5. BERYX. 13 



1. Beryx lineatus. 



Cuv. Sf Val. iii. p. 226. 



B. 8. D. f^. A. i V. 1/7. L. lat. 51. L. transv. 7/17. 

 Csec. pylor. ca. 20. 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length, the length 

 of the head one-fourth. Operculum with two small spines ; pectoral 

 one-fifth of the total length ; the inferior lobe of the caudal rather 

 longer than the superior. Red, with lighter longitudinal bands. 



King George's Land. 



a. Adult: stuffed: not good state. (Isle de France.) 



2. Beryx afl&nis. (Plate II.) 

 D. ^. A. :^^. V. 1/7. L. lat. 41^3. L. transv. 6/12. 



The height of the body is d\ in the total length, the length of 

 the head 3|^ ; operculum with two distinct spines ; pectoral one- 

 fifth of the total length ; the inferior lobe of the caudal scarcely 

 longer than the superior. 



Coasts of Australia. 



a-e. Adult : stuffed. Australia. Piu'chased of Mr. Warwick. 



d. Adult : has been in chloride of zinc. From the Haslar Collection. 



Description. — This species is closely allied to B. lineatus, but 

 differs in many respects, which, unimportant in themselves, alto- 

 gether lead me to think it a distinct species. 



The form is oblong, moderately compressed, deepest forwards 

 from the nape to the commencement of the soft portion of the dorsal 

 fin, contracting considerably at the origin of the anal. The dorsal 

 line is strongly arched from the front end of the dorsal fin to the tip 

 of the short muzzle. There is another convexity, but much slighter, 

 along the base of the dorsal fin. The ventral line is straight between 

 the origin of the anal and the mandibular joint, rising steeply towards 

 the extremities of snout and tail. The greatest height of the body, 

 at the origin of the dorsal fin, is 3^ in the total length. The length of 

 the head equals the height above-named. The large eye is placed high 

 up, but not interfering with the upper outline of head ; it leaves a 

 space below it deeper than its diameter, ^^■hich is nearly one-third of 

 the length of head. The muzzle is short, reaching about five-sixths 

 of the diameter of the eye. The nostrils of one side are close together, 

 one before the other ; the anterior is placed a little lower, and is oval 

 and small ; the posterior is larger and more elongated. 



The intcrmaxiUaries are thin at the sides, separated in front from 

 one another by a deep notch ; they are furnished ^vith a band of very 

 fine villiform teeth, and with several larger ones at the inner ex- 

 tremity, near the notch ; their upper posterior processes are rather 

 small aud feeble. The palatine bones are armed ^vith a cuneiform 

 band of minute teeth, the broader end in front ; the small patch of 



