

PUNCTATED HOLOCENTRUS. 



Holocentrus Punctatus. //. flavus, guttis nigris puncfixqitt 



rubris aspersus. 

 Yellow Holocentrus> sprinkled over witli black spots and red 



points. 

 Holocentrus punctatus. Block, 



SIZE and habit of the Atlantic Spants (Pcrca 

 metadata, Block.) : colour pale yellow, marked on all 

 parts with numerous small round black spots, with 

 smaller red ones interspersed: fins and tail strongly 

 tinged with red. Native of the Brasilian seas. 



SPUR-GILLED HOLOCENTRUS. 



Holocentrus Calcarifer. H. subargenteus dor so subfusco f squamis 



magniS) opercnlis calcaratis. 

 Subargenteous Holocentrus, with brownish back, large scales, 



and spurred gill-covers. 

 Holocentrus calcarifer. Block. 



LENGTH about a foot : habit that of a Carp, but 

 rather more lengthened in proportion : body marked 

 by dusky lines along each row of scales : anterior 

 gill-covers furnished with four strong sharp spines, 

 so placed as to bear some resemblance to the rowel 

 of a spur : posterior gill-covers armed with a single 

 spine : fins and tail marked across the rays by 

 brown spotted streaks. Native of Japan. 



