288 PRISTIPOilATID^. 



Likewise Prlstipoma hicolor (Castelnau, Anim. nouv. ou rares, Amer. 

 Sud, p. 8. pi. 2. f. 2) may prove to be a variety only of the above 

 species, or the type of the species itself, but with the coloration 

 made from life. 



4. Prlstipoma virginicuin. 



Margrave, p. 152 (Acara piuinia), and p. 14S (Guatucnpa jiiba). 

 SpariLS virginicus, Linn. Gmel. p. 1278 ; Bl. Schn. p. 274. 



\-ittatus, Bl. taf. 263. f. 2 (not taf. 275). 



Perca juba, Bl. taf. 308. f. 2 (very bad). 

 Gramniistes mauritii, Bl. Schn. p. 185. 



juba, Bl. Schn. p. 184. 



Lutjanus virginicus, Lacep. iv. pp. 197, 199. 

 Sparus jub, Lacep. iv. pp. 43, 138. 

 Prlstipoma rodo, Cm\ %■ Val. v. p. 274. 



D. J^_^. A. ■^. L. lat. 56. L. transv. 14/16. 



The profile of the head and nape very steep. The height of the 

 body is 2| in the total length, the length of the head four times. 

 The cleft of the mouth is small, the upper maxillary not extending 

 to the anterior margin of the orbit. The portions of the dorsal fin 

 scarcely separated by a slight notch ; the spines stout, the longest 

 shorter than the second of the anal, which is one-half the length of 

 the head. Caudalis deeply notched. An oblique brown baud from 

 the nape throiigh the eye to the angle of the mouth ; another, more 

 vertical, fi'om the origin of the dorsal to the root of the pectoral ; 

 beliind this cross-band six parallel bluish longitudinal bands. 



Atlantic coasts of Tropical America. 



a, h. 13" long: skins. Jamaica. From Dr. Parnell's Collection. 



c. Adult : skin. Jamaica. From Dr. Parnell's Collection. 



d. Adult. S. America. Presented by Sir P. Schomburgk. 



e. Half-grown. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



f. g. Half-grown. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 

 h. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 



?. Half-grown. From the Haslar Collection. 



Tc, I. Adult: stirfted. 



m, n. Adult: stuffed. Old Collection. 



5. Prlstipoma surinamense. 



Lutjanus surinamensis, Bhich. taf. 253. 

 Holocentrus gibbosus, Lacep. iv. pp. 344, 391. 

 Prlstipoma suiiuaniense, Cue. 8( Val. v. p. 273. 



D.li. A.l. 



It) 7 



The height of the body is one-thu'd of the total length. The 

 snout is short, not longer than the ^vidth of the eye. Dorsal fin 

 notched ; the fourth spine longest ; the second anal spine strong. 

 Caudalis somewhat rounded. Body with irregular blackish cross- 

 bars. 



Surinam. 



