1332 Bulletin 4.7, United States National Museum. 



1701. POMADASIS PRODTJCTUS (Poey). 



Head 4 in total length with caudal; depth 4J-; eye 4. D. XII, 12; A. Ill, 

 7; scales 65. Body elongate, maxillary extending a little beyond front of 

 eye; anal spines strong, the second f depth of body. Color nearly plain, 

 silvery below. (Poey.) Cuba; not seen by us; apparently closely allied 

 to P. bayanus. From P. ramosus it differs, if the descriptions can be trusted, 

 in having but 12 dorsal spines, (productus, produced, from the long snout. ) 



Pristipoma productum, POEY, Memorias, II, 186, 1860, Havana. 

 Pomadasis productus, JORDAN & FESLER, I. c., 493. 



1702. POMADASIS MACRACANTHTJS (Giinther). 

 ( BURRO.) 



Head2|; depth 2|; scales 6 or 7-48-14; D. XII, 13; A. Ill, 7; eye 4 in 

 head; preorbital 4|; snout 2|; maxillary 3 ; pectoral 3 in body; fourth 

 dorsal spine 2 in head; second anal spine 2; longest dorsal ray 1 in long- 

 est dorsal spine. Body ovate-elongate, compressed, considerably elevated 

 at nape; anterior profile straight or slightly concave from nape to point of 

 snout; snout sharp and pointed; mouth small, the maxillary not reaching 

 to anterior edge of orbit, about 3^ in head; anterior nostril with a flap 

 which extends over posterior nostril; gill rakers about 7+15; scales large; 

 preopercle and suprascapula coarsely serrate; dorsal fin very deeply 

 notched; dorsal spines long and strong, the longest about 2 in head; soft 

 dorsal short, its base contained about 2, 1 ,, times in base of spiuous portion ; 

 second anal spine very long and strong, about 2 in head; soft dorsal and 

 anal each with a single row of a few scales behind each ray near the base ; 

 pectoral long, reaching a little beyond the vent, about 3^ in body, 1^ in 

 head. Coloration dusky, with a metallic luster above, silvery below; 

 about 4 broad dusky transverse bauds extending downward to level of 

 pectoral. Length 15 inches. Pacific coast of tropical America; very com- 

 mon; specimens examined by us from Panama, Mazatlan, Chiapas, and 

 Punta Arenas. It makes a loud snorelike noise when caught, very much 

 like the noise of the " burro" or donkey. (/uaKpot, long; dnarQa, spine.) 



Pristipoma macracanthum, GUNTHER, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1864, 146, Chiapas, Mexico. 

 Pomadasis macracanthus, JORDAN & FESLER, I. c., 493; JORDAN, Fishes of Sinaloa, 461. 



1703. POMADASIS ANDREI (Sauvage). 



Head 3; depth 3. D. XII, 12; A. Ill, 7; scales 45; eye equal to snout, 3 

 in head; maxillary reaching to opposite front of eye; preopercle with 

 oblique margin. Second anal spine strong, longer than fourth dorsal 

 spine, more than ^ length of head; caudal truncate. Coloration uni- 

 form. Near to P. macracanthus, but differing in having the eye larger, the 

 snout shorter, in the length of the maxillary and the second anal spine, 

 and in the absence of scales between the rays of the vertical fins. (Sau- 

 vage.) Not seen by us; a rather doubtful species. Rio Guayas, Ecuador, 

 near Guayaquil. (Named for its discoverer, M. Andre.) 



Pristipoma andrei, SAUVAGF, Bull. Sci. Philom. Paris, 7th ser., in, 1879, 204, Rio Guayas, 

 Ecuador (Coll. Andre). 



