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ings oil the face or gill-plates, except a few light porous specks. 

 Top of the back spotted with black, with light dots. A dark stripe 



Fig. 8. 



aloug the lateral Hue. A grey colour prevails ou the side of the 

 belly and above the anal fin ; and between it and the lateral line 

 there runs a broader yellow stripe, which disappears towards the 

 tail. Pectoral fin unspotted. Anal fin yellowish-brown at the base, 

 with irregular- stripes, and towards its end dark brown with lighter 

 dots. 



This species came to the Paris Museum from the collection of 

 Ajuda. It approaches nearest to Eh. Blochii, Sclmeideri, and 

 Schombiirgki, from all which it is readily distinguished by the position 

 of the anus. From pantherinus and marmoratus it differs in the 

 greater length of its snout. P. 19; A. 394 rays. 



Total length '. 28-75 in. 



Length of tail beyond the anal fin* .... 4-73 



From the point of the snout to the edge of the gill-plate 2-99 



to the eyes . . . 1-81 



,, ,, ,, to the anus . . . 1-18 



„ ,, ,, to the anal fin . . 2-29 



Height of the body 1-89 



Transverse diameter of the body .... 0-55 



Length of the pectoral ...... 0-83 



Habitat not noted. 



11. Rhamfhichthys Blochii, fig. 9. 

 Rhamphichthys rostratus, 'Mull. <£• Trosch. 



• In this specimen also the tail has been damaged, but there projects, for 0-79 

 in., a cutaneous flap, which runs into a filament beneath. I consider these 

 cutaneous appendages to be reproductions, an effort of nature which has not been 

 previously noticed among fishes. 



