PISCES. 197 



Cuv., Bodianus aya BLOCH, Ichth. Tab. 227, GUJSBIN Iconoyr., Poiss. PL 4, 

 fig. 2, and many other species. 



Serr anus Cuv. (and Plectropoma ejusd.). Operculum spinose. 



Sp. Serranus guttatus Cuv., Bodianus guttatus BLOCH, Ichth. Tab. 224; this 

 species, as also Serranus variolosus Cuv. and some other spotted species from 

 the Moluccan Archipelago, have been from old times commonly known to 

 our sailors by the name of Jacob Evertsen (from resemblance to the pimpled 

 and spotty countenance of that admiral). 



This sub-genus counts more than a hundred species from different, 

 principally tropical, seas. Some also occur in the Mediterranean Sea; 

 Serranus antJiias Cuv., Labrus anthias L. (excl. synon. CATESB.), BLOCH 

 Ichth. Tab. 315, Cuv. et VAL. Poiss. n. PL 31, Serranus hepatus Cuv., 

 Labrus hepatus L., BLOCH Ichth. Tab. 235, fig. i, Holocentrus siagonotus 

 LA ROCHE, Ann. du Mus. xm. PL 22, fig. 3, (with darker ventral fins and 

 a round dull black spot on the soft part of the dorsal fin ; compare on the 

 extensive synonomy of this species Cuv. Poiss. n. pp. 231 234); Serranus 

 scriba Cuv., Perca scriba L., BLOCH Ichth. Tab. 240 (named Holoc.fasciatus), 

 Cuv. et VALENC. Poiss. 11. PI. 28; Serranus cabrilla Cuv., Perca cabritta 

 L., Holocentrus virescens BLOCH, Ichth. Tab. 233, Cuv. et VAL. Poiss. u. 

 PL 29; Serranus gigas Cuv., Perca gigas BRUNNICH and GJT., Cuv. et VAL. 

 Pom. n. PL 33, &c. These fishes have either small or only moderately 

 large scales, a large swimming-bladder and numerous pyloric appendages. 



Note. It is stated above, p. 37, that the sexes in fishes are 

 always distinct. This statement would appear to require modifica- 

 tion. See DUFOSSE Ann. des Sc. nat. 4e Serie, Tome v. p. 295, 

 PL 8, fig. 1 6, 1856. The author contends that hermaphroditism 

 is normal in at least three species of Serranus, viz. Serranus hepatus, 

 S. cabrilla and S. scriba, and gives the anatomy and relations of the 

 bisexual organs. 



b) All the maxillary teeth thin, crowded. 



Polyprion Cuv. Head rough. Prasoperculum denticulate. 

 Operculum with a rough transverse crest. Cheeks and opercles 

 scaly. Body short. 



Sp. Polyprion cernium Cuv., VALENCIENNES in Mem. du Mus. xi. 1824, 

 pp. 265 269, PL xvn. BLOCH Syst. Ichth. Tab. 47 (named Amphiprion 

 australe), Cuv. R. Ani., ed. ill., Poiss. PL 9, fig. i ; in the Mediterranean 

 Sea, in the Atlantic Ocean as far as the Cape of Good Hope, and in the 

 Southern Pacific. The skeleton of this fish, so widely distributed, is 

 figured in ROSENTHAL Ichthyot. Taf. xvi. under the name of Scicena 

 aguila. 



Acerina Cuv. Head naked, cavernous, with pits subseriate. 

 Prseoperculum aculeate. 



