290 PEISTIPOMATlUiK. 



/. Half-grown. China. 



m, n. Young. China. 



0. Half-grown. Philippine Islands. 



p. Half-grown. Moluccas. 



q. Half-grown. Moluccas. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



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



s. Half-grown. Cerara. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



t. Half-grown. Sumatra. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



u. 20" long: stuffed. Cape York (69 fathoms). Voyage of the 



Rattlesnake. 

 V. Half-grown: bad state. North Australia. Presented bv Dr. 



J. R. ELsey. 



8. Pristipoma nageh. 



Riippell, N. TV. Fische, p. 124. taf. 30. f. 2 ; ? Richardson, IcJiiJi. Oiina, 

 p. 227 ; Bleek. I. c. xxiii. Scian. p. 21. 



D. 11 I ^. A. \. (L. lat. 40, Bleek.) 



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

 and 85 in the total. The snout is elongate, compressed ; praeoper- 

 culum slightly emarginate ; dorsal fin deeply notched, with the spines 

 of moderate strength, the fom-th the longest. Caudalis truncated ; 

 the second anal spine longer and stronger than the thii'd, but shorter 

 than the highest of the dorsal. Silvery, with eight vertical bands, 

 each formed by one or two series of blackish spots. Dorsalis with 

 brownish spots. 



Red Sea ; Sunda Sea. 



9. Pristipoma punctulatum. 

 Riipp. N. W. Fische, p. 124. taf. 30. £ 3. 



D-H- A.|. 



The height of the body is 2| in the total length, the length of the 

 head nearly four times. The snout and the cleft of the mouth are 

 short; pra^operculum slightly emarginate posteriorly. The dorsal 

 and anal fins are low ; the former is slightly notched, and has the third 

 spine longest, which is one-third only of the height of the body ; the 

 second anal spine is still .shorter, but very strong ; the third much 

 shorter and thinner. Caudalis tnmcated ; pectoral elongate, 3| in 

 the total length. Back and sides with blackish dots, forming undu- 

 lating longitudinal lines ; dorsal fin with longitudinal series of black- 

 ish spots. 



Red Sea. 



a. Fourteen inches long : stuffed. Isle dc France. From Dr. 

 Janvier's Collection. — This specimen agrees very well with the 

 above description, taken from fishes of the Red Sea ; but the 

 second anal spine is rather longer tjflan the third of the dorsal, 

 and exceedingly strong. There are forty-eight transverse rows 

 of scales, eight longitudinal ones above the lateral line, and 

 sixteen below. 



