4. l'Ul-T]| O.M A. 291 



111. Pristipoma dussumieri. 



Cur. cS- Va/. V. p. 259. 



I), {f . A. I- L. lat. 46. L. transv. 6/12. 



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

 and 3g in the total. The snout is scarcely longer than the diameter 

 of the eye, which is nearly one-fourth of the length of the head. 

 The cleft of the mouth is rather narrow, the upper maxillary scarcely 

 reaching to the vertical from the front margin of the orbit. Pr*- 

 operculum with the posterior limb slightly emarginate, and with the 

 angle not projecting. The dorsal fin notched, ^\ith strong spines ; 

 the fourth the longest, 2| in the length of the head. Caudalis trun- 

 cated. Tlie second anal spine is exceedingly strong, much longer 

 than the tliii'd, and at least as long as the longest of the dorsal. The 

 length of the pectoral is one-fourth of the total. 



Coast of Coromandel. 



a. Adult : bleached. Old Collection, as Perca corvina. 

 h. Adtdt : bleached. Old Collection, as Perca corvina. 

 c. Adidt : stuffed : not good state. 



11. Pristipoma argenteum. 



Sciasna argeutea, For.sk. p. 51 (not Cinielv)). 

 Pomadiisis argenteus, Lucep. iv. p. 516. 



Pristipoma argenteum, Cur. l<^- Val. v. p. 249 ; Riipp. X. W. Fuic/ic, 

 p. 123. 



D. i^. A. y-^. L. lat. 56. L. transv. 8/15. 



The height of the body is 3^ in the total length, the length of the 

 head 3| ; the diameter of the eye is 1|- in the length of the snout, 

 and 4| in that of the head. The snout is elongate, the cleft of the 

 mouth rather sm;dl, the upper maxillary not extending to the front 

 margin of the orbit. The proBoperculum slightly sinuous behind. 

 The dorsal fin deeply notched, with spines of moderate strength ; 

 the fom-th longest, 2^ in the length of the head. Caudalis ■nath 

 rather elongate lobes, but nearly truncated when stretched out. The 

 second anal spine not much stronger and scarcely longer than the 

 third, shorter than the highest of the dorsal fin. Pectoi-al nearly 

 one-fourth of the total length. SLl^■ery, the upper two-thirds with 

 broAvnish dots. Doi^sal fin with a series of brownish spots along its 

 base. 



Red Sea. 



a. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 



b. Adult : not good state. Coast of Africa. From the Haslar Col- 



lection. 

 e. Young. 

 d, e. Young : stuffed : bad state. 



The specimens in the British Museum Collection are of unknown 



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