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TORTOISE-SHELL HOLOCENTRUS. 



Holocentrus Testudineus. H. subluteus,fasciis trdnsversh sub" 

 ramosis fuscis, oper cutis cceruleofasciatisipinnis nigricantibus. 



Subluteous Holocentrus, with slightly branching brown bands, 

 blue-striped gill-covers, and blackish fins. 



Epinephelus bruneus. Block. 



Length about six inches : shape rather lengthen- 

 ed : scales middle-sized : mouth wide : fins marked 

 by a pair of dusky bars towards their base, and 

 deepening into blackness towards their edges : dorsal 

 fin scaly at the base. Native of the Northern seas. 



MARGINED HOLOCENTRUS. 



Holocentrus Marginatus. H. ccerulescens, dor so subfusco, pinnis 



rubris, dorsali antice nigro-marginato. 

 Blueish Holocentrus, with brownish back, red fins, and dorsal 



fin edged on the fore-part with black. 

 Epmephelus marginalis. Block. 



Size of a small Perch : scales rather small : eyes 

 yellow : mouth wide. Native region unknown. 



