222 PERCY SLADEN TRUST EXPEDITION. 



BerycidaB. 



32. Myripristis parvideiis, C. & V. 

 Seychelles Group, Coetivy, 



33. Holocentrum diadema, Lacep. 

 Maldives. 



34. Holocentrum rubrnm, Forsk. 

 Seychelles Group, Amirante. 



SerranidsB. 



35. Epinephelus arc/us, Bl. Schn. 

 Maldives. 



36. Epiuephelus merra, Bl. 

 Maldives. 



37. Epinephelus fasciatus, Eorsk. 

 Seychelles Group, Coetivy. 



38. Ep)ine2yhelus chlorostigma, C. & V. 

 Cargados Carajos, 20 to 30 fathoms. 



39. Epinephelus sexfasciatus, C. & V. 

 Maldives, Haddumati, 35 fathoms. 



40. Anthias cooperi, Regan. (Plate 24. fig. 4.) 



Faun. & Geogr. Maid. & Laccad. Arcliipel. i. pt. 3, p. 273 (1902). 

 Depth of body 2^ to 3 in the length, length of head 'dl to 3f . Snout scaly, convex, 

 shorter than or nearly as long as eye, the diameter of Avhich is 3 (young) or 4 (adult) 

 in the length of head and nearly equal to the interorbital width; lower jaw slightly 

 projecting, scaly ; maxillary scaly, extending to below middle (young) or posterior edge 

 (advilt) of eye, the width of its distal extremity, in the adult, f to f the diameter of eye ; 

 serraj of preeopercle enlarged at angle, especially in the young ; sub- and interopercle 

 serrated in the young, the serrte wholly or partly obsolete in the adult ; three opercular 

 spines. 26 to 30 gill-rakers on the lower part of the anterior arch. 50 to 52 scales in 

 a longitudinal series, 47 to 49 in the lateral line, 4 between middle dorsal spines and 

 lateral line. Dorsal X 15-16, originating above the opercular cleft, the spines 

 subequal from the fourth, wdiich is * (adult) or f (young) the length of head and 

 considerably shorter than the soft rays ; base scaly. Anal III 7 ; second and third 

 spines subequal. Pectoral as long as or a little longer than the head; outer ray of 

 ventral more or less produced in the adult. Caudal crescentically emargiuate, with the 



