26. PELOR. J49 



with M. icoora, Bleek. The fact that Cuvier ascribes three pyloric 

 appendages to one species, and five to the other, deserves particular 

 dact!tT "*'"*'"' Richardson, does not differ from M. mono- 



2. Minous pusillus. 



Temm. ^- Schley. Faun. Japon. Puiss. p. 50. 

 D-^. A.|. 

 The mterocular space is two-thirds the width of the orbit • the 

 posterior prajorbital spine is feeble, and directed downwards Dorsal 

 '^Sea of jrtn ' ^*'''^^''' ^'''^ 1'™^^^^^^^ "^to fflaments. {Schleg.) 



fnlM^r^^ igTiorant of the structure of the gills, I would refer the 

 foUowing speciej, for the present, to this genus, from which, however, 

 It appears to differ genencaUy in having a distinct anterior division 

 ol the spinous dorsal. '^luu 



3. Minous trachycephalus. 



Aploactis trachycephalus, Bleeker, Celebes, \i. p. 451. 

 B. 7. D. 3 1 1. A. -?-. 



The interocular space concave, one-half the diameter of the eve • 

 head with numerous conical tubercles ; the pra^orbital with a single 

 short spme ; the length of the pectoral fins is ^ in the total. (Bl\ 



bea of Manado (Celebes). ^ '^ 



26. PELOE. 



Pelor, Cm: ^ Val. iv. p. 427. 



Head irregulariy formed ; scales none ; body, head, and fins with 



!!!f''^.?^''" ! ^i'''^^ ''''*'''''°'' '^'^''"^^ ^P"^^'^ joined by a membrane, 

 and rather remote from the others, which, twelve or fom-teen ii^ 



,wr\'''I''?^''^.^™°' '*''' ^"°*^''- Two pectoral appendages, 

 joined at the base by a membrane; ventrals thoracic. Villiform 

 teeth m the jaws, on the vomer and the palatine bones. Branchio- 

 smSnumW' ''"''^^^'^'^^'" P^'^'"^*' ^'^^^' Pyloric appendages in 

 Indian Ocean ; East Indian Seas. 



1. Pelor filamentosmn. 



Cuv.Sr Val. iv p. 428. pi. 94 ; C,n: Ricpw Anhn. III. Pom. pi. 25 

 t. 2; Less. Vol/. Coq. Zool. Poiss. p. 206. pi. 21. f. 1. 



D. 3|ll|-l. A. 11. CiEc. pylor. 4. 



The two upper pectoral rays filiform and prominent. The dia- 

 meter of the eye is If in the width of the interocular space : cheeks 



