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eye ; three lateral lines on the left side ; colour pale brownish 

 yellow, with very many small whitish spots. 



Several specimens from 3 to 4 inches long. Probably young. 



91. — Synaptura sclerolepis, n. sp. PI. X, fig. 4. 

 D. 88, A. 75. 



Pectoral fin minute on the blind side ; none on the other ; the 

 height of the body is more than one-third of the total length ; 

 scales densely cileated and very rough ; colour brownish yellow 

 with numerous specks and spots of dark brown. 



One specimen 7 inches long. 



Family SILURIDjE. 



92. — Aritjs thalassinus, Bupp. 



Gunth. Cat. Pish., Vol. V, p. 139. 



Arius nasuius, Cuv. and Val., Vol. XV, p. 60. 



Netuma thalassina, Bleek. Atl. Iehth. Silur., p. 28, tab. XIII. 



93. — Cnidoglanis megastoma, Rich. 



Gunth. Cat. Fish., Vol. V, p. 27. 



Plotosus megastomus, Richards. Voy. Ereb. and Terr., Fish., p. 

 31, pi. 21, figs. 1-3. 



94. — Plotostjs anguillaris, Bl. 



Gunth. Cat. Fish., Vol. V, p. 24. 



Plotosus Uneatus, and castaneus, Cuv. and Val., Vol. XV, p. 412 

 and 421. 

 Plotosus arab, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Silur., p. 98, tab. 95, fig. 2. 



Family SCOMBRESOCID^E. 



95. — Belone melanotus, Bleek. 

 Gunth. Cat. Fish.,Vol. VI, p. 238 ; Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Scombres., 

 p. 47, tab. 10, fig. 2. 



96. — Belone caudimacdlata, G. 8f V. 

 Cuv. and Val., Vol. XVIII, p. 452 ; Gunth. Cat. Fish., Vol. VI, 

 p. 245. 



Mastaoambekis strongylums, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Scombres., p. 45, 

 tab. X, fig. 3. 



