PERCID.'E. 



ACANTHOPTERYGU. 



VFAICIDJE. 



COUCH'S SERRANUS. 



Serranus Couchii, Yarrell. 



Stone-Basse, Couch, Linn. Trans, vol. xiv. p. 81. 



Favoured by Mr. Couch with a drawing of the Stone- 

 Basse, included in his memoir on the Natural History 

 of Fishes found on the coast of Cornwall, published in 

 the fourteenth volume of the Transactions of the Linnean 

 Society, it appears to be a species of Serranus ; and judg- 

 ing by a comparison with the detailed descriptions of all 

 the Serrani of Cuvier and Valenciennes, in their His- 

 toire Naturelle des Poissons, it also appears to be an un- 

 described species ; and the name therefore of its discoverer 

 has been accordingly appended to it, as a proper tribute 

 to a gentleman who has for many years devoted his un- 

 ceasing attention to the natural history of his particular 

 county. 



