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which 2 above and 3 below rudiments, lanceolate, length i,^ of gill 

 filaments or ^ of eye. 



Scales 52 to 54 in lateral line to caudal base and G to 8 more on 

 latter; 7 or 8 scales above lateral line to soft dorsal origin, 13 below, 

 predorsal scales extend forward on snout. Scales with 7 or 8 basal 

 striae. 



D. XII, 16, third spine 2i/4 in head, first ray 2% ; A. Ill, 12, second 

 spine 2%, first ray 2; caudal 1^4, emarginate; f)ectoral 1%; 

 ventral 1%. 



Brown on back and sides, below silvery white. Above lateral line 

 traces of deeper brown obsolete dots or small spots. Fins all brown- 

 ish, spinous dorsal tinged dusky. 



Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic. Also reported from Agulhas 

 Bank, Natal and Zululand. The above description from 2 examples 

 in the United States National Museum from Ashantee and Angola, 

 83 to 137 mm. According to Barnard reaches 550 mm, 



POMADASYS MACULATUS (Bloch) 



Anthias maculatus Bloch, Naturg. Ausland. Fisclie, vol. 7, 1797, p. 7, pi. 326, 

 fig. 2. East Indies. — Forster, Fauna Indica, 1795, p. 16. — Schneidee, Syst. 

 Ichth. Bloch, 1801, p. 306 (East Indies). 



Lutjanus maculatus Lacep£de, Hi.st. Nat. Poiss., vol. 4, 1802, pp. 193, 239 (East 

 Indies). 



Pristipoma maculatum Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 293 

 (Torres Strait and Amboina). — Kneb, Reise Novara, Fische, 1865, p. 52 

 (Java). — Day, Fishes of Malabar, 1865, p. 21; Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 

 1865, p. 13 (Cochin, Malabar).— Playtaik, Fishes of Zanzibar, 1866, p. 25 

 (Baganoia, East Africa). — Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1870, p. 683 

 (Andamans). — Klunzinger, Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 20, 1870, p. 734 

 (Koseir, Red Sea ) .— Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N^erland, vol. 7, 1873-1876, 

 pi. (30) 308; fig. 2; Nederland. Tijdschr. Dierk., vol. 4, 1874, p. (117 1 

 150 (China).— Day, Fishes of India, pt. 1, 1875, p. 74, pi, 19, fig. 5.— 

 Martens, Preuss. Exp. Ost Asien, 1876, p. 386 (Bangkok). — Karoli, 

 Termesz. Fiizetek, Budapest, vol. 5, 1881, p. 153 (Singapore). — Klunzinger, 

 Fische Roth. Meer., 1884, p. 28. — Meyer, Anal. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat., 

 Madrid, vol. 14, 1885, p. 14 (Manila Bay). — Gokgoza, Anal. Soc. Espaii, 

 Hist. Nat., Madrid, vol. 17, 1888, p. 284 (Manila Bay).— Day, Fauna Brit. 

 India, Fishes, vol. 1, 1889, p. 510. — Duncker, Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Ham- 

 burg, vol. 21, 1903 (1904), p. 149 (Singapore). — Pe.vkson, Ceylon Admin- 

 istr. Rep., 1912-1913, pt. 4, p. E15 (Gulf of Manaar ) .— AVeber. Siboga 

 Exp., vol. 57, Fische, 1913, p. 277 (Pepela Bay, Rotti), p. 278 (Macassar).— 

 Pearson, Ceylon Administr. Report, 1915-18, pp. F10-F12. — Pillay, Journ. 

 Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. 33, No. 2, Feb. 15, 1929, p. 367 (Travancorek 



Pomadasys maculatus Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 8, 1876-1877, 

 p. 27 (Sumatra, Nias, Singapore, Banka, Java, Bawean, Bali, Celebes, 

 Amboina, Waigiu). — Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1929, p. 

 608 (Hong Kong). 



Potnadasis maculatus Jordan and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol., 26, 1906 

 (1907), p. 23 (Cavite). — Evermann and Skale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 26. 

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