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D. 10-12. P. 15. V. 1-5. A. 3-7. C. 15. Length, 10 inches. 

 South Carolina, Cuv. 



Le Serran a deux faisceaux, Serranus fascicularis, Cuv. et Val., II. p. 245, and IX. p. 431. 

 " " Dekay's Report, p. 23. 



16. Serranus acutirostris, Cuv. 



Entirely brown. Snout more elongated than in the other species. Preopercle very mi- 

 nutely denticulated. 

 D. 12-16. P. 15. V. 1-5. A. 3-11. C. 18. Length, (.'). 

 South Carolina, Cuv. 



Le Merou a museau ai^u, Serranus acutirostris, Cuv. et Val., II. p. 2SS, and ix. p. 432. 

 " " Dekay's Report, p. 23. 



17. Serranus inermis, Cuv. 



Preoperculum with very small denticulations. The opercular spine hardly visible ; hence 

 its specific name. The dried fish is reddish brown, with large, round white spots ; brown 

 spots upon the head ; the dorsal, anal, and caudal fins blackish, spotted with white ; pecto- 

 rals and ventrals greenish black, sprinkled with olive spots ; beneath the angles of the lower 

 jaw, four round white spots. 



D.ll-19. P. 18. V. 1-5. A. 3-10. C. 17. Length, (.'). 



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Le Merou inerme, Serranus inermis, Cuv. et Val., ix. p. 436. 



18. Serranus rupestris, Cuv. 



Violet-colored above, sprinkled with large, irregularly rounded spots, of a beautiful ver- 

 milion red upon the back, base of the dorsal, and upon the ventrals; these are violet upon 

 the head and sides, and upon the throat they become more vivid than the general color of the 

 fish. Its height is nearly a fourth of its length ; its thickness is between a half and a third of 

 its height. An emargination above the angle of the preopercle. 



D. 11-16. P. (?). V. (?). A. 3-10. C. (?). Length, 15 inches. 



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Called "Rock-fish," at St. Domingo. 



Le Merou des roches, Serranus rupestris, Cuv. et Val., ix. p. 437. 



19. Serranus tigris, Cuv. 



The preopercle has no emargination. Body violet-colored more or less deep upon the 

 back, and sprinkled with greenish brown spots ; brighter beneath. Eight oblique lilac-colored 

 rays cross the body. 



