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The following is a list of the species obtained : 



1. 0])Mclithys {Pisodontophis) stypurus Smith & Swain. 



2. Oi/mnomurcena tigrina (Less.) Blkr. 



3. Aulostomiis chinensis (L.) Lacepede. 



4. Polynemus huru Bleeker. 



5. Scomhroides sancti petri (0. & V.) S. & S. 



6. Caranx gymnostethoides (Blkr.) Gthr. 



7. Holocentrus leo Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



8. Holocentrus crythrceus Giinther. 



9. KuliUa tccniitra (Cuv. & Val.) S. & S. 



10. Upeneus crassilahris Cuv. & Val. 



11. Upeneus relifer Smith & Swain. 



12. Upeneus [MuUoides) vanicolensis (C. & V.) S. & S. 



13. Upeneus {BluUoides) preorbitalis Smith & Swain. 



14. Chilinus digrammus (Lac.) C. «& V. 



15. Scarus perspiciUatus Steindachuer. 

 IC. Julis verticaUs Smith & Swain. 



17. Jiilis clepsydralis Smith & Swain. 



18. Earpe hilumdata (Lac.) Smith & Swain. 



19. Clicctodon setifer Bloch. 



20.^ Acanthurus triostegus (Linn.) Bloch. & Schn. 



21. Naseus Uturatns (Forst.) C. & V. 



22. Balistes aculeatus Linn. 



23. Balistes huniva Lac. 



24. Ostraclon punctatum Bl. & Schn. 



25. Tetrodon meleagris Lacep. 



26. Biodon hystrix Linn. 



27. Platophrys mancus (Broiiss.) S. & S. 



1.— OPHICHTHYS STYPUEUS sp. nov. 



Subgenus Pisodontophis Kaup. 



Head 5.^ in trunk. Head and trunk together slightly longer than 

 tail, exceeding the latter by the length of the snout. Snout blunt, 5i 

 in head. Eye 2i in snout, 3 in interorbital space. Gape of mouth mod- 

 erate, extending beyond eye, 3i in head. Anterior nasal tubes turned 

 downward, conspicuous; posterior nostrils large. Teeth in lower jaw 

 less blunt than in 0. .rysturi(s J. & G., in two series in front, becoming 

 three jiosteriorly ; two rows (the outer row being larger) of bluntish, 

 conical teeth on each side of upper jaw, preceded by a patch of eight 

 on extremity of nasal bone; smaller teeth on vomer in a band of two 

 series. 



Dorsal and anal fins rather high, the liighest part of dorsal exceed- 

 ing length of snout; dorsal beginning at the nape, at a distance from 

 the snout equal to half the length of the head. Pectoral short, 1^ in 

 its base, If in snout ; its free margin lunate. Gill-opening oblique, its 



