FISHES OF THE PHH.IPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 305 

 POMADASYS THERAPON (Bleeker) 



Pristipoma therapon Bleekeik, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 1, 1850, p. 100. 

 Batavia. — Gunthek, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 293 (copied). — 

 Bleekeb, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N^erland., vol. 8, 1876-1877, pi. (63) 341, fig. 1.— 

 Seale, Philippine Jouru. Sci., vol. 5, No. 4, Oct. 1910, p. 270 (Sandakau, 

 Borneo). 



Pomadiisys therapon BLEEKiit, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerlaud., vol. 8, 1876-1877, p. 29 

 (Java, Banka, Celebes). 



Depth 24^; head '2%. Snout 3i/^ in head; eye 314? subequal with 

 snout, greater than interorbital ; maxillary reaches 14 iii ^y^? length 

 3 in head; outer row of teeth little enlarged; interorbital slightly 

 convex; preopercle edge denticulate. Scales 43 in lateral line, 6 

 above, 10 below, extends forward to snout, 10 rows on cheek. 



D. XI or XII, 13 or 14, fourth spine 1% in head, first ray 2; 

 A. Ill, 7 or 8, second spine 2^^, first day 2i/^; caudal 1%, emar- 

 ginate ; least depth of caudal peduncle 2% ; pectoral ll^ ; ventral 1%. 

 Above gray or caerulean green, below silvery. Iris yellow. Fins 

 yellowish, large dusky blotch on spinous dorsal from third to sixth 

 membranes medially. Length 114 mm. (Bleeker.) 



East Indies. 



POMADASYS GRUNNIENS (Schneider) 



Anthia^ grunniens Schneider, Syst. Ichth. Bloch, 1801, p. 308. Tanna Island, 

 Society Group. 



Perca grunniens (Fobstek) Schneider, Syst. Ichth. Bloch, 1801, p. 308 (name 

 in synonymy). — Lichtenstein, Descript. Animal., 1844, p. 294. 



Pomadasis grunniens Fowleb, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, 1928, p. 208 (com- 

 piled). 



Prlstipoma unicolor (Kuhl and Van Hasselt) Cu\^ER. Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 

 5, 1830, p. 256. Batavia. (Name in test.) 



Pri^tipoma argyreum Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 9, 1833, p. 485. 

 Coromandel coast; Sumatra; Mauritius; Batavia. — Guntheb, Cat. Fish. 

 Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 292 (compiled).— Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 

 1870, p. 683 (Andamans). — Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N^erland., vol. 7, 

 1873-1876, pi. (42) 320, fig. 4.— KAeoli, Termesz. Fiizetek, Budapest, vol. 

 5, 1881, p. 153 (Singapore). — Gobgoza, Anal. Soc. Espaii. Hist. Nat., 

 Madrid, vol. 17, 1888, p. 284 (Manila Bay).— Weber, Siboga Exp., vol. 57, 

 Fische, 1913, p. 277 (Buka or Cyrus Bay, Rotti). 



Pomadasys argyreus Bleseker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Ngerland., vol. 8, 1876-1877, 

 p. 30 (Sumatra, Nias, Java, Borneo). 



Pomadasis argyreus Jordan and Richardson, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 27, 1907 

 (1908), p. 259 (Manila). — Jordan and Starks, Ann. Carnegie Mus., vol. 11, 

 Nos. 3-4, 1917, p. 450 (Ceylon). 



Pristipoma guoraka (not Cuvier) Day, Fishes of India, pt. 1, 1875, p. 20, 

 fig. 1 (part). 



Depth 234 to 2^8 ; head 2% to 3, width 2 to 21/3. Snout Z^ to 31/2 

 in head ; eye 31/2 to 414, 1 to II/5 in snout with age and greater than 

 snout in young, greater than interorbital in young to subequal with 

 age; maxillary reaches 1/5 in eye, length 3 in head; teeth fine, simple. 



