8. TRIiENOPHOBICHTHYS. 89 



half ; head as high as long ; large canine teeth near the symphysis 

 of the lower jaw. Yellowish rose-coloured ; head and caudal fin 

 black-spotted; dorsal and anal fins minutely dotted with brown. 

 (Bleek.) 



Sea of Kajeli. 



7. Grobiodon micropus. 



D. 6 I 14. A. 12. 



Head and body strongly compressed; the height of the body is one- 

 third of the total length, the length of the head one-fifth. The 

 upper profile of the head is strongly convex, becoming subvertical 

 anteriorly ; snout elevated, but veiy short ; cleft of the mouth nar- 

 row ; a pair of strong canine teeth near the sjTnphysis of the lower 

 jaw. Eye rather small. Dorsal and anal fins rather elevated, but 

 much lower than the body ; the spines of the anterior dorsal increase 

 in length posteriorly, and the last is connected with the first ray by 

 a low membrane. Caudal convex. Ventral disk very short, not 

 quite one-half the length of the head, not adherent to the belly. 

 Uniform olive (in spirits) ; vertical fins black, the base of the dorsal 

 and anal being yellowish. 



lines. 



Total length ; : . ;. . .' 18 



Length of the head ..•.;.•...•.■ 3| 



Height of the body 6 



China Seas. 



a. China Seas. Presented by Captain Sir E. Belcher, C.B. 



8. TRI^NOPHORICHTHYS. 



Trisenophorus, Gill in Ann, Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, 1859, p. 17. 

 Triaenophoriehthys, Gill in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1859, p. 195. 



Body subcylindrical, covered with ctenoid scales of moderate or 

 rather smaU size ; head oblong, broad, rather depressed, with the 

 cleft of the mouth nearly horizontal, and with the jaws of equal 

 length ; both jaws with a series of erect, closely-set, tricuspid teeth. 

 Eyes of moderate size. Two dorsal fins, the anterior with six flex- 

 ible spines ; caudal quite free ; ventrals united, not adherent to the 

 belly. Gill-openings of moderate width. Pseudobranchiae ; a slit 

 behind the fourth gill. 



Coast of China (Hongkong). 



1. Triaenophoriehthys trigonocephalus. 

 Gill, I. c. p. 18. 



T). 6 I 12-13. A. 12. L. lat. 55. 



, Sixteen to eighteen longitudinal series of scales between the 

 second dorsal fin and the anal. The height of the body is some- 

 M'hat less than the length of the head, and one-fifth of the total. 

 The head is rather broader than high, its width being five-sevenths 



