88. SPARID^E POMADASYS. 551 



two short boras in front. D. XII, 13; A. III. 7; scales 6-54-13. West 

 Indies, north to Texas. 



(Pcrca nob Hi s L. Syst. Nat.: Scicena plnmieri Bloch, Ichth. vi, GO, taf. 306: Conodon 

 plumierl Giiutlier, i, 304: Conodon antillanus Cuv. & Veil, v, 156.) 



oa. Outer teeth moderately enlarged, not canine-like. 

 b. Anal spines graduated. ( Orthopristis* Girard. ) 



67. P. fwlvomacMlaiiis (Mitchill) J. & G. Sailor's Choice; Hog-fish. 



Light brown, silvery below 5 sides with numerous orange-colored and 

 yellow spots ; those above the lateral line in oblique series, those below 

 in horizontal rows; vertical fins with similar spots; head bluish, with 

 yellow spots ; angle of mouth and gill-membranes with orange. Body 

 oblong, compressed, not much elevated. Head long. Snout conic. 

 Mouth low and small, the maxillary barely reaching to the nostrils. 

 Outer teeth slender and rather short. Eye high, 4i in head, nearly 

 midway in its length, its diameter depth of the broad preorbital. 

 Dorsal and anal entirely naked, with a sheath of scales at base; anterior 

 spines of dorsal higher than the posterior, which are lower than the soft 

 rays; anal spines short, graduated; pectoral moderate, reaching past 

 tips of ventrals; caudal forked, the upper lobe the longer. Head 3; 

 depth 3. D. XII, 16; A. Ill, 12 ; Lat, 1. 75; pyloric creca 6. L. 1 foot. 

 Atlantic coast, from New York southward ; a food-fish of some import- 

 ance. 



(Labrus fxh-omficulatus Mitch. Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. N. Y. i, 406, 1815: Hnmulon 

 fulvomaciihitum DeKay, New York Fauna, Fish. 84: Pristipoma fidi-omaculatum Giiii- 

 ther, i, 301: Pristipoma fidvomaculatum Holbrook, Ich. S. Car. 157.) 



6. P. fascaattis (Cuv. & Val.) J. & G. 



Sides with irregular dark cross-bars; a dark streak on the upper half 

 of the operculum, extending on the sides; dorsal fin with two or three 

 series of rounded brown spots. Eye 5 in head. Dorsal fin nearly even, 

 its spines rather slender; caudal emarginate; third anal spine thinner 

 and longer than the second. Head 3; depth 3. D. XII. 16; A. Ill, 

 13; Lat. 1. 75; coeca 6. Gulf of Mexico, north to Louisiana. (Giinther.) 



(Pristipoma fasciatum Cuv. & Vul. v, 285: Pristipoma fasciatum Giinther, i, 301.) 



l)l>. Second anal spine larger than third. (Pomadasys.) 



69. P. davadsomi (Steindachner) J. & G. Sargo. 



Grayish silvery, dark above, with many dark points ; a very distinct 

 black cross-band on back and sides, from between the fifth and seventh 



* Girard, U. S. Mex. Bound. Surv. Ichth. 1859, 15: type Orthopristis duplex Grd. = 

 Labrus fulvomaculatus Mitch. (opQoZ, erect; Ttpitin?, saw.) 



