ACERINE HOLOCENTRUS. 



Holocentrus Acerinus. H . pinnae dorsalis radiis 3 1 , xpinis 1 'J. 

 Holocentrus with fourteen soft and seventeen spiny rays in die 



dorsal fin. 

 Perca acerina. Lin, GmeL 



IN general appearance allied to the Perca cerima, 

 but differs in having a larger head, and in the 

 number of rays in the fins. Native of the Euxine 

 sea : in esteem as an edible fish. 



BLUEISH HOLOCENTRUS. 



Holocentrus Caerulescens. H. ccerukscens, pmnis omnibus Jkrcis. 

 Blueish Holocentrus,, with all the fins yellow. 

 Holocentrus flavo-caeruleus. Cepede. 



NATIVE of the Indian seas : observed by Commer- 

 son. 



With undivided or rounded tails. 



VARIEGATED HOLOCENTRUS. 



Holocentrus Variegatus. H. ruler, lineis septan transversis 

 nigris, capite abdomineque lituris cocrukis variato. 



Red Holocentrus, with seven transverse black lines, and the 

 head and abdomen varied with blue streaks. 



Perca marina. Lin. Gmel. 



NATIVE of the Mediterranean and Northern seas. 



