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Family HAMULI D.E. 



7. POMADASIS ARGENTEUM (Forskal). 



ScLrna argentea Forskal, De^cr. Aiiiiii., p. 51. 



Pristipoma argniteum, Cuvier and Vaienciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., Y, p. 249. — 

 GiTNTHER, Cat., I, p. 291. — Day, Fislies India, p. 79, pi. viii, fig. 3. 



Head 2. 85 in leng-tli; depth 2.75; eye 3.20 in head; snout 3.20; 

 interorbital 4.20; D. XII, 13; A. HI, 8; scales -ii); preopercle strongly 

 denticulate; opercle Avith two flat spines. 



Color in spirits, yellowish white; numerous narrow dusky rows of 

 brown dots on upper half of body. 



One specimen from Manila, Cat. No. 55(501, U.S.N.M. ; length 8 

 inches. 



8. PLECTORHYNCHUS CRASSISPINUS ( Riippell) . 



Diagramma rras»ispinum Ruppell, N. W. Fische, p. 125, pi. xxx, fig. 4. — Day, 

 Fishes India, p. 78, pi. xx, fig. 4. 



Head 2.55 in length; depth 2.10; eye 3.T5 in head; snout 3; inter- 

 orbital 4.1; D. XIV, 16; A. HI, 7; pores about 53 in lateral line to 

 end of caudal vertebrte; head scaled; preopercle denticulate; opercle 

 with two flat spines; second anal spine long and strong, 2 in head; 

 caudal rounded; teeth in jaws, none on vomer or palatines. 



Color in spirits, dusky grajish; caudal white; anal, ventrals, and 

 soft dorsal black, the soft dorsal and anal with narrow margins of 

 white. 



One specimen from Manila, Cat. No. 55603, U.S.N.M.; length 2.1 

 inches. 



Family SPARID^. 



9. LETHRINUS MAHSENOIDES Bleeker. 



Lethrinus rnah><e)ioi(lrs Bleeker, Yerh. Bat. Gen., XXIII, 8par., p. 15. — GtJNTHER, 

 Cat., I, ]). 464. 



Head 2.90 in length; depth 2.50; eye 3.75 in head; snout 1.65; 

 interorbital 3; preorbital 2.50; D. X, 9; A. HI, 8; scales 6-48-15; 

 teeth in a single row, the 4 anterior canines of each jaw rather large, 

 4 molar teeth of upper jaw bicuspid; a single l)icuspid molar in lower 

 jaw, the remaining teeth rounded or conical; lips thick; caudal 

 forked; v^entrals extending past vent. 



Color in spirits, grayish with slight tint of green; the center of 

 scales yellowish; dorsal slightly clouded with dusky; tip of caudal 

 dusky; axil of pectoral dusky; otherwise fins without markings. 



One specimen 10 inches long from Jolo, 8ulu Archipelago. 



