144 triglid.t:. 



remainder, though continuous. Yellowish or reddish, marhled with 

 brown. 



Coast of New York and further northwards, 



21. AMPHIPRIONICHTHYS. 



Amphiprionichthys, Bheher, Kokos, iii. p. 172. 



Head and body compressed, scaleless. Prseorbital, prjeoperculum 

 and operculum armed ; prceoperculum and operculum small, and not 

 covering the gill -membrane. One dorsal, emarginate between the 

 spinous and soft portions, with eight spines, the anal with two. 

 Villiform teeth in the jaws only. Six branchiostegals. 



Sea of the Kokos Islands. 



1. Amphiprionichthys apistus. 

 Bleeker, l. c. p. 173. 



The upper sm-face of the head with conical tubercles ; cheeks with 

 short tentacles ; cleft of the mouth subvertical. Yellowish-brown ; 

 head and body punctulated with bro\\Ti. (Bl.) 



Sea of the Kokos Islands. 



22. SYNANCIDIUM. 



S^Tianceia, sp., Bl. Sch>i. p. 194; Cuv. ^ Val. iv. p. 440. 

 SJTiancidium, Midi. Bert. Ahhandl. 1844, p. 163. 



Head irregiilai-ly formed, large ; scales none ; body, and sometimes 

 head and fins, "with skinny Haps. The soft dorsal continuous with the 

 spinous, which is formed by thu-teen spines. Pectoral appendages 

 none ; anal with about five soft rays. Yilliform teeth in the jaws and 

 on the vomer ; none on the palatine bones. Branchiostegals seven. 

 Air-bladder present, small ; pyloric appendages in small number. 



East Indian and Australian Seas. 



1. Synancidiiun horridum. 



Renard, i. 39. f. 199. 



Scoi-psena horrida, L. Si/sf. i. p. 453 ; Blueh, 1. 183 ; Lacep. iii. p. 261, 



ii. t. 17. f. 2. 

 Perca, sp., Gronov. Zoopluil. no. 292. tab. 11 . f. 1, tab. 12. f. l,tab. 13. f. 1. 

 Spianceia hon'ida, Bl. ^chn. p. 194 ; Cuv. iS'- Tal. iv. p. 440; Bleeker, 



Verhand. Batav. Geitoofsch. xxii. Sclernp. p. 9. 

 Scoi-psena monstrosa, Gronor. Si/st. ed. Gray, p. 117. 

 Synanceia trachynis, Richards. Ann. Sf Mag. Nat. Hist. 1842, ix. p. 385. 



D. 2 I ^. A. |. Cajc. pylor. 3. Vert. 10/14. 



A very large and deep hemispheric groove on the cheek ; crown of 

 the head saddle-shaped. Yomerino teeth. 



East Indian and Australian Seas (St. Helena). 



a. Adult; stuffed. Australia. Presented by J. B. Jukes, E.sq. 



