250 Gill and Smith — A New Family of Jugular Acanthopterygians. 



greatest al)Ove ventrals and is contained about If times in total 

 length without caudal. 



The radial formula is approximately as follows : Dorsal, 34 (VI, 

 28?); anal, 21; caudal, a; + 9 — lO + .r; pectorals, 19; ven- 

 trals, I, 5 ? The rays above the hind head are elongated and 

 almost as high as the body but those in front progressively dim- 

 inish forward. The length of ventrals nearly equals the length 

 of head. 



The color of the body appears to have been tawny brown, 

 with a silvery sheen and with traces of dark spots on the dorsal 

 region, and the anal and ventrals were apparently blackish. 



A detailed description and illustration will be given after the 

 skeletonization of the fish. 



