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PEECID2E. 
4. Serranus boelang. [211.] 
Serranus boelang, Cuv. fy Val. ii. p. 308, vi. p. 514 Quoy Gaim. Voy. Astrol. Poiss. p. 657, pi. 3. 
fig. 4. 
nigrofasciatus, Hombr. § Jaq. Voy. Pole Sud, Poiss. p. 36, pi. 2. fig. 1 ; Peters, Monatsber. 
Ak. Wiss. Berl. 1865, p. 105. 
boenak, Giinth. Fish. i. p. 112 (not Bloch). 
D. A. % L. lat. 70. 
Caudalis rounded. Posterior limb of praeoperculum slightly emarginate and finely 
denticulated. The height of the body is nearly equal to the length of the head, and is 
contained three times and a half in the total length. The diameter of the eye equals 
one-fifth of the length of the head, in a species 6 inches long. The upper maxillary 
bone reaches beyond the vertical from the posterior margin of the orbit. The pectorals 
are longer than the ventrals, the former reaching as far as the vent. The dorsal spines, 
the first three excepted, are subequal. The second of the anal is as long as, but stronger 
than the third, and two-fifths of the length of the head. 
Colour madder-brown, with seven or eight darker cross bands. A still darker spot 
between the two upper opercular spines. Vertical fins brown, with black edges and 
scarcely perceptible white marginal lines. Pectorals uniform dark brown. 
Zanzibar. Sunda and Molucca seas. 
5. Serranus rogaa. [289, 374.] 
Perea rogaa, Forsk. p. 38. 
Serranus rogaa, Cuv. Val. ii. p. 349 ; Rupp. Atlas, Fische, p. 105, taf. 26. fig. 1 ; Giinth. Fish. i. 
p. 116. 
Var. a [374], Uniform blackish brown; fins black-edged. Length 14 inches. 
Var. h [289]. Uniform blackish brown; the caudal with a broad white posterior 
margin. The posterior part of soft dorsal with a narrow white margin. It may, how- 
ever, only be an immature specimen. Its length is 9 inches. 
Zanzibar. Red Sea. 
6. Serranus erythrseus. Plate I. fig. l. [427.] 
Serranus erythraeus, Cuv. Val. vi. p. 516 ; Giinth. Fish. i. p. 116. 
D. ® A. 1 L. lat. 120. 
15-lb 9 
Caudalis rounded. The height of the body is contained thrice and two-thirds, and the 
length of the head thrice and three-fourths in the total length. The eye is small, and 
is contained six times and a half in the length of the head. Upper profile of the 
head concave. The upper maxillary bone has at its lower anterior angle a process 
pointing forwards. Prseoperculum finely serrated on both limbs, and distinctly emar- 
