PERCID.E. 449 



569. (10.) Serranns hoevenii. 



Serranus hoevenii, Bleeker, Batav. Genootsch. Verhand. xxii, 1819, 



Pere. p. 36. 

 Serranus turailabris, Day, Fish. India, p. 16, pi. iii, fig. 3, Suppl. 



p. 780 (see synon.). 



D. 11/16. P. 17. A. 3/8. C. 19. L. r. 95/85. L. tr. 2 1/ . 



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

 total length. Eyes diameter varies considerably. Vertical border 

 of preopercle slightly emarginate, the angle rounded, the whole 

 finely serrated, most coarsely at the angle. Fins dorsal spines 

 from the third subequal, from f to 3 of the height of the body ; 

 second anal spine the strongest, equal to or not quite so long as 

 the third; caudal rounded. Scales ctenoid. Colour greyish 

 olive, darkest along the back. Body and head covered with irre- 

 gularly* sized pearly-white spots, a black line on the maxilla. Fins 

 dark grey, externally nearly black, the pectoral, ventral, soft dorsal, 

 and anal with a narrow white border ; the whole of the dorsal lin 

 white-spotted. The colours vary much with age. 



Hob. Eed Sea, east coast of Africa, seas of India to the Malay 

 Archipelago. 



570. (11.) Serranus diacanthus. 



Serranus diacantlius, Cuv. fy VaL H. N. Poiss. ii, p. 319 ; Day, Fish. 

 India, pp. 17, pi. iii, fig. 4, Supp. p. 780 (see synon.). 



Damba, Sind. ; Chaandcha, Baluch. 

 D. 11-12/16-15. A. 3/8-9. C. 17. L.r. 100/95. L. tr. 19-21/45. 



Length of head 3 to 3^, height of body 4 to 5 in the total 

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

 of snout and also apart. Vertical limb of preopercle strongly 

 serrated, with two or three coarse teeth at its angle. Fins 

 dorsal spines rather weak and of nearly equal length from the 

 third ; second anal spine rather longer than the third, and equal 

 to the second of the dorsal fin; caudal rounded. Scales ctenoid. 

 Colour brownish, with a tinge of pink on the back, becoming 

 rose-coloured on the abdomen. Six dark vertical bands, the first 

 crossing the head, the last crossing the free portion of the tail. 

 Fins darkest at their margins. 



Hub. Coasts of Baluchistan and through the seas of India ; 

 also Madagascar, but apparently not east of the Bay of Bengal ; at 

 Karachi, where they were very common, I took specimens up to 

 18 inches in length. 



571. (12.) Serranus sexfasciatus. 



Serranus sexfasciatus (Kuhl $ v. Hass.\ Cuv. 8f Val. II, N. Poiss. 

 ii, p. 360 ; Day, Fish. India, p. 17 (see synon.). 



D. 11/15. P. 17. V. 1/5. A. 3/8. C. 17. L. 1. 85. 

 Length of head 3|, height of body 4 in the total length. Eye? 

 diameter 4| in length of head, 1 from end of snout, and | apart. 



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