PISCES ACANTHOPTERYGIT. 
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ACANTHOPTERYGII. 
M‘Clelland describes a small Fish of Calcutta as the Am- 
hassis lata, Cuv., in the Calcutta Journal, ii. p. 150. 
A. indica, id. ib. p. 585 ; with a black spot on the top of the anterior 
dorsal fin ; eight upright spines in the dorsal fin, and three at the base 
of the fin concealed ; three upright spines at the base of the anal fin, and 
one concealed ; Loodianah. A. {Chanda) ruconius, Buchan., has been 
described by him from the same place. 
Apogon lineatus, Schlegel, 1. c. p. 3, ditfers from A. lineolatus, Riipp., 
by the less breadth of the anal fin, the want of the black spot at the base 
of the caudal fin, and its less compressed head; D. 7-1. 9; A. 2. 8; 
C. 17 ; P. 12 ; V. 1. 5. Ap. semilineatus, id. ib. p. 4, has a black band 
passing from the point of the nose over the eye till under the second 
dorsal fin ; a second goes from the point of the nose, through the eye, to 
the point of the operculum ; D. 7-1. 10 ; A. 2. 8 ; V. 1. 5 ; P. 13 ; C. 19. 
A, aprion, Richards., Ann. ix. p. 16 ; without serratures on the prsB- 
operculum, and with a small cluster of teeth on the tongue. 
Several species of Serranus have been described by Schlegel, 1. c. 
Their Japanese names have been, in general, retained. S. kawamehari 
agrees in form with S. hepatus ; five cross bands ; rows of small spots 
upon the soft perpendicular fins ; a large spot upon the membrane, which 
fills up the deep semicrescentic section of the operculum ; two brown 
lines on the prasoperculum ; D. 12. 12 ; A. 2. 10. S. latifaciatus, has 
two bright very broad bands lengthways, the hinder fins have large dark 
points; corresponds to S. merra ; D. 11. 12 ; A. 3. 8. S. pcecilonotus ; 
four white curved stripes lengthways above and on the sides ; D. 11. 15 ; 
A. 3. 8. S. octocinctus ; brownish-red, with eight white perpendicular 
bands ; a large black spot on the tail ; D. 11. 14 ; A. 3. 9. 8. tsirimen- 
ara ; allied to S. marginalis, Cuv., Val. ; with a row of five or six white 
spots on the sides ; the spinous portion of the dorsal fin only has a black 
margin; D. 11. 16; A. 3. 8. 8. epistictus ; brownish-red, with three 
rows of black points on the body; D. 11. 14; A. 3. 8. 8. aka-ara ; 
reddish-brown, with brick-red spots, becoming on the dorsal fin small 
oblique bands; D. 11. 16; A. 3. 8; 8. awo-ara ; brown yellow; all the 
fins, except the spinous portion of the dorsal, have a yellow margin ; 
the body is covered with yellow dots; D. 11. 16, to 11. 18; A. 3. 8. 
8. mo-ara, brown-grey, with some large dark marbled spots ; D. 11. 15 ; 
A. 3. 8. 8. dermopterus ; uniform brown-red, the fins somewhat darker; 
D. 11. 19, to 20; A. 3. 9. 
8erranus Gilberti, Richardson, Ann. ix. p. 19 ; the body and the ver- 
tical fins covered with umber- brown spots ; the ground colour is paler, 
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