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conic, in 3 or 4 irregular rows and an outer enlarged row; inter- 

 orbital 4 to 4%, widely convex; preopercle edge apparently entire, 

 denticles obscure and covered with membrane. Gill rakers 7+14, 

 lanceolate, short, 1% in gill filaments, which 1% in eye. 



Scales 40 to 44 in lateral line to caudal base and 5 to 7 more on 

 latter; 6 scales above lateral line, 11 to 13 below, 25 predorsal of 

 which 15 to 17 to occiput, 9 to 12 rows on cheek. Suprascapula entire. 

 Basal scaly sheath to both dorsals and anals. Scales with 7 to 10 

 basal radiating striae ; circuli very fine. 



D. XII, 13, 1, third spine 11/2 to ly^ in head, third ray 21/5 to 2% ; 

 A. Ill, 7, I, second spine 2 to 214, first ray 214 to 21/2 ; caudal 1% to 

 1%, slightly round in young to more so as expanded, hind edge 

 slightly concave to nearly truncate as expanded with age; pectoral 

 1^^ to 11/5 ; ventral 1% to 1%. 



Back pale brown, sides and below whitish, everywhere with silvery 

 white tints and reflections. Iris yellowish white. Young with neutral 

 dusky blotch nearly size of eye on opercle above. Fins all pale brown. 



Mauritius, India, Ceylon, Andamans, Singapore, East Indies, 

 Philippines, Polynesia. I have used Anthias grunniens Schneider as 

 the earliest name for this species as it is described with " rostrum 

 breve, obtusum " and the eye large. It is therefore the present 

 species, though wrongly identified by Bleeker with Pristipotna 

 guoraca Cuvier. 



Seventeen examples [D. 5461]. Caringo Island, N. 12° W., 4.9 miles (13° 57' 

 42" N., 123" 06' 42" E.), Luzon. June 14, 1909. Length 78 to 140 mm. 



2646 [D. 5361]. Corregidor Light, S. 89° W., 7.2 miles (14° 24' 15" N., 

 120° 41' 30" E.), Manila Bay. February 9, 1909. Length 104 mm. 



11440. Manila market. December 12-18, 1907. Length 95 mm. 



8577 [D. 5442]. San Fernando Point Light, N. 39° E., 8.4 miles (16° 30' 36" 

 N., 120° 11' 06" E.), Luzon. May 11, 1909. Length 190 mm. 



A, 1013. Buka Buka Island, Gulf of Tomini, Celebes, Dutch East Indies. No- 

 vember 20, 1909. Length 105 mm. 



POMADASYS GUORACA (Cuvier) 



Pristipoma guoraca Cuvieb, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 5, 1830, p. 256 (on Ouoraca 

 Russell, Fishes of Coromandel, vol. 2, 1803, p. 24, pi. 132, Vizagapatam). — 

 Valenciennes, Voy. Ind. Orient. Zool. B^Ianger, 1834, p. 363 (Malabar; 

 Mah6). — Cantor, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 18, pt. 2, 1849, p. 1055 

 (Pinang). — Kner, Reise Novara, Fische, 1865, p. 53 (Madras). — Day, Fishes 

 of Malabar, 1865, p. 22 (copied) ; Fishes of India, pt. 1, 1875, p. 75 (not 

 pi. 20, fig. 1) ; Fauna Brit. India, Fishes, vol. 1, 1889, p. 512.— Mauas, 

 Ceylon Administr. Report, 1921, p. E5. — Plllay, Jooirn. Bombay Nat. Hist. 

 Soc, vol. 33, No. 2, February 15, 1929, p. 367 (Travaneore). 



Pristipoma guaraca Bleekee, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N^erland., vol. 8, 1876-1877, pi. 

 (45) 323, fig. 1. 



Pomadasys guoraca Bleekeb, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N^erland., vol. 8, 1876-1877, p. 

 30 (Sumatra, Pinang, Java, Celebes, Amboina). 



