1849.] Catalogue ofMalayan Fishes. 1055 



membranes transparent ; between the dorsal spines with a black 

 margin and with two or three series of brownish spots ; between the 

 dorsal rays two transversal series of smaller brownish spots ; posterior 

 half of caudal pale blackish. Iris golden. 



D 12/14, C 17f, A 3/7 or 8, V 1/5, P 17, Br. VII. 

 Habit. — Sea and estuaries of Pinang t Singapore. 



Sea and estuaries of Coromandel, Malabar, Island of Lantao, 

 China Sea, Balli, Java, Sumbawa, Celebes. 

 Total length : 7 inch. 



The length of the head and the greatest vertical diameter of the body 

 are contained 3^ times in the total length. The fourth dorsal spine 

 equals half the greatest vertical diameter of the body. The second 

 anal spine is two thirds of the vertical diameter above it, and as long as 

 the fourth dorsal, but stronger. Individuals of the length described 

 are excessively numerous at all seasons at Pinang and Singapore, where 

 they are consumed by the natives either fresh or dried. 

 Pristipoma guoraca, Cuv. and Val. 

 Perca grunniens, Froster ? 

 Anthias grunniens, Bloch-Schneider. 308 ? 

 Russell CXXXII. Guoraka. 

 Pristipoma guoraca, Cuv. R. A. II. 176 (L) 

 Pristipoma guoraca, Cuv. and Val. V. 256. 

 Pristipoma guoraca, Belanger, 363. 

 Head above and back pale blackish olive ; cheeks, opercles and 

 sides silvery grey with blue and golden reflections ; abdomen silvery 

 yellowish white ; most of the scales have the edges minutely dotted 

 with brown, and those above the lateral line a pale brown spot at the 

 root, forming six or seven indistinct parallel lines ; fins pale yellowish ; 

 membrane of the dorsal minutely dotted with brown, between the spines 

 one or two series of large clouded brown spots, and a single series of 

 smaller between the rays ; margins of the dorsal and caudal blackish ; 

 the membrane of the latter and of the anal slightly dotted with brown. 

 Iris golden. 



D 12/14, C 1.7%, A 3/3, V 1/5, P 18, Br, VII. 

 Habit. — Sea of Pinang. 



Isle of Tanna, Batavia, Coromandel, Mane (Fresh- water). 

 Total length : 1 foot. 



6 u 



