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Show 1867.] THE FISHES OF SEYCHELLES. 847 exactly identical with those previously described; the second an adult male, 21 inches long, differing in coloration only. It is brownish on the back, lighter on the belly ; the entire body and fins, including even the thick outer membranes of the eyes, covered with round red spots ; these are largest on the body, smallest on the occiput and snout, and hardly conspicuous on the pectoral rays. The white lateral bands were quite inconspicuous in the fresh state, but after maceration in spirits for several weeks a faint trace of them has become visible. 4. SERRANUS LOUTI, Forsk. 5. S. ERYTHR^US, C. & V. 6. S. CYANOSTIGMATOIDES, Blkr. 7. S. MINIATUS, Forsk. 8. S. GUTTATUS. Percce miniates var. B, Forsk. p. 41. Bodianus guttatus, Bl. t. 224. Serranus myriaster, Cuv. & Val. ii. p. 365 ; Riipp. Atlas, Fische, p.-107, t. 27. f. 1 ; Quoy & Gaim. Voy. Astrol. p. 653, pl. 3. f. 1 ; Less. Voy. Coqu. pl. 37. S. guttatus, Pet. Wiegm. Archiv, 1855, p. 235; Giinth. Fish. i. p. 119 (notC. & V.). The specimens from Seychelles have exceedingly fine denticulations to the praeoperculum, and five or six darker cross bands on the body behind the termination of the pectorals. Length 9 inches. 9. SERRANUS SONNERATI, C. & V. 10. S. SUILLUS, C. & V. 11. S. DISPAR, Playf. 12. S. MARGINALIS, Bl. 13. S. HOEVENII, Blkr. 14. S. HEXAGONATUS, Forst. 15. S. FLAVO-CJERULEUS, Lacep. 16. S. GAIMARDI. Serranus gaimardi, ? Bleek. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind. 1853, Batav. p. 455 ; Quoy & Gaim. Voy. Astrol. Poiss. p. 656, pl. 3. f. 3 ; Giinth. Fish. i. p. 150. In 'The Fishes of Zanzibar' I considered S. gaimardi, Blkr., identical with S. longispinis, Kner; but I have obtained another example at Seychelles which leads me to doubt the propriety of having done so. The Zanzibar specimens exactly correspond to "that described in the ' Voyage of the Novara,' while the Seychelles one |
