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Pristipoma paikeeli Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 5, 1830 p. 259 (on 

 Paikeeli Russell, Fishes of Coromandel, voL 2, 1803, p. 16, pi. 121, Vizag- 

 apatam). — Cantor, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 18, No. 2, 1849, p, 1056 

 (Pinang).— GiJNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 292 (compiled). 



Pristipoma dussumieri Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 5, 1830, p. 259. Mala- 

 bar. — GiJNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vul. 1, 1859, p. 291 (no locality). — 

 Day, Fishes of Malabar, 1865, p. 22 (copied) ; Fishes of India, pt. 1, 1875, p. 

 75, pi. 19, fig. 6. — BouLENGEK, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1887, p. 656 (Mus- 

 cat). — Day, Fauna Brit. India, Fishes, vol. 1, 1889, p. 511. — Pillay, Journ. 

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



Pristipoma (Pomadasys) dussumieri Zuomayek, Abhandl. K. Bayer. Akad. 

 Wiss., Math.-physik. Klasse, vol. 21, 1913, p. 10 (Mekran; Oman). 



Pomadasys dussumieri Steindachnek, Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien. Math.-nat. 

 Klasse, vol. 71, pt. 1, 1908, p. 131 (Gischin, South Arabia). 



Pristipoma punctulatum Ruppell, Neue Wirbelth., Fische, 1835, p. 124, pi. 30, 

 fig. 3. Massaua, Red Sea. — GOnther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, 

 p. 290 (Mauritius). — Klunzingeb, Verb. zool. bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 20, 

 1870, p. 732 (Koseir, Red Sea). 



Pomadasys punctulatus Steindachneie, Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-nat. 

 Klasse, vol. 71, pt. 1, 1907, p. 130 (Gischin, Bal Haf, Kor Gorrich, 

 Sokotra). 



Pristipoma anas Valenciennes, C^ompt. Reudu Acad. Sci. Paris, vol. 54, 1862, p. 

 9. — GxncHENOT, Notes He Reunion, vol. 2, 1862, p. 25. — Sauvaqe, Hist. 

 Nat. Madagascar, 1891, p. 160, pi. 28, fig. 4, n-b (type). 



Pristipoma neilli Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1867, p. 936. Madras. 



Pomadasys taeniophorus Regan, Ann. Natal Mus., vol. 1, pt. 3, 1908, p. 251, 

 pi. 39. Kosi Bay. — Gilchrist and Thompson, Ann. Durban Mus., vol. 1, 

 pt. 4, 1917, p. 354 (references). 



Pristipoma taeniophorus Gilchrist and Thompson. Ann. South Afrc. Mus., 

 vol. 6, 190&-1911, p. 153 (Natal). 



Pomadasis striatus (not Gilchrist and Thompson) Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Philadelphia, 1925, p. 230 (Delagoa Bay). 



Depth 2%; head 3, width 1%. Snout 3 in head; eye 3%, ll^ in 

 snout, ly^u in interorbital ; maxillary 314 in head, reaches hind nostril, 

 expansion y^ of eye; 2 mandibular pores followed by groove; up- 

 per teeth in 2 or 3 rows and lower 4 or 5, each jaw also with outer 

 enlarged row; interorbital 3^3 in head, broadly convex; preopercle 

 edge denticulate. Gill rakers 7+10, lanceolate. 



Scales 52 in lateral line to caudal base and 6 more on latter; 6 scales 

 above lateral line, 14 below, 33 predorsal. Scales with 6 or 7 basal 

 striae ; apical denticles 45 to 60, with 3 to 5 rows of basal segments ; 

 circuli fine. 



D. XII, 14, 1, fourth spine 2% in head, second ray 2% ; A. Ill, 8, i, 

 second spine 2%, first ray 2i/^ ; caudal 1%, emarginate ; pectoral 1^ ; 

 ventral 1%. 



Above, purplish brown. Four dark horizontal lines, lowest back 

 from pectoral axil. Opercle with blackish blotch little less than 

 eye. Iris whitish. Spinous dorsal gray, with white spot at base of 

 each membrane. Soft dorsal and caudal gray, former whitish b:i- 

 sally. Other fins whitish. Length 160 mm. 



