302 pristipomatiDjK. 



from the front margin of the orbit. Prseoperculum with the poste- 

 rior limb very slightly emarginate. Spines of the fins slender ; the 

 third of the dorsal fin longest, Caudahs emarginate. Sides of the 

 head and body and the vertical fins with niimeroxis yellow spots ; those 

 above the lateral line arranged in irregular obUque serie^, those 

 below it in horizontal rows. {Holhr.) 

 Coast from Georgia to Virginia. 



29. Pristipoma viridense. * 



Cuv. 8r '^ol- V. p. 287 ; Barker- Wehh 8f Berthelot, Hist. Nat. Iks Canar. 

 Ichthyol. p. 26. 



D.J|. A.|. L. lat. 80. L. transv. 12/28. Vert. 11/15. 



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

 and 3| in the total ; the diameter of the eye is 3f in the length of 

 the -head. Dorsal fin continuous, with the spines of moderate 

 strength ; the second anal spine strong, scarcely longer than the 

 third. Caudalis timncated. Coloration uniform brown ; dorsal fin 

 with a more or less distinct black margin. 



North-west Coast of Africa ; Caribbean Sea. 



a. Fine specimen. Madeira. Presented by the Rev. R. T. Lowe. 



h. Fine specimen. St. Vincent's. Presented by the Lords of the 



Admiralty. 



c. Large specimen : not good state. From the Haslar Collection. 



30. Pristipoma suUlum. 

 Cuv: ^ Val ix. p. 482, 



D. ^. A.-. L. lat. 55. 



15 9 



The height of the body is nearly four times in the total length, the 

 length of the head 3f ; the diameter of the eye is one-sixth of the 

 latter, and much shorter than the long and pointed snout ; the eye 

 occupies the middle of the length of the head. The praeoperculum 

 with a deep sinuosity above the angle, and finely serrated. Dorsal 

 and anal spines rather feeble ; caudalis forked ; pectoral one-fifth of 

 the total length. Body with streaks formed by greenish ispots, 

 oblique above the lateral line, straight beneath; dorsalis with a 

 series of large greenish spots. ( Val.) 



Cape Verde. 



31. Pristipoma peroteti. 



Pristipoma perotaei, Cuv. Sf Val. v. p. 254. 



D. -. A. -. L. lat. 55. L. transv. 26. 



17 10 



Coloration uniforai. {Cuv.) 

 Senegal. 



