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of membrane black; between dorsal rays rounded smaller spots 

 forming 4 transverse lines. Iris golden. Length 524 mm. 

 Cuvier's example was 460 mm. long. 



47991. U.S.N.M. Cochin. Lyons Museum. Length 134 mm. 

 55601. U.S.N.M. Manila. Dr. E. L. Mearns. Length 78 mm. 



POMADASYS MANADENSIS (Gnnther) 



Pristipoma manadensis Guntheb, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1871, p. 657. 



Manado, Celebes. — Meyer, Anal. Soc. Espau. Hist. Nat., Madrid, vol. 14, 



1885, p. 14 (Manado). — Webee, Siboga Exp., vol. 57, Fische, 1913, p. 278 



(Saleyer). 

 Pomadasys manadensis Bleekee, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N^erland., vol. 8, 1876-1877, 



p. 28 (copied). 



Depth 2%; head 2l^. Eye 5 in head, 1% in snout; maxillary not 

 reaching front e5^e edge; upper jaw scarcely longer than lower; hind 

 preopercle edge emarginate, angle rounded, not produced, denticu- 

 lated. Scales 50 in lateral line, 6 above, 13 below. D. XI, 15; fin 

 spines very strong ; 2 front dorsal spines very short, second not half 

 third, which longest or nearly i^ head, others gradually shorter, last 

 only half first ray ; A. Ill, 7, second spine much longer and stronger 

 than third, nearly equals third dorsal spine; caudal truncate; pec- 

 toral pointed, reaches vent. Silvery, upper half of body with small 

 blackish spots, which occupy bases of scales. Dorsal with 2 rather 

 irregular series of round blackish spots, each size of pupil. Other 

 fins immaculate or with slight blackish tinge. Length 330 mm. 

 (Giinther.) 



East Indies. 



POMADASYS HASTA (Bloch) 



Lutjanus hasta Bloch, Naturg. Ausl'and. Fische, vol. 4, 1790, p. 109, pi. 246, 

 tig. 1. Japan. — Walbaum, Artedi Pise, vol. 3, 1792, p. 683 (on Bloch). — 

 FoBSTER, Fauna Indica, 1795, p. 162. — Lac^ipj&de, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 4, 

 1802, pp. 187, 229 (Japan). 



Lutianus hasta Schneider, Syst. Ichth. Bloch, 1801, p. 324 (Japan). 



Pristipoma hasta Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 5, 1830, p. 247 (Batavia; 

 Malabar). — Valenciennes, Voy. Ind. Orient. Zool. B^langer, 1834, p. 362 

 (Malabar).— GuNTHEE, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 289 (Red Sea, 

 India, China). — Bleeker, Nederland. Tijdschr. Dierk., vol. 2, 1865, p. 31 

 (Manila Bay). — Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1865, p. 13 (Cochin, Malabar) ; 

 Fishes of Malabar, 1865, p. 20.— Playfaie, Fishes of Zanzibar, 1866, p. 23 

 (Bagaruoia, East Africa). — Schmeltz, Cat. Mus. Godeffroy, No. 4, 1869, 

 p. 13 (Port Mackey, Queensland). — Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1870, 

 p. 683 (Andamans). — Klunzinger, Verb. zool. hot. Ges. Wien, vol. 20, 1870, 

 p. 733 (Koseir, Red Sea).— Day, Fishes of India, pt. 1, 1875, p. 73 (not 

 pi. 19, fig. 3).— Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N6erland., vol. 8, 1876-1877, pi. 

 (47) 325, fig. 3.— Klunzinger, Sitz. Ber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. 80, pt. 1, 

 1879, p. 350 (Cleveland Bay, Endeavour River, Queensland). — Schmeltz, 

 Cat. Mus. Godeffroy, No. 7, 1879, p. 39 (Port Mackey).— Karoli, Termesz. 

 Ftizetek, Budapest, vol. 5, 1881, p. 153 (Singapore; Palaboen, Java). — 

 Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, ser. 7, vol. 5, 1881, p. 105 (Swatow, 

 China). — Klunzinger, Fische Roth. Meer., 1884, p. 28. — Pohl, Cat. Mus. 



