456 TELEOSTEI. ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



rather tortuous horizontal lines on the side from the head towards 

 the tail, some continued on to the dorsal and other lins, except 

 (occasionally on) the ventrals, which, however, become nearly black 

 at their extremities. 



Hab. Seas of India and Malay Archipelago to China. 



585. (26.) Sen-anus polleni. 



Epinephelus polleni, Bleeker, Amsterdam Verslag. Akad, 2nd Rks. 



ii, p. 330. 

 Sen-anus polleni, Day, Fish. India, Suppl. 1888, p. 781 (see synon.). 



D. 9/15-16. P. 17. V. 1/5.- A. 3/9. C. 17. L. 1. 115-120. 



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

 Eyes diameter 6 in length of head, 1^ from end of snout. Pre- 

 opercle serrated, most coarsely so along its lower edge. Fins 

 dorsal spines increasing in length to the fourth, the posterior ones 

 four fifths as high as the rayed portion of the fin. Second anal spino 

 somewhat the longest. Caudal fin slightly rounded. Settles 9 or 

 10 rows between the base of the sixth dorsal spine and the lateral 

 line. Colours closely approaching those of Serranus boenack, being 

 generally reddish brown, with 5 or 6 narrow blue lines on the 

 head passing backwards, 10 or 12 horizontal blue lines along the 

 body, those in the upper third interrupted and contorted, some 

 ending on the soft portion of the dorsal, others on the caudal and 

 anal fins. Caudal externally edged with reddish brown. 



Hab. Mauritius. The coloured figure of a Madras specimen 

 termed Sembarra punnee, Tarn., exists in the late Sir Walter Elliot's 

 collection made at Madras. 



586. (27.) Serranus miniatus. 



Perca miniata, Forsk. Dcscr. Anim. p. 41. 



Serranus miniatus, Day, Fish. India, p. 24, pi. vi, fig. 2 (see synon.). 



D. 9/15-16. A. 3/9. C. 17. L. 1. 90. L. r. 106/96. L. tr. 1 4-1 0/40. 



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

 length. Eyes diameter from 5 to 6 in length of head, 1 to 1 

 from end of snout, and \ apart. Vertical limb of preopercle 

 usually somewhat emarginate above its angle, the whole finely and 

 evenly serrated, as are also the sub- and interopercles. Fins 

 dorsal spines rather strong, the fourth or fifth somewhat the 

 longest, and equal to one third the height of the body, the last 

 nearly as high as the first ray ; caudal rounded. Scales ctenoid. 

 Colour scarlet; body, cheeks, opercles, dorsal, caudal, and anal 

 fins covered with large blue spots, the size of which equals the 

 extent of from 2 to 5 scales ; two blue spots opposite the base of 

 the pectoral. Two dark streaks from the orbit along the snout. 

 The fins darkest at their margins. 



I fab. lied Sea, seas of India to the Malay Archipelago and 

 beyond. 



