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65. POMADASIS PRODUCTUS. 
Pristipoma productum Poey, Memorias, 11, 1860, 186 (Havana). 
Habitat: West Indies. 
Ktymology: Productus, produced, from the long snout. 
This species, which seems closely allied to P. humilis, is known only 
from Poey’s descriptions. From P. ramosus it differs, if the deserip- 
tions can be trusted, in having but 12 dorsal spines. 
66. POMADASIS MACRACANTHUS. 
Pristipoma macracanthum Giinther, Proc. Zod]. Soc. Lond, 1864, 146 (Chiapas). 
Habitat: Pacific coast of tropical America. 
Etymology: paxpds, long; axav0a, spine. 
This species is generally common along the west coast of Mexico and 
Central America. The specimens examined by us are from Panama, 
Mazatlan, Chiapas, and Punta Arenas. The Hast Indian Pomadasis 
hasta, the type of Pristipoma, is allied to P. macracanthus, but has the 
back and the dorsal fin spotted, somewhat as in P. swillus. 
67. POMADASIS CROCRO. 
Pristipoma crocro Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 264, 1830. 
Pristipoma cultriferum Poey, Memorias, 11, 1860, 185. 
Pomadasys approximans Bean & Dresel, Proc. U.S. N. M. 1884, 160 (Jamaica). 
Habitat: West Indies, Cuba to Brazil. 
Etymology: Crocro, the vernacular name at Martinique. 
This species is generally common in the West Indies, especially on 
sandy coasts. The specimens examined by us are from Cuba (type of 
Pristipoma cultriferum Poey, in the museum at Cambridge), and from 
Sao Matheus, Itabapuana, and Cannarivieras, in Brazil. % 
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68. POMADASIS BRANICKI. 
Pristipoma branicki Steindachner, Denkschr. kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, x11, 28, 1879 
(Tumbez, Peru). 
Habitat: Pacific coast of tropical America. 
Etymology: A personal name. 
This small species closely resembles P. crocro and P. ramosus. It is 
generally common on the sandy coasts of tropical America on the Pacific 
side. The specimens seen by us are from Mazatlan, Panama, Rio Zana- 
tenco, and Chiapas. 
