riiisTiroMA. 



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32. Pristipoma octolineatum. 



Cur. i,- Val. ix. p. 487 ; (riiir/ioi. Poiss. in Explor. Ahjt'r. p. 44. pi. 2. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is one- 

 fourth of the total ; the diameter of the eye is rather less than one- 

 third of the length of the head, rrajojjerculum with strong denticu- 

 lations. Dorsal fin even, caudal scarcely emarginate. On each side 

 four blue longitudinal streaks. 



Cape Verde ; Coast of Algiers. 



;33. Pristipoma cantharinum. 



Jenijns, Zoul. Beayk; Fialies, p. 40. pi. 10. 



D-T^6- ^-h- L-lat.70. 



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

 head four times ; the diameter of the eye is one-litth of the latter ; 

 the snout produced, twice as long, Avith the jaws equal in front. 

 The ujjper maxillary does not reach to the vertical from the anterior 

 margin of the orbit. Prajoperculuni rcctiingular, Math the angle 

 slightly rounded, and the ascending Hmb straight and finely denti- 

 culated. The dorsal fin is scarcely notched, the longest (fourth) 

 spine beiQg 2| in the length of the head. The caudal forked ; the 

 second anal spine stoutest, but rather shorter than the third, and 

 scarcely one-half of the length of the longest of the dorsal fin ; the 

 pectorals are 5g in the total length. Uniform bluish grey. 



Galapagos Aa-chijxilag-o. 



a. Bleached: 74" long. 



34. Pristipoma japonicum. 



Cuv. ?f Vol. V. p. 288 ; Fumi.Japon. Poiss. p. 60. pi. 2G. f. 2 ; Richards. 

 Ichth. China, p. 228. 



D.ii^. A.|-. L. lat. 89. C^c. pylor. 8. Vert. 11/16. 



The height of the body is 34 in the total length, the length of 

 the head 4 or 4i. The snout is short, scarcely longer than the 

 diameter of the eye, with the lower jaw longest ; the upper ma.\illaiy 

 reaches to the fi-ont margin of the orbit. Prseoperculimi finely ser- 

 rated throughout, ^^'ith the posterior Hmb slightly emarginate, and 

 the angle rounded. Dorsalis not notched ; the spines of moderate 

 strength. Caudalis slightly emarginate ; the anal . spines nearly 

 equal. Coloration uniform. 



Chinese and Japanese Seas. 



a. Fine specimen. China. 



h. Adult : stuffed. China Sea. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 

 e. Adult : skeleton. China Sea. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 

 Pseudobranchiae well developed. Aii--bladder large, simple. 



