512 NOTE ON CTENODAX WILKINSONI. 



my search for anything resembling the fish I named Ctenodax, it 

 never for a moment occurred to me to look for it among the 

 Atherinidce. 



But whatever its affinities may be, there can be no doubt of its 

 being a remarkable fish, and the fact that it is found only in the 

 Mediterranean and at the Madeira Islands, and in both places very 

 rarely, and that the only other instance of its existence is the 

 solitary specimen got by Mr. Wilkinson at Lord Howe Island in 

 the Southern Pacific Ocean, are additional peculiarities of much 

 interest. 



It is evidently a deep sea fish, its large eyes and very dark 

 coloration are proofs of that. Emery has found the young living 

 in the codfish. (Mittheil. Zool. Stat. Naples, III., p. 283.) 



The Lord Howe Island specimen seems to differ from T. Cuvieri 

 chiefly in the size of the eye and form of the teeth. 



