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PRISTIPOMATID.E. 



D. Xir-XIII 18-21 ; Sc. 80-100 }!:~'^ ; second 



anal .s[)ine longer than longest dorsal ; .caudal 



truncate or feebly eniarginate 1. P. <jr'iseiiw, C.. & V., p, 128. 



D. XIV IG ; Sc. o5-()0 ' .; second anal sj)ine 



nearly as long as longest dorsal ; caudal 



rounded 2. Z>. /Hacro/c^>/*-, Blgr.. p. 129. 



1. DIAGRAMMA GRTSEUM. 

 Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. v. p. 30G (18(30) ; Giintli. Oat. Fish. i. p. 321 (18:)0) ; 



Playf. & Giinth. Fish. Zanzib. p. 2(5, pi. iv. fig. 3 (18GG) ; Flayf. Proc. Zool. 



Soc. 18G7, p. 850; Day, Fish. Ind. p. 81, pi. xxi. fig. 2 (1875), and Suppl. 



p. 785 (1888) ; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 188i), p. 245. 

 JJiagramjna ja>/akan, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1887, p. G5G. 



Depth of body 2\ to 2J times in total length, length of liead ^ to 

 3^ times. Upper profile of head curved ; snout as long as or a little 



Fijz. 93. 



Diafjramma (jriseum. 

 After Playfair and Giiuther (/. c). |. 



longer than eye, which is 2| (young) to 3^ times in length of head and 

 eqnals or a little exceeds interocular width ; mouth extending to below 

 nostrils or anterior border of eye ; lips thick ; 4 pits on the chin ; 

 posterior border of praeoperculum ratlier strongly denticulated ; oper- 

 culum with two blunt points ; part of snout naked, remainder of head 

 covered with S':ales. 16-17 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. 

 Dorsal XIl-XIII 18-21 ; spines rather strong, increasing in length to 



