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Color of No. 3128 in alcohol: — general color brown, darker above, becom- 
ing lighter on belly; top of head and nape uniform brownish; fins, body, and 
underside of head mottled with lighter spots, these varying in size from mere 
points, to size of pupil, traces of dusky spots, mingled with the light spots; 
traces of five narrow dark bars extending on sides below dorsal, the first in front 
of spinous dorsal, 2nd below 5th to 7th spines, 3rd below junction of dorsals, 
4th below middle of soft dorsal and 5th below posterior end of soft dorsal; a 
black saddle on dorsal surface of caudal peduncle; traces of four black spots 
along upper edge of caudal with interspaces lighter than the rest of fins; spinous 
and soft dorsal color of body, mottled with spots of same color as those on body 
but more indistinct; margins yellowish with an inframarginal darker band; 
caudal body color, with yellow margin, mottling very indistinct; anal similar 
to soft dorsal; ventral rays body color, membrane lighter; upper and lower 
margins tinged with lighter; inner surface of pectoral color of body, outer sur- 
face lighter, with a tawny dusky yellowish margin shading into the darker body 
color at the base; the fin is mottled similar to body. 
We can not distinguish our specimens from Epinephelus hoevenii Bleeker as 
described and figured in his Atlas or from E. daemelii as described and figured 
by Boulenger in his Catalogue or from S. tumilabris as described and figured by 
Day in his Fishes of India. S. hoeventi, in the Fishes of Zanzibar by Playfair 
and Ginther also seem to be the same, but their S. twmilabris is evidently differ- 
ent, although they do not mention or figure the pale margins to the vertical fins 
in their S. hoevenii. Boulenger includes S. hoeveniz, and S. twmilabris in the 
synonymy of H. caeruleopunctatus Bloch, but he regards EZ. labriformis and E. 
daemelii as distinct species. Our specimens agree somewhat better in most 
respects with H. daemelii. The S. caeruleopunctatus of both Bloch and Valen- 
ciennes are sine patria and their descriptions are insufficient for identification. 
Epinephelus merra Buocu. 
Ausl. Fische, 1793, 7, p- 15, pl. 329. Jorpan & Sraxe, Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish., 1906, 25, p. 258. 
5 ales : . at 
One specimen, No. 3289, 62 inches long and two specimens 6% and 6% inches 
long, all from Manga Reva. M. C. Z. 29713 (1 specimen). 
Epinephelus socialis (GUNTHER). 
BoutenceEr, Cat., 1895, 1, p. 243. 
Serranus socialis GiinTHER, Fische der Siidsee, 1873, 1, p. 7, taf. 8, fig. B. 
One specimen, No. 3290, 72 inches long from Manga Reva. 
Head 2.61 in length without caudal; depth 3.34; eye 5 in head; snout 5 
