142 MURiENID.'E. 



Leptocephalus dinplianiis, Knup, Ajwd. p. 148, fig. 9. 



yarrelli, Kciip, Apod. p. 140, tig. l.">. 



hajckoli, part., K<mp, Ann. S,- Mag. N(d. Hid. 1800, vi. p. 270. 



Bodj^ compresscfl, its depth being more than the length of the 

 head. Vent in the posterior half of the total length. Snout 

 acutely pointed, produced. Eye large. Tongue not free in front. 

 Pectoral fins none, or rudimentary. Jaws toothed. Chorda dorsali.s 

 without ossifications. 

 a, h. Messina. Named L. JiaclcVii by Dr. Kaup. 



c. Messina. Named L. yarrelli by Dr. Kaup. 



d. Sicily. Presented by W. Swainson. 



e. Nice. Purchased of Mr. Wright. 



/. Mediterranean. Named L. diajjJwnns by Dr. Kaup. 

 g. Santa Cruz. Presented by the llev. 11. T. Lowe. 



Lq)focephnlus Tcefersteinii is a name proposed by Dr. Kaup (Ann. 

 & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1860, vi. p. 270, pi. 3. fig. A) for examples be- 

 longing to the form L. peUuckhis, but with a very small head. 



a. Messina. One of the typical examples. 



B. Indian and South Atlantic. 

 1. Body short. 



Leptocephalus (Diaphanichthys) brevicaudus. Peters, 3Ionatshcr. Ak. 

 Wiss. Berlin, 18G4, p. 399. 



Body much compressed, short. Head small. Snout acutely 

 pointed, short. Fins none. Vent in the posterior half of the total 

 length. Jaws toothed. — Sea between Maybate and Luzon. 



2. Bod]i of moderate tmdth mid lenr/th. 



Leptocoplialiis dcntex, Ca)d<)r, Mai. Bept. p. .333. 



t;vnia, Bhrh. Nat. 7)/ds. Nvd.-Lul. viii. p. 428. 



Leptoccplialiclithys taiiiioidos, Bkck. Enumer. Spec. Fisc. Arch. Lid. 



p. 180. 

 Leptocephalus t;\3nioides, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Mm: p. 123, pi. 48. fig. 4. 



Body much compressed, of moderate width and length, its dejith 

 being mucli more than the length of the head, which is very small. 

 Snout acutely pointed. Eye small. Tongue not free in front. Fins 

 none, or rudimentary. Teeth present or absent. Chorda dorsalis 

 without ossifications. 



a-h. Zanzibar. From Licut.-Col. Playfair's Collection. 



c. Type of L. tcenioideif, in very bad state. Amboyna. From Dr. 



Bleeker's Collection. 

 d-e. Collected hy Capt. Thompson. From the Liverpool Museum. 

 f-h. Lat. 31° south, long. 45° west. From the Liverpool Museum. 



The Liverpool Museum possesses, among others, an example which 

 appears to have lost a consideral)le portion of the liinder part of its 

 body ; the part injured is perfectly liealed. For this, as well 



