44 ACAJJTHOPTERTGIL 



Pomadasis bayanus, Jord. & Everm. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. xlvii. 1898, p. 1331'; Meek, Pbl. 



Columbian Mus. Zool. v. 1904., p. 201 '. 

 I'ristipuma labj-aciforme, Bouleug. Boll. Mus. Toriuo, xiv. 1899, no. 335. p. 3\ 



Depth of body 3|-4 in tlie length, length of head 24-3|. Snout lj-1 j; as long as eye, the diameter of which 

 is 4i-5.4 in the lengtli of head ; interorbital width 4,|-5 in the length of head. JIaxillary extending a 

 little beyond anterior margin of pupil. V2 or 13 gill-rakers on the lower part of anterior arch. 60-70 

 scales in a longitudinal series, 7 or S between middle of dorsal tin and lateral line. Dorsal XIII 1- ; 

 fourth or fifth spine longest, a little more than .\ the length of head. Anal III 7, second spine longest, 

 i;- 4 the length of head. Pectoral -3--- the length of head. Caudal very slightly emarginate. Caudal 

 peduncle ]^-l| as long as deep. Silvery, back darker ; dorsal and caudal fins dusky. 



Ildl. Pacific C'Oast of Tropical America, entering rivers: 



Lower California*'. — Mexico, Rio Mascota in Jalisco [Bnlhr); Panama, Kio 

 Bayairo ^ '^. — Ecuador, St. Helena Bay"', llio Durango (^Eosenherg). 



Here described from specimens measuring from 160 to 200 mm. in total length. 



6. Pomadasis crocro. 



Pnstipoma crocro, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Nat. Poiss. v. p. 264 (1830) ' ; Giinth. Cat. Fish. i. p. 29G 



(1859) \ and Trans. Zool. Soc. vi. 1868, p. 38G '. 

 Pristipoma cultr'tferiaii, Poc}', Mcni. Cuba, li. p. 185 (1860) '. 

 Pomadasijs approxinians, Bean & Dresel, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1884, p. 160''. 

 I'omadmis crocro, Jord. & Fesler, Ptep. U.S. Fish. Comm. 1893, p. 493''; Jord. & Everm. Bull. 



U.S. Nat. :\lus. xlvii. 1898, p. 1333'. 

 Pumadusys starri, Meek, Pbl. Columbian Mus., Zool. v. 1904, p. 200, t. 13'. 



Depth of body oj-SJ in the length, length of head 3-3j. Snout li-lj as long as eye, the diameter of 

 whicli is 4-.5 in the length of head ; interorbital width 4,' -5 in the length of head. Maxillary extending 

 to below anterior j of eve. 11 or 11! gill-rakers on the lower part of anterior arch. 54-(il-! scales 

 ill a longitudinal series, or 7 between lateral line and middle of dorsal tin. Dorsal X411 ll-ll! ; liftli 

 spine longest, | the length of head or less. Anal HI 7 ; second spine longest, h-^ the length of head. 

 Pectoral ij the length of head. Caudal very slightly emarginate. Caudal peduncle about 1, as long as 

 deep. Kack dark, sides silvery, sometimes with '2 or 3 dark longitudinal stripes ; dorsal and caudal 

 fins dusky. 



llab. Atlantic Coasts of Tropical America, entering rivers : 



Mexico " -^ Perez in ^"era Cruz '^ ; Guatemala, Rio Motagua [Salvin '^). — Cuba '■ ; 

 Jamaica"'; Martiuicjue ^ ; Brazil ''^. 



Here described from specimens measuring from 190 to 2S0 mm. in total length. 



Fam. 11. CENTROPOMID^. 



The Ccntropomidic, or Ccntropomina' (if they be regarded as a subfamily of the 

 Serranida:;), are a natural and shari»ly-detined group, represented on the coasts and 

 in the rivers of Tropical America Ijy the genus Centropoiims and including also the 

 Old- World genera Lates and Fsammoperca, found in tlie rivers of Tropical Africa and 

 on the coasts and in the rivers of South-eastern Asia and Northern Australia. 



