132 TEIGLIDJE. 



13. ENNEAPTERYGIUS. 



Enneapterygius, Miippell, N. W. Fische, p. 2. 



Three separate dorsal fins, the first two spinous ; ventrals jugular, 

 with two rays ; no jjectoral filaments. Head naked ; praeoperculum 

 and infraorbital j oined together. Scales large, lateral line interrupted. 



Red Sea. 



1. Enneapterygius pusillus, 



Riippell, I. c. taf. 1. f. 2. 



D. 3 I 11 1 8. A. 16. V. 2. P. 11. L. lat. 22. 



Green : a brown, blue-edged band round the throat, from eye to 

 eye ; opereles minutely dotted with brown and blue, (-Ki/jjp.) 

 Massuah. 



14. PENTAEOGE*. 



Apistus, sp., Cuv. ^ Val. iv. p. 416. 

 Head and body compressed, without any scales. Prseorbital and 

 prseoperculum -ndth strong spines. One dorsal with twelve or thii-- 

 teen spines, anal with three; no pectoral appendages. ViUiform 

 teeth in the jaws, on the vomer and the palatine bones. Air-bladder 

 small ; pyloric appendages in moderate number. A cleft behind the 

 fourth gill. 



Australian Seas. 



1. Pentaroge marmorata. 



Apistus mannoratus, Cuv. Sf Val. iv. p. 416 ; Cav. Rigne Anim. III. 

 Foiss. pi. 24. f. 3. 



B. 7. D. -t2il5). A. |. Cffic. pylor. 6. Vert. 11/17. 



The praeorbital spine very long, dagger-shaped. Cleft of the mouth 

 shghtly obUque, with the upper maxiUary reaching to the vertical 

 from the centre of the eye. The dorsal begins on the neck. Dirty 

 yellowish, largely marbled with brown. 



Seas of Timor, Australia, and Van Diemen's Land. 



a. Adult. Van Diemen's Land. From the Haslar Collection. 



b. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 



c. Adult : stuffed. Australia. Purchased of Mr. Warwick, 

 c?. Half-grown : not good state. 



15. TETRAROGEf. 



Apistus, sp., Cuv. ^ Val. 

 Head and body compressed, naked, or with minute rudimentary 



* From Trevre, and pmy>), a cleft. Five clefts between the gills ; wliilst other 

 fishes, hitherto referred to Apistus, are provided vrith four ouly. 

 t Cfr. Penfarogc. 



1. Apistus bougainvillii, Cuv. ^ Val. iv. p. 411. 



2. belengerii, Cuv. ^ Val. p. 412 ; Belenger, Vol/. Ind. Orient, p. 349. — 



Coast of Malabar. 



3. amblycephaloides, Bleeker, Sumatra, ii. p. 8. — Sumatra. 



