POMADASIS. 43 
Hab. Pacific Coast of Tropical America, entering rivers: 
Mexico, Rio Presidio (Forrer); Guatemala, Chiapam !24 (Salvin); Panama‘. 
Here described from six specimens, 220-340 mm. in total length, including the 
types of the species. 
3. Pomadasis branicki. 
Pristipoma branicki, Steind. Denkschr. Ak. Wien, xn. p. 28 (1879) °. 
Pomadasis branicki, Jord. & Fesler, Rep. U.S. Fish. Comm. 1893, p. 493°; Jord. & Everm. Bull. 
U.S. Nat. Mus. xlvii. 1898, p. 18347. 
Depth of body 3 in the length, length of head 3. Snout as long as eye, the diameter of which is 34 in the 
length of head ; interorbital width 4 in the length of head. Maxillary not extending to below the eye. 
12 gill-rakers on the lower part of anterior arch, 50 scales in a longitudinal series, 44 between lateral 
line and middle of dorsal fin. Dorsal XIII 12; fourth spine longest, 2 the length of head. Anal III7; 
second spine longest, 2? the length of head. Pectoral a little shorter than head. Caudal truncate. 
Silvery, back darker ; vertical fin dusky ; soft part of dorsal with 3 series of spots. 
Hab. Pacific Coasts of Tropical America, entering rivers: 
Mexico, Mazatlan 3, Chiapas? ; Panama ®.—Peru}. 
Here described from a specimen from Mazatlan, 165 mm. in total length. 
4. Pomadasis boucardi. 
? Pristipoma ramosum, Poey, Mem. Cuba, ii. p. 186 (1860) *. 
Pristipoma boucardi, Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, Ix. 1869, p. 120, t. 1”. 
Pomadasis ramosus, Jord. & Fesler, Rep. U.S. Fish. Comm. 1893, p. 494°; Jord. & Everm. Bull. 
U.S. Nat. Mus. xlvii. 1898, p. 1334°. 
Pomadasis templei, Meck, Pbl. Columbian Mus. Zool. v. 1904, p. 201, t. 14°. 
Depth of body 33 in the length, length of head 31. Snout as long as eye, the diameter of which is 33 in the 
length of head ; interorbital width 43-5 in the length of head. Maxillary extending to or nearly to 
the vertical from the anterior margin of eye. 11 gill-rakers on the lower part of anterior arch. 52-55 
scales in a longitudinal series, 6 between lateral line and middle of dorsal fin. Dorsal XIII 12; fourth 
or fifth spine longest, 4-2 the length of head. Anal III 6; second spine longest, §—-{ the length of 
head. Pectoral 3 the length of head. Caudal very slightly emarginate. Caudal peduncie 1? as long as 
deep. Back dark; lower part of side silvery, with a more or less distinct longitudinal stripe ; dorsal and 
caudal fins dusky. 
Hab. Atlantic Coasts of Tropical America, entering rivers : | 
Gulf of Mexico2; Mexico, Valles®, Perez®, and the Rio Tonto (Gadow) in 
Vera Cruz.—Cuba!; Haiti‘. 
Here described from two specimens, 170 and175 mm. in total length, from the Rio 
Tonto, Southern Mexico. 
5. Pomadasis bayanus. 
Pristipoma humile (non Bowd.), Kner & Steind. Abh. Bayer. Ak. x. 1866, p. 3, t. 1. fig. 1°. 
Pomadasis humilis, Jord. & Fesler, Rep. U.S. Fish. Comm. 1893, p. 492’. 
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