302 PRISTIPOMATID.E. 



from the front margin of the orliit. Prieoperculum with the poste- 

 rior limb very slightly emarginute. Spines of the tins slender ; the 

 third of the dorsal fin longest. CaudaUs emarginate. Sides of the 

 head and body and the vertical fins with numerous yellow spots ; those 

 above the lateral line arranged in irregular oblique series, those 

 below it in horizontal rows. (Holbr.) 

 Coast from Georgia to Virginia. 



29. Pristipoma viridense. 



Cuv. <^ Val. V. p. 287 ; Barker- Wehb l<,- Bertheht, Hist. Nat. Ih-s Canar. 

 Ichthyol. p. 26. 



D. |5. A.|. L. lat. 80. L. transv. 12/28. Vert. 11/15. 



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

 and 3| in the total ; the diameter of the eye is 'd^ in the length of 

 the head. Dorsal fin continuous, with the spines of moderate 

 strength ; the second anal spine strong, scarcely longer than the 

 third. Caudalis tnincated. Coloration uniform brown ; dorsal fin 

 ■with a more or less distinct black margin. 



North-west Coast of Africa ; Caribbean Sea. 



a. Fine specimen. Madeira. Presented by the Eev. E. T. Lowe. 



b. Fine specimen. St. Vincent's. Presented by the Lords of the 



Admiralty. 



c. Large specimen : not good state. From the Haslar Collection. 



30. Pristipoma suillum. 



Cuv. <)>• Val. ix. p. 482. 



D. j|. A.|. L. lat. 55. 



The height of the body is nearly four times in the total length, the 

 length of the head 3|^ ; the diameter of the eye is one-sixth of the 

 latter, and much shorter than the long and pointed snout ; the eye 

 occupies the middle of the length of the head. The praeoperculum 

 with a deep sinuosity above the angle, and finely serrated. Dorsal 

 and anal spines rather feeble ; caudalis forked ; pectoral one-fifth of 

 the total length. Body with streaks formed by greenish spots, 

 oblique above the lateral line, straight beneath ; dorsahs with a 

 series of large greenish spots. ( Val.) 



Cape Verde. 



31. Pristipoma peroteti. 



Pristipoma perotaei, Cuv. ^- Val. v. p. 254. 



D. i^. A.^. L. lat. 55. L. transv. 26. 



Coloration uniform. ( Cuv.) 

 Senegal. 



