4. PETSTIPOMA- 303 



32. Pristipoma octolineatmii. 



Cur. ^- Vul. ix. p. 487 ; Guirhen. Poiss. in Explor. Algpr. p. 44. pi. 2. 



14 7 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is one- 

 fourth of the total ; the diameter of the eye is rather less than one- 

 third of the length of the head. Prajoperculum with strong denticii- 

 lations. Doreal fin even, caudal scarcely emarginatc. On each side 

 four blue longitudinal sti>eaks. 



Cape Verde ; Coast of Algiers. 



i53. Pristipoma cantharinunL 



Jenyns, Zool. Beagle, Fishes, p. 4fl. pi. 10. 



i^-lS-e- ^•^- L.lat.70. 

 The height of the body is 3-| in the total length, the length of the 

 head four times ; the diameter of the eye is one -fifth of the latter ; 

 the snout produced, twice as long, with the jaws equal in front. 

 The upper maxillary does not reach to the vertical from the anterior 

 margin of the orbit. Prteoperculura rectangular, with the angle 

 slightly rounded, and the ascending Hmb straight and finely denti- 

 culated. The dorsal fin is scarcely notched, the longest (fourtli) 

 spine being 2^ in the length of the head. The caudal forked ; the 

 second anal spine stoutest, but rather shorter than the third, and 

 scarcely one-half of the length of the longest of the dorsal fin ; the 

 pectorals are 5^ in the total length. Uniform bluish grey- 

 Galapagos Archipelago. 



a. Bleached ; 7g" long. 



34. Pristipoma japonicum. 



Cuv. Sf Vul. V. p. 288 ; Fann.Japoii. Poiss. p. 60. pi. 26. f. 2 ; Richards. 

 Ichth. Cfhina. p. 228. 



D.ii^. A.|-. L. lat. 89. Ca;c. pylor. 8. Vert. 11/16. 



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

 the head 4 or 4i. The snout is short, scarcely longer than the 

 diameter of the eye, with the lower jaw longest ; the upper maxillary 

 reaches to the front margin of the orbit. Praeoperculum finely ser- 

 rated throughout, with the posterior Hmb slightly emarginate, and 

 the angle rounded. DorsaHs not notched ; the spines of moderate 

 strength. Caudalis slightly emarginate; the anal spines nearly 

 equal. Coloration uniform. 



Chinese and Japanese Seas. 



a. Fine specimen. China. 



b. Adult ; stuffed. China Sea. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 



c. Adult: skeleton. China Sea. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 



Pseudobranchiae well developed. Air-bladder large, simple. 



