BY W. MACLEAY, F.L.S. 261 



with small but fixed non-deciduous teeth ; patches of villiform 

 teeth on the vomer, the palatine and pterygoid bones, anal on the 

 tongue. Dorsal Jin entirely in advance of the ventrals ; anal fin short. 

 Gill-membranes entirely separate, with numerous fine branchi- 

 ostegals ; pseudobranchise well developed. Pyloric appendages 

 numerous. 



Japan; North Atlantic ; Australia. 



901. Etrumeus Jacksoxiexsis, Macl. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, Vol. III., p. 36, pi. 4, fig.l. 

 Port Jackson. 



Genus Elops, L. 



Body rather elongate, moderately compressed ; abdomen flat. 

 Scales small, adherent : lateral line distinct. A narrow osseous 

 lamella, attached to the mandibulary symphysis, covers the part 

 between the mandibles. Snout pointed, mouth wide, anterior ; 

 intermaxillary short, maxillary forming the lateral part of the 

 mouth. Bands of villiform teeth in the jaws, on the vomer, 

 palatine and pterygoid bones, on the tongue and on the base of 

 the skull. Dorsal fin opposite the ventrals ; anal rather shorter 

 than dorsal. Gill-membranes entirely sej)arate, with very 

 numerous branchiostegals. Pseudobranchite well developed. 

 Pyloric appendages numerous. 



Tropical and subtropical seas. 



902. Elops saurus, L. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, Vol. IV., p. 382. 

 Port Jackson. North Coast. 



Genus Megalops, Lacep. 



Body oblong, compressed; abdomen flat. Scales large, 

 adherent; lateral line ^distinct. A narrow osseous lamella 



