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dorsal spines to opposite the lower edge of the pectoral; edge of opercle 
and base of pectoral black; fins otherwise dull yellowish. Body ovate, 
compressed, much elevated; a regular and steep curve from snout to 
dorsal. Mouth small, terminal; maxillary not reaching front of eye. 
Preorbital about as wide as eye, which is 4 in head. Outer teeth dis- 
tant, little enlarged. Gill-rakers moderate. Membranes of dorsal and 
anal somewhat scaly; dorsal fin deeply emarginate; second anal spine 
longer and stronger than third; pectoral long, reaching vent; caudal 
forked, the upper lobe the longer. Head 3f ; depth 2^. D. XII, 14; 
A. Ill, 10; scales 10-5G-22. L. 12 inches. Pacific coast, from Santa 
Barbara Islands southward. 
{Fristipoma davtdsoni Steindachuei', Ichthyol. Beitriige, iii, G, 1875.) 
870. P. VBa'giDaiciBS (Liun.) J. & G. 
Golden olive above, silvery below, a dusky oblique bar running from 
nape forward through eye, and another running vertically downwards 
from beginning of dorsal; behind this are several narrow longitudinal 
stripes of bright light blue edged above and below with black. Body 
ovoid, compressed, and much elevated. Profile very steep. IMouth 
small, oblique ; maxillary scarcely reaching front of orbit; outer teeth 
rather strong. Eyes rather large. Second anal si)ine very strong, 
longer than soft rays; iiectoral long, reaching anal. Head 3^; depth 2^. 
D. XII, 17 ; A. Ill, 9. South Atlantic coast of United States to Lower 
California. 
{Sparus rirriinicHs Linn. Syst. Nat. : Prislijjoma vbpivicum GiintRer, i, 288; Anisoire- 
mns virfjinwus Gill, Rroc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 1861, 106: Anuotremus tcBniatus iiiW, 
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1861, 107.) 
871. P. BjiMBBesatBUS (C. & V.) J. & G. 
Body rather deep ; snout obtuse, shorter than eye, which is one-third 
length of head ; mouth narrow, the maxillary reaching front of eye ; 
preopercle serrulate, the teeth at the angle stronger; dorsal spines 
strong, the third spine longest, half length of head ; second anal spine 
extremely strong, much longer than dorsal spines ; vertical fins scaly 
half their height; caudal emarginate. Two i)arallel brown bands on 
each side, one above the lateral line, the other from the eye to a brown 
spot at the root of the caudal; adults becoming uniform in color ; fins 
blackish. Head 3| (in total, with caudal) ; depth 2f. D. XII, 17 ; A. 
Ill, 8; scales 9-50-14. {Giinther.) Tropical America, on both coasts, 
north to San Diego. 
{Pristipoma hUineatum and melanopierum Cnv. & Val. v, 271,273; Pnsiipoma melan- 
optirum Giinther, i, 287 : Pristljioma melanopteriim Steind. Ichtli. Beitr. viii, 5, 1879.) 
