W. S. W. lluscheiibergcr. 



Head 2\; depth 2y\; scales 103 in lateral line to base of caudal, and 

 about 10 more out on latter; tubes about 64 in lateral line to base of 

 caudal, and 8 more on latter; 15 scales in a vertical series between 

 origin of rayed dorsal and lateral line; 22 scales in a vertical series 

 between origin of spinous anal and lateral line ; width of head 2^ in its 

 length; fourth dorsal spine 2i; eleventh dorsal ray 2^; second anal 

 spine 3^; fifth anal ray 2; least depth of caudal peduncle 3f ; caudal 

 If; pectoral 1|; ventral 1|; snout 4f in head measured from tip of 

 snout; eye 5; maxillary 2j\; interorbital space 7^. Body oblong, 

 compressed. Head elongate, profiles similar. Snout a little broader 

 than long. Eye a little longer than deep, high and near first third 

 of head. Mouth inclined, and mandible protruding. Maxillary 

 reaches nearly opposite posterior margin of eye, and its expansion 

 about f of same. Teeth in bands in jaws, sharp, conic and canines 

 ^~i- Inner mandibular series and upper inner teeth depressible. 

 Fine teeth on vomer and palatines. Tongue long and free. Nostrils 

 close, Interorbital space a little convex, flattened medianly. Pre- 

 opercular margin finely serrated posteriorly, serrae increasing in size 

 toward angle. Median opercular spine largest, most posterior, and 

 nearer lower. Gill-rakers vi, 2 + 12, iii, and a trifle less than fila- 

 ments, which are 7- of eye. About 32 irregular series of scales on 

 cheek. Tubes in lateral line simple. Spinous dorsal inserted about 

 midway between origin of rayed dorsal and tip of snout. Rayed 

 dorsal inserted about midway between base jof third dorsal spine and 

 base of caudal, posterior rays longest, and edge of fin rounded. Spin- 

 ous anal inserted about midway between origin of ventral and base of 

 caudal, second spine robust and longest, and third slender and but 

 little shorter. Rayed anal rounded, and its base about If in its 

 lieight. Vent near last fifth in space between ventral and anal. 

 Color in alcohol more or less uniform brown generally. Margins of 

 fins more or less dusky-brown, and this color sharpl}"- contrasting on 

 rayed dorsal and anal with paler basal color. On diLsky area of caudal 

 distally 2 pale or whitish spots about median rays. Pectorals brownish 

 Avith narrow pale edge. Side of body with obscure whitish flakes of 

 various sizes. A dusky streak back from end of maxillary above, and 



