286 PRISTIPOMATIDJi. 



eleven spines, anal fin with three ; all the spines strong. No teeth 

 in the jaws or on the palate. Branehiostegals five. Both limbs of the 

 prasoperculura serrated ; opercnlum with two points. Scales mode- 

 rate, ctenoid. Air-bladder simple ; pyloric appendages in moderate 

 nimabcr. 



Freshwater fish from Austi-alia. 



1. Macquaria australasica. 



Cut: 8f Val. I. c. pi. 131 ; Less. Voy. Coq. Zool. ii. p. 194. pi. 14. f. 1. 

 D. Ij. A. |. L. lat. 65-66. Case, pylor. 8. 



ExtomaUy very similar to Dulcs ambiguus. Snont scaleless. The 

 fourth and fifth dorsal spines longest ; the second of the anal fin much 

 longer and stronger than the third. Uniform brownish. 



Macquarie River. 



4. PRISTIPOMA*. 



Pristipoma, Cuv. Megne Anim. ; Cuv. Sf Val. v. p. 24-3. 



Form of the body oblong, compressed. Eye moderate. Cleft of the 

 mouth horizontal, not very -ttide, %\ith the jaws nearly equal ; a cen- 

 tral groove below the chinf. One dorsal, with eleven to fourteen 

 spines, the anal mth three ; vertical fins not scaly, or with scales on 

 the basal portions only. Villiform teeth in both the jaws, without 

 canines ; none on the palate. Branchiostegals seven. ProDoperculum 

 serrated ; operculum with veiy indistinct points. Scales moderate, 

 ctenoid. Pseudobranchiae. Air-bladder simple ; pyloric appendages 

 in small number. 



All the Tropical Seas, extending into the Japanese Seas and the 

 Mediterranean. 



1. Pristipoma cavifrons. 



? Lutjanus hiteus, Bl. taf. 247. 



? Grammistes hepatus, Bl. Schn. p. 187. 



Diagramma cavifrous, Ctu: Sf Val. v. p. 290. pi. 123. 



B. 7. D. ^. A. |. L. lat. 50. Vert. 10/16. 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length, the length 

 of the head one-fourth. Snout short, cleft of the mouth small. The 

 upper margin of the orbits is elevated, and renders the space between 

 concave. Praeoperculum serrated throughout. Dorsal fin notched, 



* 1. Pristipoma rangii, Cvv. tf FaL ix. p. 484. — Cape Verde. 



2. jubelini, Cuv. cf Val. v. p. 250. — Cape Verde ; Senegal. 



3. Eussell, pi. 132. — Pristipoma guoraka, Ciiv. ^ Val. v. p. 256, cop. in 



Bdmig. Voy. p. 363; Cant. Catal. p. 73. 



4. Pristipoma? chloronotiim, Ekhards. Ichth. China, p. 228.— Canton. 



5. ? gallinaceiim, Richards. Ichth. China, p. 228. — Canton. 



6. ? grammopceeilum, Richards. Ichth. China, p. 228. — Canton. 



7. — — leuciu'um, Cuv. c^ Val. ix. p. 488. — Seychelles, 

 t Cfr. Pristipoma cavifrons. 



