452 ]\Ir. C. T. Regan on Fishes from 



Serranidae. 



BOSTOCKIA. 



Bostockia, Casteln. Proc. Zool. Soc. Vict. ii. 1873, p. 120. 



Closely allied to Percolates, Ram.say & Ogilby, but with 

 the lateral line incomplete, ending below the spinous dorsal. 

 Dorsal fins with VIII-IX, I 16-17 rays, the spinous portion 

 not longer than the soft; anal with III 11 rays; caudal 

 rounded ; pectorals symmetrical, rounded, with 14 or 15 rays. 



Bostockia ]>orosa. 

 Bostoclcia porosa, Casteln. I'roc. Zool. Soc. Vict. ii. 1873, p. 120. 



Depth of body 3 in the lengtli, length of head 2§. Snout 

 slightly longer tiian eye, the diameter of which is 5 in tlie 

 length of head and equal to the interorbital width. Lower 

 jaw projecting ; maxillary extending to below middle of eye ; 

 prffiorbital and suborbitals entire ; cheeks and opercles scaly ; 

 prgeoperculum with downwardly directed serrae on the lower 

 part of the posterior limb and with antrorse serrje on the 

 inferior limb; 8 rather short gill-rakers on the lower part of 

 anterior arch. About 45 scales in a longitudinal series. 

 Dorsal VIII-IX, I lG-17 ; origin behind a.^il of pectoral ; 

 fourth spine longest, nearly ^ the length of head. Anal 

 III 11, second spine longer than third, nearly \ the lengtii of 

 head. Pectoral \ the length of head. Brownish. 



A specimen measuring 82 nim. to the base of caudal and 

 five much smaller ones. 



Castelnau describe 1 the lateral line as complete, extending 

 from head to caudal fin. It seems probable that his speci- 

 mens, like the ones I have examined, were preserved in 

 strong spirit, and that he mistook the upper of three longitu- 

 dinal grooves which are produced in shrunken specimens for 

 the continuation of the lateral line. 



Centrarcliidae. 



Edelia. 



Eilelia, Casteln. Proc. Zool, Soc. ^'ict. ii. 1873, p. 123. 



Body oblong, strongly compressed ; scales large, ciliated. 

 Lateral line anteriorly parallel to the dorsal profile, poste- 

 riorly running along the middle of the side of the tail, the 

 two portions usually disconnected; tube straight, extoniiing 

 the whole length of the exposed part of ihe scale ; muciparous 

 sc:dcs mostl}^ not adjacent, but separated from each other by 

 one or more ordinary scales. Mouth small, protractile; teeth 



