SERE ANUS. 
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ginate above the angle. Sub- and interoperculum conspicuously serrated. Operculum 
with three very broad flat spines. Dorsal spines increasing in length posteriorly, the 
last being shorter than the shortest ray, and one-third of the length of the head. 
Second anal spine rather shorter but much stronger than the third, which is about 
equal to the last dorsal spine. The soft dorsal is about as high as the tail between the 
terminations of the vertical fins. Colour in life red (yellowish in a dried state) ; caudal 
spotted with lighter. 
Seychelles. Mauritius. 
7. Serranus cyanostigmatoides. L 55 -] 
Serranus guttatus, Cuv. Val. ii. p. 357 (not Peters ). 
cyanostigmatoides, Bleek. Verhand. Bat. Genootsch. 1849, Perc. p. 31 ; Gunth. Fish. i. p. 117. 
Zanzibar. Seas of Java and Amboyna. 
8. Serranus miniatus. [152.] 
Perea miniata, Forsk. p. 41. no. 41. 
Serranus miniatus, Rupp. Atlas, Fische, p. 106, t. 26. f. 3 ; Gunth. Fish. i. p. 118. 
Aden. Red Sea. Mozambique. 
9. Serranus hemistictus. [54.] 
Serranns hemistictus, Rupp. Atlas, Fische, p. 109, t. 27. f. 3; Gunth. Fish. i. p. 119. 
Aden. Red Sea. 
10. Serranus sonnerati. Plate III. fig. l. [583.] 
Serranus sonnerati, Cuv. fy Val. ii. p. 299 ; Gunth. Fish. i. p. 122. 
D. 1. A. §. L. lat. 85. 
Caudalis rounded. Height of body nearly equal to the length of the head, and con- 
tained thrice and a half in the total length. The diameter of the eye is one-fifth of the 
length of the head. The upper maxillary reaches beyond the posterior margin of the 
eye. The denticulations of the prseoperculum are exceedingly feeble, the posterior limb 
slightly emarginate ; sub- and interoperculum entire. Dorsal spines short, moderately 
strong, increasing in length posteriorly, the last being two-sevenths of the length of the 
head. The second anal spine is scarcely longer and stronger than the third, and is 
equal in length to the last of the dorsal. The pectorals reach to the anal. 
Colour dark red ; head, belly, dorsal, and anal fins spotted with vermilion, the two 
last with black margins. 
Zanzibar. Pondicherry. Ceylon. Sumatra. Louisiade archipelago. 
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