174 REV. R. T. LOWE’S SYNOPSIS 
S. fusco-nigricans, maculis griseis obscuris conflwentibus subvariegatus s. marmoratus : 
pinnd caudali truncatd, supra sublobatd s. subemarginatd, dorsalique postice angu- 
latd, analique postice truncatd, nigris : spinis pinne dorsalis analisque simplicibus s. 
exappendiculatis : operculo spinis tribus ; duobus inferioribus angustis ; superiore ob- 
soletd, rudimentali, squammiformi: preoperculo deorsum subsinuato, obsolete denti- 
culato : ossibus intermazillaribus deorsum squamosis. 
D.11 4 15v. 16; A.34+11;P. i6; V.14+5;C. sve; MB. 7; Vert. 24. 
S. fuscus, nob. in Trans. of the Cam. Phil. Soc., vol. vi. pt. 1. 
Chcetodon Leachii, Bowdich, Exc. in Mad. & Pto. Sto. p. 124 (in part). Rarior. 
In size, habit, and general colour, very like the last ; but the spots on the 
sides are light gray, and more confused or indistinct. An excellent fish for the 
table. Mr. Bowdich’s Chetodon Leachii is a mixture or confusion of the present 
fish with the following. 
Polyprion cernium, Val.—‘‘ Cherné,” Sherny or Shern, Anglice. Cuv. & Val. iii. p. 21. 
t. 42. 
Cheetodon Leachii, Bowd., Exc. in Mad. p. 124 (in part). 
Couch’s Serranus, or Serranus Couchii, Yarr. i. 12. Vulgaris. 
One of the commonest and generally most esteemed fish for the table. It grows 
to an immense size, often weighing from fifty to one hundred pounds or more. 
I have Mr. Yarrell’s concurrence to the above reference of Mr. Couch’s Stone- 
Basse; from which this common Mediterranean and Maderan species appears 
occasionally to visit the coasts of Cornwall, following pieces of floating wreck or 
timber. 
Priacanthus fulgens, nob.—‘‘ Alfaraz,” or ‘‘ Realista,” or ‘‘ Alfonsin de Rolo.” 
P. caudé integrd, truncatd : pinné dorsali et anali postice rotundatis ; ventralibus cor- 
port adnatis. 
D. 9 v.104+13;A.3+4+ 14 v. 15; P. 17—19; V.1+5;C. 18 v. 19; M.B. 6; 
Vert. 23. 
P. fulgens, nob. in Trans. of the Cam. Phil. Soc., vol. vi. p. 1. t. 2. 
An P. macrophthalmus, Cuv. & Val. ii. 97 ? 
An P. boops, Eorund. ii. 103? 
Serranus rufus, Bowdich, Ex. in Mad. p. 122, note? Rarior. 
Beryx splendens, nob.—‘‘ Alfonsin.” 
B. ruber : pinnis ventralibus, radiis mollibus duodecim : membrand branchiostegd novem- 
radiata. 
D.4+4 14v.15;A.4430; P.1417; V.14+12;C. 2%; MB. 9; Vert. 24. 
B. splendens nob. in Proc. of the Zool. Soc. 1833, i. p. 142. Trans. of the Cam. 
Phil. Soc., vol. vi. p. 1. t.3. Vulgatiss. 
