510 TELEOSTEI. ACANTHOPTEUYGII. 



675. (3.) Pristipoma maculatum. 



Anthias maculatus, Block, Ich. t. 32(3, fig. 2. 



Pristipoma maculatum, Day, Fish. India, p. 74, pi. xix, fig. 5 (see 

 synon.). 



Caripe, Tel. ; Erruttum corah, Mai. ; Currutche, Tarn. ; Karhutla, Ma- 

 rathi. 



D. 12/(11)-14. P. 17. A.3/7. C.17. L.l.52-56. L.tr.8/12. Csec.pyl.6. 



Length of head 3|, height of body 3 to nearly 3| in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 3| to 4 in length of head, 1 from end of 

 snout and also apart. Fins fourth dorsal spine the highest ; 

 pectoral as long as the head ; second anal spine a little longer and 

 much stronger than the third; caudal emarginate. Scales in 

 oblique rows above the lateral line and horizontal below. Colour 

 greyish, white beneath, and with a purplish tinge about the head ; 

 a blackish band over the snout ; a second from the occiput over the 

 opercles. A black band over the nape terminating about three 

 scales below the lateral line ; posterior to this are about six 

 black blotches, three or four above, and two or three below the 

 lateral line. Spinous dorsal with a large black mark ; soft dorsal 

 with a dark band along its centre ; both dorsals and the caudal with 

 their edges stained black. 



These fish breed during April and May. 



Hob. Bed Sea, east coast of Africa, the seas of India, the Malay 

 Archipelago, and New Guinea; attaining at least 16 inches in 

 length. 



676. (4.) Pristipoma fnrcatum. 



Grammistes furcatus, Bl. Schn. Syst. Ich. p. 187, t. 43. 



Pristipoma furcatum, Day, Fish. India, p. 73, pi. xix. fig. 2 (see 



synon.). 

 Paikeeli, Tel. ; Kulhi-korake, Tarn. ; Ndyada, Marat. ; Jiaruma, Arabi. 



D. 12-13/15. P. 17. A. 3/8-9. C.17. L.I. 55-60. L. tr. 7/18. 



Length of head from 4 to 4|, height of body 3 in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter from 3j to 4^ in length of head, 1 to 1^ from end 

 of snout and also apart. Fins third or fourth dorsal spine the 

 highest, every alternate spine being broader. Pectoral a little 

 longer than the head. Second anal spine much the strongest and 

 longest, being higher than the fourth of the dorsal fin; caudal 

 notched. Colour silvery, with six horizontal brownish-black bands, 

 three of which are above the lateral line ; spinous portion of dorsal 

 fin with three rows of brown spots and a dark edge ; upper half of 

 soft dorsal dark ; a dark band along the anal. 



Hob. Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. A stuffed speci- 

 men from Madras in the Indian Museum is 15 inches in length. 



677. (5.) Pristipoma hasta. 

 Lutjanus hasta, Bloch, Ich. t. 246, fig. 1. 



Pristipoma hasta, Day, Fish. India, p. 73, pi. xix, figs. 3 & 4 (young) 

 (see synon.). 



