FISHES OF THE PHH,IPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 189 



74602 U.S.N.M. Nafa, Okinawa. Albatross Collection. Length 253 and 254 

 mm. These and 68231 show a slightly longer eye, which about equals snout. 

 Gill rakers 5+15, of which 4 or 5 rudiments above and below. Hawaiian 

 examples have gill rakers 6 or 7+16 or 17. 



PRISTIPOMOIDES AEGYROGRAMMICUS (Valenciennes) 



Serra7ius argijrogramiuicus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 8, 1831, p. 

 183. Mauritius. 



Etelis argyrogrammicus Sauvage, Hist. Nat. Madagascar, Poiss., 1891, p. 107, 

 pi. 10, figs. 3, 0-6 (type). 



Diacope sparus Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Poiss., pt. 1, 1842, p. 14. .Japan. 



Mesoprion sparus Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 188 (copied). 



Lutjanus sparus Bi.eeicee, Nederland. Tijds. Dlerk., vol. 4, 1872, p. (117) 150 

 (China). 



Platyinius sparus Jordan and Evermann, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 25, 1903, 

 p. 344, fig. 16 (Formosa). 



Pristipomoides sparus Jordan and Thompson, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 39, 

 1911, p. 460, fig. 5 (copied). 



Pristipomoides typus Bleekee, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 3, 1852, p. 

 (574) 575. Siboga, Western Sumatra. — Gunthee, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., 

 vol. 1, 1859, p. 380 (compiled). — Duncker, Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Ham- 

 burg, vol. 21, 1903 (1904), p. 150 (Singapore).— Fowler, Mem. Bishop 

 Mus., vol. 10, 1928, p. 192 (on Bleekee) ; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadel- 

 phia, 1929, p. 634 (Padang). 



Aprion typus Fowler, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 2, vol. 12, 1904, 

 p. 527 (Padang). 



Dentex pristipomu Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 7, 1854, p. 246. 

 Celebes. 



Chaetopterns pristipoma Bleeicer, Rech. Faune Madagascar, Pollen et Van 

 Dam, pt. 4, 1874, pi. 10. 



Aprion {Aprion) pristipoma Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerlaud., vol. 8, 1876- 

 1877, p. 79 (Sumatra, Celebes, New Guinea). 



Aprion pristipoma Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N6erland., vol. 8, 1876-1877, pi. 

 (58) 336, fig. 3.— Meyer, Anal. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat., Madrid, vol. 14, 

 1885, p. 8 (Kordo, Mysore). — Malpas, Ceylon Administr. Report, 1921, 

 pp. E5-ES. — Deraniyagala, Ceylon Administr. Report, 1926, p. F18. — 

 Pearson, Ceylon Administr. Report, 1926, pp. F26, F28. 



Centropristis {Aprion) pristipoma Klunzingek, Fische Roth. Meer., 1884, p. 16. 



Mesoprion dentex Bleeker, Act. Soc. Sci. Ind. Neerland. (Enumerat.), vol. 6, 

 1859, p. 20. Sumatra ; Amhoina=Pristipomoides iypus Bleeker. 



Lutjanus dentex Bleeker, Nederland. Tidjs. Dierk., vol. 2, 1865, p. 278 (Am- 

 boina). 



Lutjanus zonatus (not Valenciennes) Gtjnther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 

 1, 1859, p. 103 (part). 



Anthias zonatus Gunthee, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 503 (part). 



Mesoprion multidens Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1870, p. 680. Andaman 

 Islands. 



Anthias multidens Day, Fishes of India, pt. 1, 1875, p. 27, pi. 7, fig. 4. 



Depth 3 to 3%; head 2% to 31/5, width 1% to 22/-. Snout 3 to 31/5 

 in head from snout tip; eye 3i^ to 4^5, li"!! to 1% in snout, little 

 greater than interorbital in young to li^ with age; maxillary 

 reaches % to % in eye, expansion 2% to 2% in eye, length 2% to 2% 

 in head from snout tip; teeth fine, villiform, in narrow bands in 



