88. SPARID^— POMADASYS. 551 



two short horns in front. D. XII, 13; A. III. 7; scales 6-54-13. West 



Indies, north to Texas. 



(Pcrca noblHs L. Syst. Nat. : Sclwna plumieri Bloch, Ichtli. vi, GG, taf. 306 : Conodon 

 pliimieri Giinther, i, 304: Conodon antillanus Cuv. & Val. v, 15G.) 



art. Outer tooth moderately enlarfjetl, not canino-like. 

 b. Anal spines graduated. (Orthopristiti* Girard.) 



S67. P. fulvoiuaculatus (Mitchill) J. «fe G.— Sailor's Choice; Ho(j-fish. 



Light brown, silvery below; sides with numerous orange-colored and 

 yellow spots ; those above the lateral line in oblique series, those below 

 in horizontal rows; vertical fins with similar spots; head bluish, with 

 yellow spots ; angle of mouth and gill-membranes with orange. Body 

 oblong, compressed, not much elevated. Head long. Snout conic. 

 Mouth low and small, the maxillary barely reaching to the nostrils. 

 Outer teeth slender and rather short. Eye high, 4i in head, nearly 

 midway in its length, its diameter f depth of the broad preorbital. 

 Dorsal and anal entirely naked, with a sheath of scales at base; anterior 

 spines of dorsal higher than the posterior, which are lower than the soft 

 rays; anal si)ines short, graduated; pectoral moderate, reaching past 

 tii)S of ventrals; caudal forked, the upper lobe the longer. Head 3^-; 

 depth 3. D. XII, 10; A. Ill, 12; Lat. 1. 75; pyloric coeca 0. L. 1 foot. 

 Atlantic coast, from New York southward ; a food-fish of some import- 

 ance. 



{LahruH fuh-omnciilatus Mitch. Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. N. Y. i, 406, 1815: Ilmnulon 

 fuIromacitlatiDn DcKay, New York Fauna, Fish. 84: Pristipoma fulvomaculutum Giin- 

 ther, i, :501: Pristipoma fulvomaculatiim Holhrook, Ich. S. Car. 157.) 



868. P. faKcisitus (Cuv. & Val.) J. & G. 



Sides with irregular dark cross-bars; a dark streak on the upper half 

 of the operculum, extending on the sides; dorsal tin with two or three 

 series of rounded brown spots. Eye 5 in liead. Dorsal fin nearly even, 

 its spines rather slender; caudal emarginatc; third anal spine thinner 

 and longer than the second. Head 3; dei)th 3. D. XII, 10; A. Ill, 

 13; Lat. 1. 75; cceca C. Gulf of Mexico, north to Louisiana. {Giinther.) 



{Pristipoma fasciaimn Cuv. & Val. v, 285: Pristipoma fasciatum Giinther, i, 301.) 



bl>. Second anal spint; larger than tliird. {Pomadasys.) 



869. P. <1avi<l<^oni (Steindachnor) J. & G. — Sargo. 



Grayish silvery, dark above, with many dark points; a very distinct 

 black cross-band on back and sides, from between the fifth and seventh 



* Girard, IT. S. Mex. Bound. Surv. Ichth. 1859, 15: ty])G Orthopriatis duplex Grd. = 

 Labrus fulvomaculatus Mitiili, (o/jOoS, erect; itfjiCrii, saw.) 



