292 PRISTIPOMATID^. 



origin, and I doubt whether they came from the Red Sea ; but they 

 agree veiy ■well with P. argentemn, as far as the characters are given 

 in the descriptions quoted. 



12. Pristipoma argyreum. 



Pristipoma argyreum, Blcek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiii. Scian. p. 22. 

 ? Pristipoma argyreum, Cuv. i^ Vul. ix. p. 485. 



D. l^^ A.f L. lat. 40. 



The height of the body is B^ to 3| in the total length, and equal 

 to the length of the head. The snout is much shorter than the eye, 

 which is one-third of the length of the eye. Prseopereulum slightly 

 emarginate behind, with fine denticulations. The third and fourth 

 dorsal spines longest, one-half of the height of the body. Caudalis 

 tnmcated ; the second anal spine one-seventh of the total length. 

 Uniform silveiy ; operculum with an olive spot. 



Coast of Coromandel ; Sumatra ; Bata\aa. 



13. Pristipoma pihloo. 



Birkardsoii, Ichfh. China, p. 227. 



JJ. -. A. -. 



Pra'operculum with the posterior edge emarginate. The second 

 anal spine longer and stronger than the third. A row of seven 

 roundisli dark spots or short transverse bars along the back above 

 tlie lateral line. (Richardson.) 



Canton. 



The specimen on which this species was founded by Sir John 

 Richardson appears to have been mislaid. 



14. Pristipoma paikeeli. 



Paikeeli, Etissell, pi. 121. 



Pristipoma paikeeli, Cuv. ^ Val. v. p. 259 ; Cant. Catal. p. 74 ; Bleek. 

 Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiii. Scicen. p. 20. 



B. 7. D. ^. A. f . L. lat. 55-60. 



15 y 



The height of the body is three times in the total length, the 

 length of the head 3|. Caudalis emarginate. SUvery brownish 

 wliite ; on the back and sides as far as the pectoral fin, six brown 

 parallel longitudinal bands edged with black ; all the fins, except 

 the pectoral, minutely dotted with brown ; the spinous dorsal black- 

 edged ; the upper half of the soft dorsal and the posterior margin of 

 the caudal blackish. Membrane of the soft dorsal, of the caudal, 

 anal, and ventral fins partially-covered with minute scales. 



Madras ; Vizagnpatam ; Sea of Pinang. 



