2'JO 1>EISTIP0MAT1J).E. 



?. Half-grown. China. 



m, n. Young. C!hina. 



0. Half-grown. Pliilippine Islands. 



p. Half-grown. Moluccas. 



q. Half-grown. Moluccas. Piu'chased of Mr. Frank. 



r. Half-grown. Amboyna. Pui'cliascd of Mr. Frank. 



s. Half-grown. Ceram. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



t. Half-grown. Sumatra. Piu-chascd of Mr. Frank. 



i(. 20" long: stuffed. Cape York (69 fathoms). Voyage of the 



llattlesnake. 

 V. Half-grown : bad state. North Australia. Presented by Dr. 



J. 11. Elsey. 



8. Pristipoana nageb. 



Rilppell, N. W. Fische, p. 124. taf. .30. f. 2 ; ? Richardson, Ichfh. China, 

 p. 227 ; Bleek. I. c. xxiii. Scicen. p. 21. 



D. 11 1 3^. A. |. (L. lat. 40, Bleeh.) 



The height of the body is nearly equal to the length of the head, 

 and 3g in the total. The snout is elongate, compressed ; prajoper- 

 culum slightly emarginate ; dorsal fm deeply notched, ^dth the spines 

 of moderate strength, the foiu'th the longest. Caudalis truncated ; 

 the second anal spine longer and stronger than tlie thii'd, but shorter 

 than the highest of the dorsal. Silvery, with eight vertical bands, 

 each formed by one or two series of blackish spots. DorsaHs with 

 bro^\mish spots. 



lied Sea; Sunda Sea. 



9. Pristipoma punctulatum. 



mipp. N. W. Fische, p. 124. taf. 30. f. 3. 



D-e- A- 1- 



The height of the body is 2| in the total length, the length of the 

 head nearly foui' times. The snout and the cleft of the mouth are 

 short ; prffioperculum slightly emarginate posteriorly. The dorsal 

 aud anal fins are low ; the former is slightly notched, and has the third 

 spine longest, which is one-thii'd only of the height of the body ; the 

 second anal spine Ls still shorter, but very strong ; the third much 

 shorter aud thinner. Caudalis trimcated ; pectoral elongate, Sj in 

 the total length. Back and sides with blackish dots, forming undu- 

 lating longitudinal lines ; dorsal fin with longitiidinal series of black- 

 ish spots. 



lied Sea. 



a. Foiu-teen inches long: stuft'ed. Isle de France. From Dr. 

 Janvier's Collection. — This specimen agrees very well with the 

 above descrij^tion, taken from fishes of the Red Sea ; but the 

 second anal spine is rather longer than the third of the dorsal, 

 and exceedingly strong. There are forty-eight transverse rows 

 of scales, eight longitudinal ones above the lateral line, and 

 sixteen below. 



