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161. Anthias Bloch, Ausl. Fisehe vi, 1792, p. 97 (sacer) . 



161a. A. pclchellus. Orange Perch. Id. Waite, Mem. Austr. Mus. iv. 1, 



1899, p. 77, pi. 12 (PI. xvii). 

 Not uncommonly taken by the trawlers. Length 11 inches. 



162. Epinephelus Bloch, Ausl. Fisehe vii, 1793, p. 14 {marginalia). 

 A. Anal fin with 8 rays; crossbands, if present, oblique. 



B. Caudal fin rounded. 



C. Lower opercular spine below or behind the vertical of the upper one. 

 D. Body without large dark spots. 



E. Bodv with six more or less distinct oblique cross-bars. 



damelii 162a 1. 

 EE. Body with narrow longitudinal undulating lines. 



undulatosiriaius (162b) . 

 D. Body with large dark spots. 



F. Dark spots broader than the spaces between them. 



merra (162c). 

 FF. Dark spots smaller than the spaces between them. 



tauvina (162dL 

 CC. Lower opercular spine before the vertical of the upper one. 



G. L. lat. 110-145, tubules not branched. fuscoguttatus (162e). 



GG. L. lat. 100-110, tubules branched. lanceolatus (162f). 



BB. Caudal fin truncate. flavocaeruleus (162g) . 



AA. Anal fin with 9 rays; body with 7 vertical dark cross-bands. 



septemfasciatus ( 162h i . 



162a. E. damelli. Black Rock Cod. Serranus damelii Gthr., A.M.N.H. 

 (4), xvii, 1873, p. 391. E. daemelii Boulenger, Brit. Mus. Cat. Fish, 

 i, 1895, p. 223, pi. 7 (PL xvii). 

 Inhabits rocky reefs and preys upon smaller fishes and crustaceans. A valu- 

 able food-fish, growing to over four feet in length . 



162b. E. undulatostriatus. Red-speckled Rock Cod. Serranus undulato- 

 striatus Peters, Monatsb. Akad. Berlin, 1866, p. 518. Serranus guttu- 

 latus Macleay, P.L.S.N.S.W. iii, 1878, p. 33. pi. 2. 



Not very common . Length about 14 inches . 



162c. E. merra. Id. Bloch, Ausl. Fisehe vii, 1793, p. 17, pi. 329. Serranus 



hexagonatus Gthr., Fisehe Sudsee i, 1873, p. 7, pi. 7. 

 A common tropical species, unreliably recorded from Port Jackson by Castel- 

 nau. 



162d. E. tauvina. Brown-spotted Rock Cod. Perca tauvina Forskal, 

 Descr. Anim., 1775. p. 39. E. tauvina, Stead, Ed. Fish. N.S. Wales, 

 1908, p. 58, pi. 27. 



A tropical species, occurring in the northern waters of the State. Length 

 4 feet. 



162e. E. fuscoguttatus. Perca summana var. fuscoguttata Forskal, Descr. 



Anim., 1775, p. 42. E. fuscoguttatus Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. vii, 1876. 



p. 57, pi. 307, 3. 

 A tropical species, said to have been taken in Port Jackson. 



162f. E. lanceolatus. Queensland Groper. Holocentrus lanceolatus 

 Bloch, Ausl. Fisehe. iv, 1790. p. 92, pi. 242, 1. E. lanceolatus Bleeker, 

 Atlas. Ichth. vii. 1876, p. 49, pi. 332. 3 (PL xvii). 



