1867. J THE FISHES OF SEYCHELLES. 847 



exactly identical with those previously described ; the second an 

 adult male, 2 1 inches long, differing in coloration onlj'. 



It is brownish on the back, lighter on the belly ; the entire body 

 and fins, including even the thick outer membranes of the eyes, 

 covered with round red spots ; these are largest on the body, smallest 

 on the occiput and snout, and hardly conspicuous on the pectoral 

 rays. The white lateral bands were quite inconspicuous in the fresh 

 state, but after maceration in spirits for several weeks a faint trace 

 of them has become visible. 



4. Serranus louti, Forsk. 



5. S. ERYTHR^US, C. & V. 



6. S. CYANOSTIGMATOIDES, Blkr. 



7. S. MiNiATUs, Forsk. 



8. S. GUTTATUS. 



Percce miniatce var. B, Forsk. p. 41. 



Bodianus guttatus, Bl. t. 224. 



Serranus myriaster, Cuv. & Val. ii. p. 365 ; Riipp. Atlas, Fische, 

 p. 107, t. 27. f. 1 ; Quoy & Gaim. Voy. Astrol. p. 6.53, pi, 3. f. I ; 

 Less. Voy. Coqu. pi. 37. 



iS. guttatus. Pet. Wiegm. Archiv, 1855, p. 235; Giinth. Fish. i. 

 p. 119 (not C. & v.). 



The specimens from ■ Seychelles have exceedingly fine denticula- 

 tions to the praeoperculum, and five or six darker cross bands on the 

 body behind the termination of the pectorals. Length 9 inches. 



9. Serranus sonnerati, C. «& V. 



10. S. SUILLUS, C. & V. 



11. S. DISPAR, Playf. 



12. S. MARGINALIS, Bl. 



13. S. HOEVENii, Blkr. 



14. S. HEXAGONATUS, Forst. 



15. S. FLAVo-c^RULEUs, Lact'p. 



16. S. GAIMARDI. 



Serranus gaimardi, ?Bleek. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Lid. 1853, Batav. 

 p. 455 ; Quoy & Gaim. Voy. Astrol. Poiss. p. 656, pi. 3. f. 3 ; Giinth. 

 Fish. i. p. 150. 



In 'The Fishes of Zanzibar' I considered S. gaimardi, Blkr., 

 identical with S. longispinis, Kner ; but I have obtained another 

 example at Seychelles which leads me to doubt the propriety of 

 having done so. The Zanzibar specimens exactly correspond to that 

 described in the ' Voyage of the Novara,' while the Seychelles one 



