1849.] Catalogue of Malayan Fishes, 991 



Russell, CXXX. Sugglathoo Bontoo. 



Serranus lanceolatus, Cuv. and Val. II. 316. 



Serranus lanceolatus, Bleeker: Verh. Batav. Gen. XXII. 9, 18, 35. 



" Ikan Krapu" of the Malays. 



Ground-colour of the body and fins bright gamboge, with five broad 

 vertical brown or black bands, of which the first from the orbit 

 over the preopercle, the second from the crown of the head obliquely 

 over the opercle to behind the pectoral fins, where it joins the third ; 

 in the obliquely oval space between these two bands some individuals 

 have a large oval black spot ; the third band which occupies the space 

 between the 2 nd and 10 th dorsal spine, becomes narrower on the body 

 and continues jointly with the second band over the abdomen ; the 

 fourth band spans nearly the whole lower half of the dorsal rays, pro- 

 ceeds over the body and the anal, on the posterior part of which the 

 ground colour is visible, with one or more black spots ; the fifth band 

 is in front of the caudal ; all the fins with one or more series of large 

 black spots, more or less confluent ; the pectorals in some with three 

 arched undulating black bands ; jaws with large black spots. Pupil 

 circular black ; iris golden. In the young the ground colour is citrine 

 or sulphur. 



D 11/16, C 17|, A 3/8, V 1/5, P 18, Br. VII. 



Habit. — Sea ofPinang. 



Bay of Bengal, Batavia, Samarang. 



Total length : 6f inch. 



In three individuals examined the number of fin rays was the above 

 stated; Russell and M. M. Cuvier and Valenciennes give the dorsal 

 1 1/14, and the latter give the anal 3/10. 



Serranus horridus, Kuhl and Van Hasselt. 



Serranus horridus, Cuv. and Val. II. 321. 



Serranus horridus, Bleeker : Verh. Bat. Gen. XXII. 7, 19, 36. 



" Ikan Krapu" of the Malays. 



Crown of the head and back blackish brown ; sides and abdomen 

 brownish grey, largely marbled with blackish brown ; spinous part of the 

 dorsal yellowish pale brown, with a large basal brownish spot, between 

 each pair of spines ; the rest of the dorsal gamboge, the lower half 

 with three or four oblique downward directed blackish bands, above 

 which some large round black spots ; caudal, anal and ventral fins gam- 



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