448 TELEOSTEJ. ACANTHOPTEBrOII. 



black-edged ; the soft dorsal, anal, and caudal with a black edge 

 and white margin. 



Ilnh. East coast of Africa, seas of India, Andamans to the Malay 

 Archipelago, and China. 



567. (8.) Serranus flavo-caeruleus. 



Holocentrus flavo-cfcruleus, Laccp. H. N. Pom. iv, pp. 331, 367. 

 Serranus flavo-caeruleus, Qilnther, Catal. i, p. 145 ; buy, Fish. India, 



p. 15, pi. iii, fig. 1 (see synon.). 

 Mungil cullawah, Tarn. ; Kaha-laweyah, Cingalese. 

 D. 11/16-17. P. 17. A. 3/7-8. 0.17. L.r. 120/115. L.tr.22/-. 



Length of head 83, height of body 83 in the total length. Eyes 

 diameter 4| to 5| in the length of bead, 1| from end of snout, 

 and 1 apart. Preopercle with its vertical limb finely serrated, 

 more coarsely so at its angle. Fins dorsal spines rather strong, 

 increasing in length to the third, which is rather longer than the 

 soft portion of the fin ; second anal spine not quite so long as the 

 third ; caudal emarginate. Scales ctenoid ; those on the chest 

 and abdomen very small. Coloui head and body of a deep 

 purplish blue ; free portion of the tail and all the fins gamboge- 

 yellow ; some yellow on the snout, maxilla, chest, and opercular 

 spines ; ventral and caudal with fine black tips. 



Hab. Seas of India to the west coast of Africa. 



568. (9.) Serranus fasciatns. 



Perca fasciata, Forsk. Descr. Anim. p. 40. 



Serranus fasciatus, Day, Fish. India, p. 15, pi. iii, fig. 2 (see synon.). 

 Teda, Marathi. 



D. 11/15-17. P. 18. A. 3/7-8. C. 17. L. 1. 80-90. L. r. 95/92. 

 Length of head from 3 3 to 3|, height of body 3 to 4 in the 

 total length. Eyes diameter 4 to 4| in length of head, 1 from 

 end of snout, and f apart. Preopercle rather strongly serrated 

 along its vertical border, rather more coarsely so at its angle, 

 above which it is somewhat emarginate. Sub- and inter-opercles 

 either entire, or with a very few fine serrations. Fins dorsal 

 spines from the third subequal, not so high as the rays ; second 

 anal spine the strongest, a little longer than the third, which 

 nearly equals the last in the dorsal fin ; caudal rounded. Scales 

 ctenoid; from 12 to 14 rows between the lateral line and the base 

 of the sixth dorsal spine. Coloui in typical S. fasciatus reddish 

 or yellowish, with five dark vertical bands, a fine black edge along 

 the whole of the dorsal fin. In var. oceanicus the cross bauds may 

 be absent ; in var. marginalis brownish or yellowish, the dorsal 

 and caudal fins being black-edged ; in var. variolosus brownish, 

 with spots over the head, body, and soft dorsal fins. 

 . Hab. From the Red Sea through those of India to the Malay 

 Archipelago and beyond. 



