of spinous dorsal base, then falls midway along caudal pe- 
duncle side. 
Fourth dorsal spine 3 1/6 in head; second anal spine 35; 
rounded caudal 1 3/4; pectoral 1 2/3; ventral 2 1/10; fin 
almost reaches vent. Color in alcohol faded dull uniform 
brownish generally. Head above, back, dorsal and caudal all 
finely spotted with darker, though towards soft dorsal, caudal 
and anal spots more with mottled appearance, larger and irreg- 
Ular. Yectoral with obsolete small dark crowded spots basally. 
Length 178 mm. Pomoton. 
( 
Compared with Gunther's figure of Serranus uredelts* +4 
traces of the pale apical or marginal portion of the pectoral 
are evident, also the 2 pale or whitish oblique caudal bars, 
Our example differs in showing longitudinal waved pale lines 
below the lateral line in the costal region, and the spots are 
much more irregular than in the figure. No trace is now seen 
of the pale submarginal geddish lines Gunther's figure also 
ShOWS. 
114 
Journ, Mus.Godeffroy,vol.3 (1), 1873, p. 3, Pl. 5,fig. A. 
Serranus 
Bpinepheius maculatus (Bloch). 
Head 2 1/3; depth 2 5/6g D. XI, 17, 1; A. III, 8, 43 
scales 1900 in lateral line to caudal base and about 10 large 
ones on latter; tubes 52 in lateral line to caudal base and 
