22. BOBiDiA. 499 



5. Pimelepterus ternatensis. 

 Sleeker, Ternate, ii. p. 604. 



D. |i. A. ^. L. lat. 60. 



Tho height of the body is one- third of the total length. The 

 spinous portion of tho dorsal rather lower than the soft. Greenish, 

 with brownish longitudinal streaks. 



Sea of Ternate. 



6. Pimelepterus tahmel. 



Scia3iia tahmel, Forsk. p. 53. 



Pimelepterus altipLnnis, Cuv. ^ J^al. A-ii. p. 270 ; Sleek. Sanka, ii. 



p. 727. 

 Pimelepterus tahmel, RUpp. N. W. Fische, p. 35. taf. 10. f. 4. 



D. ii. A.:^. L. lat. 60. L. transv. 9/21. 



The height of the body is 2|- in tho total length ; the distance 

 between tho eyes is 2| in tho length of the head ; the soft portions 

 of the dorsal and anal fins elevated, much higher than tho spinous. 

 Greyish, with numerous reddish-brown longitudinal stripes. [Pyloric 

 appendages in very great number.] 



From the Red Sea through the Indian Ocean and Archipelago to 

 New Guinea. 



a. Adult : stuffed. Red Sea. From Dr. Riippell's Collection. 

 6. Fine specimen. Philippine Islands. 



c. Young. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



d. Young. 



I here subjoin, as an appendix to this family, the description of 

 a fish which I had no opportunity of examining, and which appears 

 to bo nearer tho family PristipomatidcB, from which, however, it 

 differs by its peculiar dentition. 



22. BORIDIA. 



Boridia, Cuv. S( Vol. v. p. 154. 



Two dorsal fins, the first with eleven spines. In each jaw three 

 or four series of molar-like teeth ; the anterior teeth also molar-like ; 

 no teeth on the palate. Cheeks scaly, fins sealeless. Scales of 

 moderate size, not cUiated. Prajoperculum denticulated. 



Brazil. 



1. Boridia grossidens. 

 Cuv. Sf Val. V. p. 154. pi. 114. 



D.ll|± A. A. 



Body rather elongate. Caudal forked ; spines of the fins of mode- 

 rate strength and length. 

 Brazil. 



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