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CATALOGUE OF FISH. 



Length from point of the snout to the anal fin . .1-85 in. 



of the pectoral fin ..... 0-95 „ 



Height of the body 2-44 „ 



Transverse diameter of ditto ..... 0'83 ,, 



9. Rhamphichthts marmoratus, fig. 7. 

 Rhampbichthys marmoratus, Castelneau Arncr. du sud.Zool.,t. 46, f. 2. 



Fig. 7. 



Diagn. Anus before the eyes. Snout longer than that of 2'«'i- 

 therinus, and rising less steeply. 



Descr. I have seen only a very defective skin of this species, 

 which Count Castelneau brought from Soutli America. It comes 

 nearest to pantherinus, from which, however, it is distinguished by 

 a longer snout, and the anus situated more posteriorly. All the 

 scales, moreover, seem to be coarser. 



10. Rhamphichthts Reinhardti, fig. 8. 



Diagn. Anus situated behind the middle of the elongated snout, 

 accompanied by a distinctly \isible genital papilla. 



Descr. The length of the rising snout a little exceeds half the 

 entii'e length of the head. Anus, with its visible papilla, situate 

 on the hinder half of the snout. Transverse diameter of the body 

 contained three times and a half in the height of the same. Head 

 ornamented by blackish spots and yellowish markings. No mark- 



