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the anal fiu. The elucidation of the anatomical characters of 

 the genus and comparison thereof with those of other genera 

 are reserved for a future occasion when the distinctive features 

 can be illustrated." — (Gill, Proc. Am. Asso. Adv. ScL XXII, 

 B. 55, 1873.) 



Phalanx Grysteini (^:^Mlcropterince Gill.) Bleeker, 1875. — 

 " Percse formes corpore oblongo vel subelongato, capite superne 

 squamato vel Isevi ; dentibus maxillis ; vomerinis et palutinis 

 parvis ; prseoperculo edentulo inermi ; squamis trunco parvis 

 vel mediociibus sessilibus ; anali spini 3." (Bleeker, Sijstema 

 Percarum Revisum <^E.vtrait des Archives Neerlanda'ises, XI, 15^ 

 1875.) 



HuRO Bleeker, 1875. — " Corpus oblongum. Caput vertice, 

 regione temporali, genis ossibusque opercularibus tantum squama- 

 tuin. Squama? trunco cycloidese? 65 circ. in serie longitudinali. 

 Pinnte dorsales non contiuuse, anterior radiosa brevior spinis 6." — 

 (Bleeker, Sijst. Perc. Revis. <^Ext. des Archiv. Neerland. XI, 

 15, 1875.) 



]\IiCROPTERUS Bleeker, 1875. — "Corpus oblongum. Caput 

 genis ossibusque opercularibus tantum squamatum. Squamce 

 trunco ctenoide3e 90 circ. in serie longitudinali. Pinna dorsalis 

 parte spinosa et parte radiosa continuis subsequilongis, spinis 9 

 vel 10." — (Bleeker, Syst. Perc. Revis. <^Ext. des Areliiv. 

 Neerland. XI, 15, 1875.) 



MiCROPTERUS Jordan, 1878. — "Body elongate, not greatly 

 compressed ; spines little developed, those of the anal fin, three 

 in number, small and weak ; those of the dorsal, ten, low, the 

 eighth and ninth quite short, ^so that there is a deep notch be- 

 tween the spinous and soft parts of the dorsal, almost breaking 

 the continuity of the fin ; caudal emarginate ; operculum emar- 

 ginate behind, ending in two flat points ; mouth very large, the 

 lower jaw longest; palatine teeth well developed; tongue and 

 pterygoids toothless ; gill-rakers long and stout, armed with 

 teeth ; supplemental maxillary bone well developed." — (Jordan, 

 Man. Vert. E. U. S., 2d ed., 233, 1878.) 



