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those on the vertical limb not (according to Stemdachner'' s figure ) 

 directed upwards ; the denticles of the interopercle moderately 

 strong. Body oblong-ovate, compressed. Teeth in a single series, 

 longer, less numerous, and blunter than in S. inedusophagus, but 

 similarly curved. The dorsal fin commences above the vertical 

 margin of the preopercle : ventral well developed, inserted almost 

 entirely in front of the base of the pectoral, and reaching as far 

 as the first anal ray ; its length 1"25 in that of the head. Scales 

 small, eyelid. 



Colors. — Body reddish violet, the head brownish ; entire body 

 sprinkled with numerous dark violet dots, the trunk having in 

 addition ill defined blackish cross-bands, or band-like transverse 

 spots, which extend on to the basal portion of the dorsal and 

 anal fins ; caudal with cross-bands posteriorly. 



Hahitat. — Canaries ; coasts of Spain and Dalmatia. 



SCHEDOPHILUS MEDUSOPHAGUS. 



Schedophilus medusophagus, Cocco, Giorn. Innom. Mess. Ann. iii. 

 No. 7, p. 57, 1829; Bonap, Faun. Ital. Pesc. c. fig.; 

 Gnth. Catal. Fish. ii. p. 412, 1860, and Journ. Mus. 

 GodefFr. Fisch. p. 149, 1876, and Trans. Zool. Soc. xi. 

 p. 221, pi. xlvii. 1881; Steindachn. SB. Ak. Wien, 1868, 

 Ivii. p. 377 ; Lutken, Spol. Atlant. pp. 525, 602, pi. ii. 

 fig. 9 (juv.) 1880; Gill, Science, i. p. 117, 1883; Day, 

 Brit. Fish. ii. 1884, Add. p. 367 outline figure i. p. 120; 

 Ogilby, Proc. Roy. Dub. Soc. p. 515, 1885. 



B. vi.-vii. D. 45-50. A.-27-29. V. 1/5. P. 18. C. 21. 



Length of head equal to its height, and rather less than 4-00 in 

 the total length (without caudal); height of body, 2*66 in the same. 

 Eye situated immediately below the upper profile of the head, its 

 diameter nearly as long as the snout, which is obtuse, and 4-00 

 in the length of the head : interorbital space convex, 1-25 in the 

 diameter of the eye. Lower jaw projecting : cleft of mouth of 

 moderate width and oblique, extending to the vertical from the 

 front margin of the eye; the maxilla rather narrow, widening 

 towards its extremity, reaching to beneath the middle of the 

 orbit. Both limbs of the preopercle armed with short spines, the 

 upper ones on the vertical limb being a little the longer and 

 directed obliquely upwards : interopercle spiniferous, the sub- 

 opercle less so : opercle membranous ; its upper portion with 

 radiating osseous striae, which project beyond the margin. Body 

 elongate-ovoid, and strongly compressed. Teeth minute, implanted 

 in a single series on the sharp edge of the jaws. The dorsal fiu 

 commences above the root of the pectoral, and terminates at a 

 short distance from the caudal ; it is rather low, the longest rays, 



