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XIV. A Synopsis of the Fishes of Madeira; with the principal Synonyms, Portuguese 
Names, and Characters of the new Genera and Species. By the Rev. R. T. Lows, M.A., 
Corr. Memb. of the Zool. Soc. 
Communicated March 28, 1837. 
Ord. ACANTHOPTERYGIAN. 
Fam. Prrcipz. 
APOGON rex Mullorum, Cuv.— Alcaraz,” Maderensi-Lusitanice. Ouv. & Val. Hist. 
Nat. des Poissons, ii. p. 148. 
Mullus imberbis, Linn. Syst. Nat., ed. 12. 1. 496. No. 3. Rarior. 
Pomatomus telescopus, Risso.—‘‘ Ribaldo preto,” or ‘“‘R. do Alto.” Risso, Hist. Nat., iii. 
387. 
P. telescopium, Cuv. & Val. ii. 171. t.24. Rariss. 
Serranus Cabrilla, Cuv. § Val.—‘‘ Garoupa.” Cuv. & Val. ii. 223. t. 29. 
Perca Cabrilla, Linn. i. 488. No. 33. 
The smooth Serranus, Yarrell’s British Fishes, i. p.9. Vulgatiss. 
Is the West Indian appellation ‘‘ Grouper,” derived from the Portuguese name 
for this fish ? 
Serranus Anthias, Cuv. § Val.— Imperador,” or ‘‘ Castanhéta.” Ouv. & Val. ii. 250. t. 3h. 
** Anthias sacer, Bl.,” Cuv. 
Labrus Anthias, Linn. i. 474. No.3. Vulgaris. 
Serranus fimbriatus, nob.—‘‘ Mero.” 
S. fusco-nigricans, luteo submaculatus, maculis evanescentibus ; subtus croceus : pinnd 
caudali, dorsalisque analisque parte molli, postice rotundatis, nigris, candido fimbri- 
atis: spinis pinne dorsalis analisque breviter filamentosis : operculo spinis tribus, 
latis, distinctis : preoperculo deorsum subsinuato, denticulato : ossibus intermazil- 
laribus esquamosis. } 
3 vel 4 +VII1. ; 
D.11+15v. 16; A.348; P.18; V.1+5; C. Pappy M.B.7; Vert. 24. 
S. fimbriatus, nob. in Trans. of the Cam. Phil. Soc., vol. vi. p. 1. t. 1. 
S. marginatus, nob. in Proceedings of the Zool. Soc. 1833, i. p. 142. Rarior. 
From one to two feet and ahalf long. In colour very like a Tench (Tinca vulga- 
ris, Cuv.); but the sides are mottled, or irregularly spotted with yellow. I have 
reluctantly changed the name to avoid confusion with Serranus Renee, Cuy. 
and Val. (Holocentrus eek Lacep.). 
Serranus fuscus, nob.—‘‘ Badeijo,” or “‘ Badeyja.” 
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