4. PRisTH'OMA. 301 



which is 4i iii the length of the head. The ck'ft of the mouth is 

 moderate, the upper maxillary reaching exactly to the vertical from 

 the anterior margin of the orbit. The posterior margin of the praa- 

 operculum is slightly oblique in a backward direction, and finely 

 denticulated. The dorsal fin scarcely notched ; the spines moderate ; 

 the fourth longest, and rather shorter than one-half the length of 

 the head. Caudalis emarginate ; the second anal spine is stronger 

 than the third, but not longer, and scarcely one-half the length 

 of the fourth dorsal spine. The pectoi'al fins rather longer than the 

 ventrals. Indistinct obUque streaks above the lateral hnc ; a dark 

 band on the upper half of the operculum ; a whitish band along the 

 base of the dorsal fin ; the soft portion with or without brownish 

 spots. 



Coast of Brazil. 



a. Fine specimen. E.io Janeiro. Presented by A. Fry, Esq. 



27. Pristipoma fasciatum. 

 Ckw. 4' Val. V. p. 285, cop. hy Dekay, New York Fauna, Fishes, p. 87. 

 D. J|. A. -1. L. lat. 75. Ctec. pylor. 6. 



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

 and 3| in the total. The snout is compressed, produced, with the 

 jaws nearly equal, and with the cleft of the mouth rather small. 

 The diameter of the eye is one-fifth of the length of the head, and 

 less than one-half the extent of the snout. The dorsal fui is nearly 

 even ; all the spines rather slender. Caudalis emarginate ; the third 

 anal spine somewhat thinner and longer than the second. The sides 

 of the body clouded with darker, in the form of more or less regtdar 

 cross-bars ; a dark streak on the upper half of the operculum, ex- 

 tending on the sides. The dorsal fin with two, posteriorly with 

 three longitudinal series of rounded brown spots. 



Coast of the Southern States of North America. 



a. Fine specimen. New Orleans. Purchased of Mr, Cuming. 



Cu\'ier mentions his specimens as coming from New York ; but 

 it is not confirmed by any of the American natm-alists ; and I toink 

 this to be a more southern species. Hcemidon falvomacuhitum of 

 Holbrook appears to be closely allied, but specifically difierent. 



28. Pristipoma fulvomaculatum. 



LabioLS fulvomaculatus, Mitch. Trans. Lit. i^ Phil. Soc. New York, i. 



p. 406. 

 Haemidon fulvomaculatum, Dekay, New York Fauna, Fishes, p. 84. 



pi. 7. f. 21 ; Holbr. Ichthyol. S. Carol, p. 166. pi. 22. f. 2. 



D. i^. A. I. Cjec. pylor. 6. 



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

 head 3i. The upper maxillary does not extend to the vertical 



