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2. Pristipoma coro, Cuv. 



Silvery, with eight transverse brown bands. The outer row of teeth conical ; the four 

 anterior, in each jaw, larger than the others ; no teeth on the palatine bones. All the head. 

 except the jaws, scaled. The second anal spine is large and very stout. 



D. 12-13. P. 15. V. 1-5. A. 3-7. C 17. Length, 6 inches. 



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Scirena coro, Br.., Shaw's Gen. Zoiil., iv. p. 538. 



Le Pristipome coro, Pristipoma coro, Cov. el Vai.., v. p. 266. 



3. Pristipoma fasciatum, Cuv. 



Of a grayish brown color, with eight or nine clouded, blackish bands, alternately wider and 

 narrower ; oblique lines upon the back, and a longitudinal brown band upon the top of the 

 operculum. Thirteen soft anal rays, of which the third is longer than the second. 



D. 12-16. P. 1G. V. 1-5. A. 3-13. C. 17. Length, 5 to 8 inches. 



New York, Cuv. 



Le Pristipome a bandes (Pristipoma fasciatum, Cov.), Cuv. et Vai.., v. p. 2S5. 

 Pristipoma fasciatum, Banded Pristipoma, Dekav's Report, p. 87. 



4. Pristipoma crocro, Cuv. 



Silvery brown. Dorsal brown, with a whitish line at its base ; the edge of its spinous 

 portion blackish. The other fins brown. Upper jaw slightly projecting. Teeth very fine ; 

 preopercular dentations delicate. The second anal spine stout. 



D. 13-12 or 14-11. P. 16. V. 1-5. A- 3-7. C 17- Length, 6 or 7 inches. 



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Called "Crocro," at Martinique. 



Le Pristipome crocro, Pristipoma crocro, Cuv. et Val., v. p. 264. 



5. Pristipoma bilineatum, Cuv. 



Length two and a half times its height. Golden gray, lighter beneath, more silvery upon 

 suborbitars. Two longitudinal dark-brown bands upon the sides ; one arising upon the top 

 of the head and passing above the lateral line to the posterior base of the soft portion of the 

 dorsal; the other, arising at the eye, passes through the centre of the body to the tail, where 

 it terminates in a black spot. The anterior teeth rather stouter than the others. Second 

 anal spine very stout ; the third spine as stout, but shorter. 



D. 12-15. P. 17. V. 1-5. A. 3-9. C. 17. Length, 44 inches. 



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Called " Luppe," at Martinique. 



Le Pristipome a deux ligncs, Pristipoma bilineatum, Cov. et Val., v. p. 271, pi. 122. 



" Wilson, Encyclop. Brit., Art. Ichih., pi. 300, fig. 3. 



