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PEIST1P0MAT1D.E. 



1 . PRISTIPOMA JUBELINI. 



Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. v. p. 250 (J830) ; Bleek. Nat. Verb. Ges. Haarlem, xviii. 



186.S, no. 2, p. 54, pi. xii. fig. 2 ; Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, Ix. i. 1869, p. 675, 



pi. ii., and Notes Leyd. Mus. xvi. 1894, p. 7 ; Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. Congo, 



p. 387 (190 L). 



Depth of body 2| to 31 times in total length, length of head 3 to 



0^ times. Snout with straight iipper profile, as long as or a little 



longer than eye, which is 3 (young) to 4 times in length of head and 



H to 1^ times in interocular width; maxillary extending to below 



Fig. 92. 



Prhtipoma juhelinl. 

 Senegal, after iSleiiidacLiier Q. c). f. 



nostrils or anterior border of eye; snout naked, remainder of head 

 covered with scales. 13-15 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. 

 Dorsal XI-XII 15-16; spines very strong, increasing in length to the 

 fourth, which measures f to -| length of head and exceeds longest soft 

 rays. Anal III 8-9 ; second spine very strong and longest, f to | length 

 of head. Pectoral as long as or a little longer than head. Caudal 

 emarginate. Caudal peduncle 1^ to If times as long as deep. Scales 

 50-60 jgr^g. Silvery, back bluish grey, with more or less distinct 

 blackish dots following the oblique series of scales ; a blackish opercular 



