BY E. P. RAMSAY, F.R.S.E., AND J. DOUGLAS-OGILBY. 19 



total length. Diameter of eye : of the length of head, £ of a 

 diameter from tip of snout, and | of a diameter apart. Snout 

 pointed and overlapping the mouth. Maxilla enlarged beyond the 

 angle of the mouth, not reaching to the gill-openings ; upper jaw 

 much longer than the lower. Teeth small, equal in both jaws ; in 

 a long narrow band on the palatines, and in two small isolated 

 patches on the vomer. The dorsal fin commences somewhat 

 nearer to the end of the snout than to the base of the caudal fin, 

 and far behind the insertion of the ventrals. The anal commences 

 entirely behind the dorsal, its anterior rays being much the 

 longest : pectorals long, reaching to behind the base of the 

 ventrals; the upper ray not produced. Caudal deeply forked. 

 Scales large, deciduous. There are 27 carinated scales along the 

 abdominal edge, 11 of which are posterior to the root of the 

 ventrals. The colors seem to have been bluish on the back, 

 silvery on the sides and beneath, a steel-blue band separating the 

 two ; the dorsal and caudal fins are clouded at the margins. 



The example from which our description is taken measures 

 5| inches, and its register number is B. 9951. We have given 

 the above specific name to this fine Anchovy in memory of the 

 late Sir Peter Scratchley, first High Commissioner of New 

 Guinea, whose death at this critical period in the affairs of the 

 young colony is greatly to be deplored. 



Hab. Strickland River. 



CORICA PAPUENSIS. Sp. UOV. 



D. 12-14: A. 21: V. 8 : P. 11: C. 20: L. lat. 40: L 

 trans 10 : Vert 43. 



Length of head, of caudal fin, and height of body equal, and 

 5: in the total length. Diameter of eye 2% in the length of head, 

 \ a diameter from the end of snout, and § of a diameter apart. 

 Body compressed and elongate. Maxilla reaches fully to the 

 middle of the orbit. The origin of the dorsal is exactly midway 



