38 NEW GENERA AND SPECIES OF FISHES, 



forming an S-shaped band between the throat and the base of the- 

 ventral; one pectoral, on the base of that fin; three anterolaterals, 

 one just inside the tip of the pectoral rays, one a little behind the-, 

 vertical from the base of the ventral and rather nearer to it than 

 to the lateral line, and the third much lower on the side above 

 the middle of the ventral fin; between the ventrals and the anal 

 the body is badly mutilated, but three are visible the two anterior 

 being well separated, the place of the missing photophore 

 corresponding vertically to that of the third anterolateral; three 

 mediolaterals, the lower pair on nearly the same horizontal plane,, 

 the one a little before the other a little behind the vertical from 

 the origin of the anal, the third nearly above the first, on the 

 lateral line; five anal and five postanal, the fourth and fifth in 

 both cases separated by a wide interval; two posterolaterals, the 

 lower corresponding to the anal interval and not much higher on 

 the side than the anal series, the upper close to the latei'al line; 

 and two caudal. 



Blackish, growing slightly paler on the sides and below; lower 

 jaw grayish-white with a broad blackish crossliand below the eye: 

 caudal fin whitish: photophores pearly with a blackish rim. 



Etymology : — perspicillata, spectacled; in reference to the 

 pair of supernumeraiy photophores in front of the eyes. 



Type in my j^ossession. 



Distribution : — A single specimen of this interesting fish 

 was obtained by my collector at Lord Howe Island, having been 

 washed ashore after the recent hea\'y gale.* It measured 62 

 millimeters to the end of the middle caudal rays. The specimen 

 is unfortunately badly mutilated, being almost broken in two 

 just behind the termination of the anal fin, and also injured along 

 the ventral surface which is burst open, exposing to view an 

 enormous mass of minute ova. Any shortcomings in the above 



* I have to return my best thanks to J. Brodie, Esq., the Visiting Magis- 

 trate of the Island, for the interest which he has taken in obtaining specimens- 

 of the fishes inhabiting the seas of the Island for me. 



