454 TELEOSTEI. ACAXTIIOPTEBYGIT. 



Colour (in the young) greenish olivo, becoming dull yellow on 

 the abdomen, and marked on the side with broad longitudinal or 

 oblique irregular-shaped bluish-white bands. Spinous dorsal nearly 

 'black, soft dorsal and other fins yellow. Eyes golden. 



Hob. Red Sea, through those of India to Japan ; attaining to a 

 considerable size, but it is not a common species. 



581. (22.) Serranus angnlaris. 



Serranus angularis, Cuv. fy Vol. If. N. Poiss. ii, p. 35 Day, Fish. 

 India, p. 22, pi. v, fig. 2, Suppl. p. 780 (see synon.). 



D. 11/15-1 7. P. 17. A. 3/8. C.17. L.I. 70. L.r.105. L.tr. 23/40. 



Length of head 3|, height of body 3| to 3| in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter 4 to 3^ in the length of head, 1^ from end of snout, 

 and f to 1 apart. Preopercle serrated, angle slightly produced, 

 having two or three strong denticulations (more developed in some 

 specimens than in others), the inferior of which sometimes is 

 directed downwards ; occasionally there are a few denticulations 

 upon the sub- and interopercles. Fins dorsal spines rather 

 strong, increasing in length to the third, which equals three sevenths 

 of the height of the body, and is rather longer than the rays ; second 

 anal spine strongest, but not quite so long as the third, which equals 

 one and a quarter diameters of the orbit ; caudal emarginate. 

 Scales ctenoid. Colour greyish, becoming dirty white along the 

 abdomen; head, body, and fins studded rather closely with yellow 

 spots, which become brown in preserved specimens ; all the fins 

 with a black margin edged with white. 



Hob. Bed Sea, seas of India and Ceylon to the Malay Archi- 

 pelago ; attaining 2 feet or more in length. 



582. (23.) Serranus fuscognttatus. 



Perca fuscoguttata, Forsk, Descr. Anim. p. 42. 



Serranus fuscoguttalus, Day, Fish. India, pp. 22, 101, pi. v, fig. 3 (see 

 synon.). 



D. 11/14-15. P. 19. A. 3/8-9. C.17. L. r. 100/90. L.tr. 22/56. 



Length of head 3 to 3^, height of body 3^ to 3=| in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 4i to 6 in the length of head, 1| from 

 end of snout, and 1 apart. Preopercle usually convex, but in 

 some specimens with a very shallow emargination above its rounded 

 angle, serrated in its whole extent, most coarsely so at its angle. 

 Fins dorsal spines rather strong, the third equals about two 

 sevenths of the length of the head ; third anal spine equal in length 

 to the third dorsal one, and though longer, not so strong as the 

 second ; caudal rounded. Scales cvcloid (Bleeker observed that 

 they are ctenoid .in the young). Colour greyish, with brown 

 spots of a larger or smaller size irregularly disposed, sometimes 

 hexngonal on the head. There are some larger blotches on the 

 head and body, and one across the free portion of the tail. In some 



