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TORTOISE-SHELL HOLOCENTRUS. 



Holocentrus Testudineus. H. subluteus,fasciis transversis sub~ 

 ramosisfuscix, operculis c(Erukofasciatis,pinnis nigricantibus. 



Subluteous Holocentrus, with slightly branching brown bands, 

 blue-striped gill-covers, and blackish fins. 



Epinephelus braneus. Block. 



LENGTH about six inches : shape rather lengthen- 

 ed: scales middle-sized: mouth wide: fins marked 

 by a pair of dusky bars towards their base, and 

 deepening into blackness towards their edges : dorsal 

 fin scaly at the base. Native of the Northern seas. 



MARGINED HOLOCENTRUS. 



Holocentrus Marginatus. //. ccerulescens, dorso subfusco, pinnis 



rubris, dorsali antice nigro-marginato. 

 Blueish Holocentrus, with brownish back, red fins, and dorsal 



fin edged on the fore-part with black. 

 Epinephelus marginalis. Block. 



SIZE of a small Perch : scales rather small : eyes 

 yellow : mouth wide. Native region unknown. 



