142 



LEOPARD-SPOTTED PLECTROPOMA. 



Pkctropoma leopardinus Cuv. et VAL. 

 PLATE XXI. 



Holocentrus leopardus, Lacepede Le Plectropome leo- 

 pard. Cuv. et Valen. Hist. Nat. des Poissons, ii. p. 392. 



D. 8.11 ; C. 2.8; C. 15; P. 14; V. 1.5. 



IN this we see the continuation of the minute 

 spotting of the last division of the Serrani. It is 

 entirely of a yellowish brown, thickly covered 

 on the upper parts with brown or reddish spots. 

 It is from the Indian Seas, and reaches a consider- 

 able size. 



In the second division, with the ascending 

 edges of the preopercle finely toothed, is the 



