322 BULLETIN" 10 0, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Red Sea, Arabia, Zululand, Natal, Reunion, Madagascar, India, 

 Ceylon, Pinang, East Indies. The above description from an ex- 

 ample in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, obtained 

 in Delagoa Bay, which I wrongly identified as PoTnadasis striatus. 



The following is adapted from Day : Depth 2% ; head 3yV- Snout 

 314 in head; eye 3%, V-/^ in snout, 1 in interorbital ; maxillary not 

 quite reaching front eye edge, 3% in head; teeth villiform, outer 

 upper row enlarged ; interorbital but little elevated ; preopercle edge 

 serrate. Scales 54 along above lateral line, 52 along below lateral 

 line; tubular scales 50 in lateral line; 7 scales above lateral line, 15 

 below, predorsal apparently forward in interorbital at least, about 

 7 rows (on figure) on cheek. D. XII, 14 (figure shows 15 rays), 

 third spine 2 in head, first ray 2% ; A. Ill, 7, second spine 1%, first 

 ray 2; caudal 114, moderately emarginate; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 2i/o ; pectoral lyV ; ventral 1%. Grayish, white on abdomen. 

 Brilliant golden band from eye to caudal base and second band 

 above, parallel, runs along a few rows of scales from suprascapula. 

 Fins silvery, dashed with gold; dark band along dorsal base and 

 spinous fin with black edge; upper portions of soft dorsal and last 

 half of spinous dorsal dark gray. 



Cuvier's example was 153 mm. long and is described as silvery, 

 slightly brown on back and with 6 golden longitudinal lines. 



The following refers to the nominal PHstiyoma anas as described 

 and figured by Sauvage : Depth 2%; head 3i/^. Snout 3^/^ in head; 

 eye 3%, 1% in snout, equals interorbital ; maxillary apparently would 

 reach eye, length 3I/2 in head; teeth feeble, little stronger medianly 

 above ; interorbital convex ; hind preopercle edge denticulate. Scales 

 53 in lateral line to caudal base, 6 above, 13 below, predorsal forward 

 at least to front of eye, 13 rows on cheek. Suprascapula strongly 

 denticulated. D. XII, 15 (figure shows 13 soft rays), third spine 

 2% in head, first ray 2% ; A. Ill, 7, second spine 1%, first ray 1% ; 

 caudal li/4, little emarginate behind ; least depth of caudal peduncle 

 2%; pectoral 1%; ventral 11/4- Body with 10 or 11 longitudinal 

 black bands upon silvery ground color. Below silvery. Fins trans- 

 parent, not colored. Length 270 mm. 



Family TERAPONIDAE 



Body oblong, compressed. Mouth moderate. Teeth villiform in 

 jaws, outer sometimes enlarged. Vomer and palatines with decidu- 

 ous teeth, sometimes absent. Preopercle serrated. Opercle with 1 

 or 2 strong spines. Preorbital entire or serrate. Branchiostegals 6. 

 Air bladder divided in two sections by constriction. Pyloric coeca 

 moderate in number. Scales moderate or small in size. Dorsal fin 

 notched, with 12 or 13 spines. Anal spines 3. 



