MERRA HOLOCENTRUS. 565 



scales, and furnished on the fore-part with extreme- 

 ly thick or strong spines : back-part and anal fin 

 rounded, and reaching to within a little distance of 

 the tail, which is remarkably small for the size of 

 the fish, and of a round shape : pectoral fins whitish : 

 ventral pale red : native of the coasts of Guinea, 

 feeding on marine insects, &c, and in considerable 

 estimation as a food, 



JAPANESE HOLOCENTRUS. 



Holocentrus Japonicus. //. ruber, sqaamis panis, 



cotrulds flat isque . 



Red Holocentrus, with small scales and blue and yellow irides. 

 Epinephelus mber. Block. 



SIZE of a Perch : scales small : eyes furnished 

 with a double iris, the first or neaerst the pupil 

 being yellow, and the second blue : abdomen and 

 .spiny part of the dorsal fin of a paler colour than 

 the other parts of the fish : native of Japan. 



MERRA HOLOCENTRUS. 



Holocentrus Merra. H. albus, undique fusco-maculatw. 

 White Holocentrus, spotted on all parts with brown. 

 Epinephelus Merra. Block. 



SIZE and habit of a Trout : scales small : body 

 very thickly marked with middle-sized, subhex- 

 agonal, deep-brown spots ; those on the head and 

 towards the tail smaller than the rest : fins and tail 

 marked with very numerous spots also : native of 

 the Japanese seas. 



