286 PRlSTIPOMATIDiE. 



eleven spines, anal fin with three ; all the spines strong. No teeth 

 in the jaws or on the palate. Branchiostegals five. Both limbs of the 

 prsDoperculum serrated ; operculum with two points. Scales mode- 

 rate, ctenoid. Air-bladder simple ; pyloric appendages in moderate 

 number. 



Freshwater fish from Australia. 



1. Macquaria australasica. 

 Cuv.^ Val. I c. pi. 131 ; Less, Voy. Coq. Zool. ii. p. 194. pi. 14. f. 1. 

 D. Jj. A. |. L. lat. 65-66. Caec. pylor. 3. 



Externally very similar to Dules ambigitus. Snout scaleless. The 

 fourth and fifth dorsal spines longest ; the second of the anal fin much 

 longer and stronger than the third. Uniform browTiish. 



Macquarie River. 



4. PRISTIPOMA*. 

 Pristipoma, Cuv. Rkgne Anim. ; Cuv. % Val. v. p. 243. 



Form of the body oblong, compressed. Eye moderate. Cleft of the 

 mouth hoiizontal, not very -wide, ^\ith the jaws nearly equal ; a cen- 

 tral groove below the chinf. One dorsal, with eleven to fourteen 

 spines, the anal with three ; vertical fins not scaly, or with scales on 

 the basal portions only. Villiform teeth in both the jaws, without 

 canines ; none on the palate. Brrfnchiostegals seven, l^raeoperculum 

 serrated ; operculum with very indistinct points. Scales moderate, 

 ctenoid. Pscudobranchioc. Air-bladder simple ; pyloric appendages 

 in small number. 



All the Tropical Seas, extending into the Japanese Seas and the 

 Mediterranean. 



1. Pristipoma cavifrons. 



? Lutjanus luteus, Bl. taf. 247. 



? Grammistes hepatus, Bl. Schn. p. 187. 



Diagramma cavifrons, Cuv. Sf Val. v. p. 290. pi. 123. 



B. 7. D. f^. A. |. L. lat. 50. Vert. 10/16. 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length, the length 

 of the head one-fourth. Snout short, cleft of the mouth small. The 

 upper margin of the orbits is elevated, and renders the space between 

 concave. Praeoperculum serrated throughout. Dorsal fin notched, 



* 1. Pristipoma rangii, Ctiv. ^ Val. ix. p. 484.— Cape Verde. 



2. jubclini, Cuv. ^ Val. v. p. 2.')U.— Cape Verde ; Senegal. 



3. Rusixll, pi. 132.— Pristipoma giioraka, Cuv. # Vol. v. p. 256, cop. in 



Belang. Voy. p. 303 ; Cant. Caf.al. p. 73. 



4. Pristipoma? chloronotum, Eichards. Ichth. China, p. 228.— Canton. 

 6. ? gallinaceum, liickards. Ichth. China, p. 228. — Canton. 



6. ? grammopcecilum, Richards. Ichth. China, p. 228. — Canton. 



7. leucurum, Cuv. Sf Fal.ix. p. 488.- -Seychelles. 



Cfr. Pristipoma cavifrons. 



