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15. Pristipoma maculatiun. 



Anthia.s niaciilatus, Bl. tab. ."^26. f. 2 ; Bl. Schn. p. 306. 

 Lutjanus inaculatus, Lucep. iv. p. 239. 

 Canpe, Russell, pi. 124. 



Pristipoma caripa, Cuv. Sf Val. v. p. 261 ; Cant. Cutal. p. 75 ; Riipp. 

 N. W. FiscJip, p. 124 ; Bleek. I. c. p. 21. 



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

 head 3| ; the snout is not longer than the diameter of the eye, and 

 3|^ in the length of the head. The jaws are equal in front ; the 

 upper maxillary reaches to the vertical from the anterior margin of 

 the eye. The posterior limb of the praeoperculiun is conspicuously 

 emarginate, and finely denticulated like the angle. The dorsal fin 

 is deeply notched ; the spines are strong ; the foiu'th is the longest, 

 half the length of the head. Caudalis slightly emarginate ; the 

 second anal spine, stronger and longer than the third, is not quite so 

 long as the longest of the dorsal. Pectoral elongate, one-fourth of 

 the total length. A black cross-band before the dorsal fin ; six large 

 blotches on each side of the back, either forming two longitudinal 

 rows or three cross-bands. The spinous dorsal blackish, with a 

 series of whitish spots along the base ; the soft dorsal Avith two 

 series of brown spots. 



From the coast of Coromandel to New Guinea ; Red Sea. 



a. Half-grown: stuiTed. Torres Strait. Voyage of the Rattle- 

 snake. 

 h. Half-grown. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



16. Pristipoma auritum. 

 Cut. ^ Val. V. p. 263 ; Cant. Cntal. p. 76. 



B.7. D.Hill). A.^^. 



The length of the opercle little less than one-half of that of the 

 head ; it projects backwards above the anterior half of the pectoral. 

 Mouth small. The fourth dorsal spine longest, and equal to the 

 second of the anal. Caudal fin covered almost throughout with 

 minute rough scales ; the membrane of the ventrals scaly. The 

 spinous dorsal with numerous brownish spots, forming three to six 

 oblique scnes ; the upper margin black. The soft dorsal with some 

 smaller rounded spots. 



Siam ; S^a of Pinang. 



17. Pristipoma therapon. 



Bleikcr, Java, i. p. 100, and Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiii. Si-iten. p. 22. 

 D. i^. A. 4. L. lat. 40. 



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