4. ritisTiroMA. 291 



10. Pristipoma dussumieri. 

 Cur. S^' Val. v. p. 259. 



D. AH. A. y. L. lat. 46. L. transv. 6/12. 



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

 and 3j in the total. The snout is scarcely longer than the diameter 

 of the eye, which is nearly one-fourth of the length of the head. 

 The cleft of the mouth is rather narrow, the upper maxillary scarcely 

 reaching to the vertical from the front margin of the orbit. Prse- 

 operculum with the posterior limb shghtly emarginate, and with the 

 angle not projecting. The dorsal fin notched, with strong spines ; 

 the foiuth the longest, 2| in the length of the head. Caudalis trun- 

 cated. The second anal spine is exceedingly strong, much longer 

 than the third, and at least as long as the longest of the dorsal. The 

 length of the pectoral is one-fourth of the total. 



Coast of Coromandel. 



a. Adult : bleached. Old Collection, as Perca corvina. 



b. Adult : bleached. Old Collection, as Perca corvina. 



c. Adult ; stuffed : not good state. 



11. Pristipoma argenteum. 



Scisena argentea, Forsk. p. 51 (not Gmelin). 

 Poiuadasis argenteus, Lacep. iv. p. 516. 



Pristipoma argenteum, Cm: Sf Val. v. p. 249 ; Riipp. N. W. Finche, 

 p. 123. 



D. i±i^. A. ^. L. lat 56, L. transv. 8/15. 



13-15 7-9 



The height of the body is 3^ in the total length, the length of the 

 head 3^ ; the diameter of the eye is If in the length of the snout, 

 and 4| in that of the head. The snout is elongate, the cleft of the 

 mouth rather small, the upper maxiUary not extending to the front 

 margin of the orbit. The prseoperculum shghtly sinuous behind. 

 The dorsal fin deeply notched, with spines of moderate strength ; 

 the foui'th longest, 2i in the length of the head. CaudaHs with 

 rather elongate lobes, but nearly truncated when stretched out. The 

 second anal spine not much stronger and scarcely longer than the 

 third, shorter than the highest of the dorsal fin. Pectoral nearly 

 one-foui-th of the total length. Silvery, the upper two-thirds with 

 brownish dots. Dorsal fin with a series of brownish spots along its 

 base. 



Red Sea. 



a. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 



b. Adult; not good state. Coast of Africa. From the Haslar Col- 



lection. 

 €. Young. 

 d, e. Young : stuff'e^ : bad state. 



The specimens in the British Museum Collection are of unknown 



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