Groupers of Tab i d RANDALL 
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( about three or four irregular rows ) ; hind 
borders of all fins well-rounded; tips of pelvic 
fins reach within 8 mm of anus. 
Color in alcohol brown with irregular dark 
brown blotches (those on upper third of body 
nearly black) and numerous small dark spots 
which are more evident on head and anteriorly 
on body. The irregular dark blotches are located 
as follows: an elongate one begins from lower 
half of hind edge of eye and angles upward to 
nape, meeting its fellow anterior to . origin of 
dorsal fin; five other blotches or pairs of blotches 
may be seen middorsally on head anterior to 
one just mentioned; three irregular dark bands 
cross maxillary, lower jaw, and chin; all dark 
blotches and bands on head superimposed with 
the small round darker brown spots; a bilobed 
dark brown spot on back centered at base of fifth 
dorsal spine; a small dark brown spot at base 
of ninth and tenth dorsal spines; two irregular 
dark brown spots at base of soft portion of dor- 
sal fin and a black saddle dorsally on caudal 
peduncle; an elongate irregular dark brown 
blotch below and slightly anterior to bilobed 
spot at base of fifth dorsal spine (lateral line runs 
through upper part of this blotch) ; a dark brown 
blotch in line with but posterior to the one just 
mentioned, also touching lateral line; five irregu- 
lar brown bars on lower half of body in line 
with the more dorsal darker markings; dark 
spots along base of dorsal fin extend irregularly 
into fin, more obviously into spinous portion; 
soft portion of dorsal and other fins with inter- 
connected round brown spots with small black 
centers (dark centers not very evident on pec- 
torals); a dark brown marginal spot on each 
interspinous membrane of dorsal fin (except 
cirrus of each which is pale ) ; other fins with 
very narrow pale margins. 
Two syntypes of Serf anus horridus Cuvier 
and Valenciennes from Java are also located at 
Leiden (RMNH 19 and 2160). Both are stuffed 
specimens, one 188 mm in standard length and 
the other 600 mm. The larger is in better condi- 
tion and is here designated as the lectotype. 
These fish have 18 or 19 pectoral rays, a dark 
saddle on the caudal peduncle (not mentioned 
by Valenciennes in the original description), 
and 14 dorsal soft rays. There are two dark 
saddles on the back between the bases of the 
fourth and sixth dorsal spines, another at the 
end of the spinous portion of the dorsal fin, and 
one or two below the soft portion of the fin. 
S. horridus therefore seems to be a synonym of 
Epinephelus fuscoguttatus. 
Another fish which seems to belong in the 
synonymy of fuscoguttatus is Serranus lutra 
Cuvier and Valenciennes from Mauritius. The 
holotype (MNHN 7278), 315 mm in standard 
length and 382 mm in total length, was exam- 
ined by M. Blanc and R. Roux at the Museum 
National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris. They 
Fig. 11. Holotype of Serranus lutra Cuvier and Valenciennes (= fuscoguttatus ), 315 mm standard length, 
Mauritius (MNHN 7278). Photo by J. Abel, through the courtesy of M. Blanc of the Museum National 
d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris. 
