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64. Therapon cuvieri. [27, 283.] 



Pristipoma sexlineatum, Quoy $f Gaim. Voy. Freyc. Poiss. p. 320. 



Pelates sexlineatus, quadrilineatus, et quinquelineatus, Cuv. £f Val. iii. p. 146, pi. 55. 



Therapon cuvieri, Bleek. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind. vi. p. 211; Giinth. Fish. i. p. 282. 



Zanzibar. Aden. Coasts of Australia. Sea of Timor. 



PRISTIPOMA, Cuv. 



65. Pristipoma hasta. [651a.] 



Lutjanus hasta, Block, t. 246. f. 1. 



Labrus commersonii, Lacep. iii. pp. 431, 477, pi. 23. f. 1. 



Pristipoma kakaan, Cuv. fy Val. v. p. 244; Riipp. N. W. Fische, p. 123, t. 20. f. 1. 



commersonii, Cuv. §• Val. v. p. 252; Cantor, Mai. Fish. p. 72. 



hasta, Cuv. fy Val. v. p. 247 ; Giinth. Fish. i. 289. 



Bagamoia, east coast of Africa. Red Sea. Indian Ocean. North coast of Australia . 



66. Pristipoma multimaculatum, sp. n. Plate III. fig. 3. [652.] 

 D. 11 I i A. I L. lat. 51. L. transv. ^. 



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Diagnosis. — Height of body equals length of head, and is contained thrice and two- 

 thirds to four times in the total length. Snout longer than the diameter of the eye, which 

 is contained four times and a half in the length of the head. The upper maxillary does 

 not reach the anterior of the eye. Praeorbital scaly. Posterior limb of praeoperculum 

 emarginate, with the angle rounded and more strongly denticulated. The fourth dorsal 

 spine longest, and more than half the length of the head. Dorsal deeply notched ; 

 caudalis truncated. The second anal spine is very long and strong, but a little shorter 

 than the fourth of the dorsal. Pectorals pointed, elongate, not reaching to the vent. 



Colour. — Silvery, the head, back, and upper part of sides thickly covered with small 

 brown spots, of which there is one at the base of each scale ; those on the occiput are 

 smaller and closer. The scales on the lower part of the body have the base minutely 

 punctulated with brown; the dorsal is spotted like the body, the other fins are 

 immaculate. 



Description. — This species resembles P. nageb and jpunctulatum. The greatest 

 height of the body is below the fourth dorsal spine ; it is nearly equal to the length of 

 the head, and is contained thrice and two-thirds to four times in the total length. The 

 upper profile descends very gently towards the nape and thence more obliquely, but 

 with hardly any concavity, to the snout. The interorbital space is a little convex, and 

 slightly larger than the eye. ■ The snout is pointed, the under jaw rather overlapping 

 the upper. The teeth form villiform bands, without canines. The praeoperculum has 



