C L U P E A C.Y P R I X O I D E S. 



Oiuli apicl roflri quam commifTurae fuperiori aperturse braiichialis propiorcs, laterales, oibi- 

 cuiares, ampli. Alcmhrana ninltans duplicata : Partes fcmicircularcs ; pojicrlor aiiteriorc 

 duplo latior. Iris ampla, argentea. Pupilla mediocris, orbicularis, iiigra. 



Opercula Branchiarum bafi rigidiufcula, margine mcmbranacea, mollia, fiexilia, lajviffima, 



argenteo-fufca ; Anteriora bilaminata : lamina fuperior di^^KC obtufe angulata, bafi porulis 



et ftriis aliquot obfoletis notata ; infcrior angufiata, minor, fupcriorc partira tefta ; Pofte- 



- r/or« bilaminata : lamina fuperior Moi\\o\vi!oQ\iifi.; iiiferior membrana communi fupc- 



rioris tefta, oblouga, minor. 



Apertura Branchialis parabolica, ampla, poftice marginata oflibus duobus, oblongis, mem- 

 brana argentea extus teftis : inferior duplo major, 



Memhrana Branchioflega bafi vcrfus gulam paruni tedla mcmbrana gulari, apice nuda, plica- 

 tilis ; Pars dcxtra fub gula te<Sla partc finijira ; Radli latiufculi, imbricati : poileiiores 

 majores. 



Sr«»f^/^ utrinque quaternEe, angulum fuperneformantes ; Radii in parte concava approxi- 

 raati, rigidi, oiTei, fubsquales, in Branchiis exterioribus majores, uniferiati : in inte- 

 liore minores, biferiati : in ferie interna Branchia^ interioris, minuti, rotundati, com- 

 prefii, opppofiti alii feriei ejufdera formas fupra membranam cavitatem branchialem 

 veftientem. 



Pinna Dorfalis brevis, nuda ; incipicns in medio inter apicem Roftri et bafin Pinnae Cau- 

 dalis ; defincns paulo ante apicem Piniiarum Ventralium ; Radii quatuor anteriores 

 contigui, fenfim longiores, anticam partem formantes, fimplices : quintus bafi 

 Pinnse duplo longior : cseteri fenfim breviores, poftremi fubaequales, eo modo ut Pinna 

 fubfalcata appareat : ultimus poflice ofliculo bulbiformi firmatus, bipartitus : pars antc- 

 rior radio vicino vix longia'' : pofterior radio quinto longior, ultra fincm bafeos Pinna; 

 Analis extenfa, moUis, flcxilis, anceps. 



LC : DI : : io8 : 56 | L C : D F : : 108 : 70 



Pinna PeBorales infima^, oblique corpori infertae, fubhorizontaliter expandendae, ovato-Ian- 

 ceolatse, bafi extus fquamofje : Jquamce obfolete imbricatae, minutse, molles ; Bafis 

 media iuter apicem maxillas inferioris et bafin Pinnarum Ventralium ; Jpex paulo ante 

 bafin Pinnarum Vcntralium ; Radii bafi ofTei, rigidi, apice flexiles, cxtus obliquc 

 carinali : fuperior fimplex, fecundo vix brevior, reliquis latior, validus, comprefl"u3 : 

 ca;teri apice multifidi : ultimus membrana angufla longitudinaliter marginatus. Squama 

 fupra bafin Pinnarum inferta, illis tcr brevior, triangularis, oblonga, mollis. 



LC : PB : : 108 : 30 | L C : P A : : 108 : 52 



Pinna Ventrales vix oblique corpori infertse, horizontaliter expandendos, obovata?, bafi extus 

 fquamofce : Si^^^aOT^ obfolet^ imbricatse, minutas, molles ; Bafis vix pone partcm ante- 

 riorem bafeos Piniiae Dorfalis ; Jpex ante Anum, paulo pone finem bafeos Pinnx Dor- 

 falis ; Radii bafi oflTei, rigidi, apice flexiles, extus oblique carinati : exterior fecun- 

 do vix brevior, reliquis latior, fimplex : c^teri fenfim breviores, multifidi : ultimus 

 membrana angufta longitudinaliter marginatus, Squama fupra bafin Pinnarum inferta, 



illis 



