396 MACKURID^E. 



1. Coryphffinoides norvegicus. 



Berg-lax, Strom, Sondm. i. p. 207. 



Coryphsenoides rupestris, Gunner, Trondhj. Sekk. Shrift, iii. p. 50. 



tab. .3. fig-. 1. 

 Lepidoleprus noi-wegicus, NiJst. Prodr. p. 51 (18.32). 

 Macroiu'us stvomii, lieitJt. hi iJiutskVidengk. Sekk. Afhandl.yn. p. 129; 



Sxndev. Vet. Akad. Hundl. 1840, p. 1 ; Gaimard, Voy. Scand. Poiss. 



pi. 11. 

 Macrourus norwegicua, Nilss. Skand. Faun. Fisk. p. 600. 



D. 11 I . . . A V. 8. 



Four or five series of scales between the first dorsal and the lateral 

 line ; scales without keel, and with the surface spiny. The first ray 

 of the first dorsal with a compressed edge anteriorly, which is armed 

 with teeth directed upwards. Vent situated before the vertical from 

 the origin of the second dorsal. Snout obtuse. 



Western and northern coasts of Norway. 



2. Coryphsenoides serratus. 

 Macrourus serratus, Loive, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1843, p. 91. 

 B. 7. D. 10 I ca 100. A. 80-90. V. 8. 



Scales with radiating strise, without keel or spines. The first ray 

 of the first dorsal strong, serrated. Snout short ; head without 

 ridges. (Loive.) 



Sea of Madeira. 



3. Coryphaenoides denticulatus. 



Macrourus deuticiilatus, Richards. Voy. Ereb. S,- Terr. Fish. p. 53. pi. 32. 

 figs. 1-3. 



D. 11 I . . . A Y. 8. 



Five series of scales between the anterior dorsal and the lateral 

 line ; scales spiny. The first dorsal ray very, slender, and not serrated. 

 Snout very short and obtuse ; head without ridges. Teeth in the 

 upper jaw in a very narrow band, those of the outer series being 

 much stronger and widely set. The vent is situated vertically behind 

 the anterior dorsal. 



South Australia. 



a. Dried : very bad state. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. — Type 

 of the species. 



3. MALACOCEPHALUS, 



Scales very small, rough. Snout short, obtuse, obliquely trun- 

 cated ; cleft of the mouth lateral. Head without prominent ridges ; 

 the suborbital ring is not joined to the angle of the prajopcrculuni, 

 nor is the latter supported by it. Praiopercular angle with a very 

 indistinct ridge. Teeth in the uppci- jaw in two series, those in the 

 inner being minute ; palate smooth. Vontrals jugular. A barbel. 



Madeira. 



