FISHES; 



BY 



SIR JOHN RICHARDSON, M.D., F.R.S. 



APISTES TRACHINOIDES, Cuv. 



Apistes trackinoides, Cuv. et Val. Hist, des Poiss. vol. iv. p. 401. pi. 92. f. 1. 

 Radii.— B. 6; D.15|4; A. 3]4 ; C. 9§; P. 13; V. 1|4. 



Plate III. Fig. 3-5. 



Our specimens agree exactly with the description and plate above quoted, except that 

 there are only four soft rays in the ventrals, instead of five as quoted in the Histoire des 

 Poissons. The small scales are very deeply imbedded in the skin, and are ranged on the 

 sides in vertical lines not tiled. I have not been able to detect them in the space between 

 the lateral hne and fore part of the dorsal, but the whole of the shoulder for some distance 

 below the lateral line is rough with prominent pores, as are also the sides of the head. On 

 the limbs of the lower jaw, and the membrane connecting them, these pores render the 

 surface villous. 



The jaws, chevron of the vomer, and a narrow plate on the palatine bones are armed 

 with fine short villiform teeth. Length, 2| inches. 



Hab. Sea of China. 



APISTES DEPRESSIERONS, Richardson. 



Radii.— B. 5 ; D 13|7 ; A. 3|5 ; C. lOf ; P. 10 ; V. 1|5 . 



Plate III. Fig. 1-2. 



This Apistes agrees with trackinoides and draceena in the three anterior dorsal rays 

 being stouter, approximated to one another and somewhat remote from the following ones. 



B 



