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GAT ERIN A HOLOCENTRUS. 



Holocentrus Gaterina. H. ccerulescens, nigro-guttatus maculis 

 sparsis. 



Blueish Holocentrus with black specks and scattered spots. 

 Sciaena Gaterina. Lin. Gmel. Forsk. Arab. 



Length about three spans : pectoral and ventral 

 fins yellow and unspotted : native of the Arabian 

 seas, varying in size and colours. 



GREENISH HOLOCENTRUS. 



Holocentrus Virescens. H. virescens, nebulis utrinque dorsalibus 

 transversis semidecurrentibus olivaceis, capite flavo-striato. 



Greenish Holocentrus with transverse dorsal semidecurrent 

 olivaceous bands, and head streaked with yellow. 



Holocentrus virescens. Block. 



Length about twelve inches : head and gill-covers 

 marked by somewhat irregular longitudinal yellow 

 streaks : eyes fulvous : scales middle-sized : tail 

 slightly lunated. Native of the Indian seas. 



five-lined holocentrus. 



Holocentrus Quinquelineatus. H. subflavus dorso sulfitsco, 

 corpore lineis utrinque quinque longitudinalibus cceruleis. 



Yellowish Holocentrus with brownish back, and body marked 

 on each side by five longitudinal blue lines. 



Holocentrus quinquelineatus. Block, 



Length as in the preceding species : eyes rather 

 large, and reddish : scales middle-sized : fins red, 

 except the fore-part of the dorsal fin, which is pale- 

 brown: tail slightly lunated. Native o Japan. 



