3. poEicHinYs. 177 



aud have been overlooked by Valenciennes. The presence of two teeth 

 on each side of the vomer is accidental in individuals which are 

 shedding their* teeth. Finally, I have found thirty-two or thirty- 

 three anal rays in all the specimens, as is stated also by Jenyns, 

 and never twenty-seven, as alleged by Valenciennes. Sir- J. Richard- 

 son's specimen was in a bad state of preservation, and appears to be 

 lost. 



2. Porichthys porosus. 



Batrachus porosus, Ciiv. Sf Veil. xii. p. 506. pi. 368; Gat/, Hist. Chile, 

 Zool. ii. p. 296. 



D. 2 I 34. A. 33. V. 1/2. 



The length of the head is contained four times and two-thirds in 

 the total. Abdomen wdth two longitudinal series of somewhat in- 

 distinct pores, commencing- at the chin and diverging behind the 

 ventral fins. Above brown, sides and belly silvery ; pores not 

 shining silvery. Dorsal fin with four broad oblique black bands, 

 and always with a black spot between two bands. The posterior 

 half of the caudal blackish or with blackish spots. Anal with two 

 blackish blotches posteriorly. 



Coasts of Chile. 



a, h. Tine specimens. Chile. From Mr. Bridges' Collection. 



