88. SPARIDiE— POMADASYS. 551 
two short horns in front. D. XII, 13; A. Ill, 7 ; scales 6-54-13. West 
Indies, north to Texas. 
(Perea noUlis L. Syst. Nat.: Seicena plumieri Bloch, Ichth. vi, 6G, taf. 30G : Conodon 
plumieri Gunther, i, 304: Conodon antillanus Cuv. &. Val. v, 156.) 
aa. Outer teeth moderately enlarged, not canine-like. 
b. Anal spines graduated. (Ort/iopmhV Girard.) 
867. P. fulvomaculaJus (Mitchill) J. & G. — Sailor’s Choice; Hog-fish. 
Light brown, silvery below; 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, 4J 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; jiyloric coeca 6. L. 1 foot. 
Atlantic coast, from Xew York southward; a food-fish of some import- 
ance. 
(Lahrns fulvomacnlaius Mitch. Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. N. Y. i, 403, 1815: HeemuJon 
fidvomaeulafum DeKay, New York Fauna, Fish. 84: Pristipoma fulromaculaturn Giiu- 
ther, i, 301: Pristipoma fnlvomaculatum Holbrook, Ich. S. Car. 157.) 
868. P. fascia-taas (Cnv. & Val.) J. .fc 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 IMexico, north to Louisiana. (Giuither.) 
(Pristipoma fasciatmn Cuv. & Val. v, 285: Pristipoma fasciatum Giiuther, i, 301.) 
bb. Second anal spine larger than third. (Poniadasys.) 
869. P. davidsoni (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. = 
Labrusfulcomaculatus Mitch. (opGd?, erect; Ttpidri?, saw.) 
