along the bases of the dorsal still evidant, 
Epinephelus zapyrus Seare't® is described without suf- 
ficient characters to distinguish it from E. fasciatus as 
given by akenaue’ Apparently the only distinction 
would be the “uniform scarlet vermilion coler, the fins 
tipped with orange, the spinous dorsal with a tip of deep 
crimson”, Boulanger gives the color as "red or pale brown, 
with or without” markings, "and membrane between dorsal spines 
broadly tipped with black". In his Mangareva examples of 
E. fasciatus Seale says of the color "in spirits the white 
dots disappear", though the two Wilkes examples have doubtless 
been in alcohol for 80 years and they show them very distinct. 
TTS ee) RD TE SNES (Ra EAS OTIS TOR a =P RETR ne nah nN TTD 
116 
Occas Yap. Bishop Mus., vol.4,no0.1,1906, p.56, fig. ll, 
Tubuai +slands, 
he, 
Cat. F.Brit.Mus.,Ed. 2, vel.1,1895, p. 2358. 
Serranys ae 
Epinephelus merra (Bloch), Yau. SC | 
Head 2 2/5 to 22; depth 3 1/5 \ to SR /Ss D1, Ee, \ 4, 
ence 15, 1; A. III, 83; scales 96 to 112 in lateral line te 
caudal base and 10 or 11 lerge ones on latter; tubes 50 to 52 
in lateral line to caudal base and 3 or 4 more on latter; 16 
to 20 scales above lateral line to spinous dorsal origin, 10 
er 11 above to sixth dorsal spine base, 32 to 34 below to 
spineus anal origin; 90 to 118 predorsal scales, 50 in young; 
