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1. PRISTIPOMA JUBELINI. 

 Cut. & Val. Hist. Poiss. v. p. 250 (J 830) ; Bleek. Nat. Verh. Ges. Haarlem, xviii. 

 1863, no. 2, p. 54, pi. xii. fig. 2 ; Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, lx. i. 1869, p. 675, 

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

 p. 887 (1901). 



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

 3-g- times. Snout with straight upper profile, as long as or a little 

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

 1-j to 1^ times in interocular width ; maxillary extending to below 



Pig. 92. 



Prutijpoma jubelini. 

 Senegal, after Steindachiier (I. (.). 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 f 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 1§ times as long as deep. Scales 



50-60 



6-8 

 15-18- 



Silvery, back bluish grey, with more or less distinct 



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



