Pomadasis therapon (Bleeker). 
Heed 5; Geptn © 5/6; D. AI, I, 14, 13 As TIT, 7,) 23 
scales 50 in lateral line to caudal base and 9 more on 
latter; '7 scales above lateral line to spinous dorsal 
origin, 5 above to first soft ray Nash: 12 below to spi- 
nous anal origin; about 30 predorsal scales; snout 3 in head; 
eye 3 2/3; maxillary 3 1/10; interorbital 4, 
Body compressed, rather oblong-ovate; least depth of 
caudal peduncle 1 1/5 its length or 3 in head, Head width 
1 7/8 its length. Snout convex, length 7/8 its width, Eye 
elevated, little ellipsoid, hind pupil edge about midway 
in head length. Mouth small, low, mandible included, 
Maxillary to eye; expansion 3 2/5 in eye. ‘teeth conic, 
in bands in jaws, outer row little enlarged; in others, 
Nostrils close, from one about last third in snout and 
twice second, Interorbital convex; largely depressed median- 
ly. Hind preopercle edge denticulate, lower entire; supra- 
scapula denticulate, 
Rakers 6+12, sHort, lanceolate, half of filaments, 
Which 1 3/4 in eye, *°cales in longitudinal rows; basal 
radiating striae 7 to 9; apical denticles 46 to 553 circuli 
very fine; basal scaly sheaths along dorsals and anals, 
broader on latter; caudal finely scaled over greater basal 
portion; 6 to 8 scales on cheek to preopercle ridge; lateral 
line concurrent with dorsal profiles and tubes simple. 
