Sjo Nova genera 



ciorfupera, cui accumblt. Dentes miixi!!r.ra{ii, miiuiti, cori* 

 ierti, Loco operciili, ciitis lata, potie flexuore arcuata, braii- 

 chias obtegit, fub qria mcnibrana branch. biradiata latet. Aper- 

 tnra branch. anipliiuma. Nares fimplices, rotundac. Oculi 

 macrni, fnperi, rodro propiores, Iris luperne ce^rulea, inferne 

 alba. Pupilla aigra., Linea lateralis recla, media. Anus capiti 

 propior* P. D. ?equilibris, rotundata, haud magna. P. P. ob- 

 k)n'^x, rotundcujc, fubinferx. P. V. jugulares, pedcrclibus 

 fimiles, fed minores. P. A. ferme longitudinalis, leviter ar* 

 cuata verfus medium crefcens & pone obtufe angulata. P. C» 

 blfurca. Color corporis aureus, in dorfo aurantio punclatus 

 Sc ante pinnam dorfalem 4 maculis nigris infignitus, P. P. & 

 P. V. ad bafin aure^e, cxterum dilute rubrie. P, D, & P, A, & ?♦ 

 C* ad bafin ci€rule:e verfus marginem fiavent. .Habitat in India, 

 Macrouri generis chciracter^ 

 Cauda elongata attenuata. N, A^ F, W. 150, 

 I, Macrourus, rnpejlris^ Der Berglachs, N* A^F^ 

 W, 152. l)r. 6. D.tVj 1^4» "^- ^9» ^^- 7» A, 148. 



Caputmagnum, fcjuamofiun, afperum, altitudine trunco 

 ferexquale, fuperne latum, rofiro obtufo, parum fu pra ma- 

 xillam fuperam porrecio. PJclus amplus, lcviter afcendens, 

 terminalis, Maxilla fjpera myfiace & 5 feriebus dentiumTlcu- 

 torum prsdita: infera breviorcSc multo humiliortres feriesfimi- 

 lium dentium <5c cirrum longum ad mentum Iiabet. Palatum 

 <5c iinoua dabra, Proxime ante oculos foramina rotunda 6c 

 totidem oblonga conlpiciuntur, quorum hcsc opinato orificio 

 auditus 6c illa nares funt, Oculi grandes, fummi, rofiro pro- 

 piores. Iris argentea. Pupilia nigra, Operculum monophyl- 

 .lum, limbo cutaceo. Apertura br. ampla, Membr, branch» 

 aperta, 6 radiata, Truncus fufiformis, crafilis, macrolepido- 

 tus, afper, cauda iongifilma, fenfim angufiata usque ad extre- 

 mitatenwicuminatam, tenuem. Abdomen breve, latum, n!a- 

 gisarcuatum, quamdorfum, ferie duplici acuminorum afpe- 

 rum* Anus capiti multo propior, Squamx duras magnns iii 

 trunco coilam mediam elevatam, denticuiatam , exalbidam ge- 

 runt, Inde tot iineas interruptas longifudinales in trunco effin- 

 gunt, quot feries fijuamarum adfuiit. Squauia: minores in ca- 



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