73 CATALOGUE OF FISH. 



Genus 28. ENCHELYNASSA, Kaup. 



Fore nostril, funnel-shaped, and capable of being shut up by a 

 valvular elongation of its hinder border. Hinder nostril, nearly as 

 big as the eye, oval, with a raised border. Rictus of the jaws open 

 in the middle. 



Nasal bone, reaching as far back as the middle of the eye, armed 

 with '27 teeth on its circumference, a pairless one in the middle, 

 and 5 longer ones, between the second and third of which stand 

 3-4 small ones, between the third and fourth 4 small ones, and 

 between the fourth and fifth 1 small one. Palatines, 10, whereof 

 the second onwards to the sixth are supported before and behind by 

 small teeth ; on the inner row there are 9 longer acicular teeth. 

 On the mesial line, 3. On the vomerine I could discover no more 

 than 2 small conical toothlets. Mandibulars, 22 smaller ones in 

 the outer, and 6-8 longer in the inner row, approximated to the 

 symphysis. The eyes are situated above the middle of the jaws. 

 There are four pores on the upper jaw and mandible, which are 

 difficult to find in the porous skin. 



135. Enchelynassa Bleekeri, fig. 55. 

 Enchelynassa Bleekeri, Kaup. 



This species attains a notable size. The female specimen in the 

 ancient collection of Leyden has a length of 28'36 in., whereof the 

 tail constitutes 14-18 in. From the tip of the snout to the raised 

 border of the funnel-shaped gill-opening, 3-84 in. At the gills the 

 body is 2-21 in. high. 



Although this specimen has been immersed in spirits above a 

 hundred years, it has been so splendidly preserved, even to tliis day, 

 that the body and dorsal fin are ornamented by oblique zigzags, 

 intenaipted transverse lines, and innumerable black points, on a 

 brownish ground. I found in its stomach a well-preserved Holo- 

 centnim pnnctatissimum [Cuv. it Valeiic), and thence infer that this 

 Enchelynassa is an inhabitant of the Pacific Sea. I have I'eceived 

 also a slight sketch of this fish from my valued friend. Dr. Blocker, 

 and liave named the species in honour of his high ichthyological 

 reputation. 



Genus 29. EURYMYCTERA, Kau]}. 



The tube of the fore nostril stretches considerably bej'ond the 

 lips, and its tip is dilated above and below. Posterior nostril sur- 

 rounded by a funnel-formed border, and situated before the eye. 

 Nasal teeth, 11, with 5 small ones between the 4 hinder ones. 

 Palatines, 30 ; an inner row of 5 taller ones beginning under the 

 eye. Vomerines, about 7-10, extremely small and difficult to dis- 



