G. uuKiicHTHYs. 183 



Doryichthys bernsteinii, Bleek. Arch. Neerland. Baumhauer, 1867, 

 p. 398, appears to be closely allied to 1). auronitens. As the journal 

 in which the description has been published is not generally acces- 

 sible, I give Dr. Eleeker's description : — 



" Corpore valde elongato, antice liejjtagono, postice tetragono, alti- 

 tudine 24 circiter in ejus longitudine, teque lato circitcr ac alto ; 

 capite 7 cii'citer in longitudine corporis ; oculis diametro 7 circ. in 

 longitutline capitis; linea rostro-frontali ante oculos concava ; rostro 

 capitis parte postoculari duplo circiter longiore, subcylindrico, quin- 

 tuple circ. longiore quam parte gracillima, alto, superno crista trans- 

 versa nulla ; vertice convexiusculo ceUuloso ; orbitis la3\ibus ; cristis 

 utroque latere rostro-ocidari postocularique et cristulis rostro at 

 vertiee medianis leviter vix conspicue crenidatis ; operculo celluloso 

 medio crista longitudinali laevi iuferne striis aliquot humilioribus 

 divergentibus; scutis trunco 22, cauda 24 vel 25, scutis singulis 

 transvorsim striatis, lamiuis intersuturalibus ovalibus loevibus, cari- 

 nis sublaevibus non serratis ; carina trunco laterali cum carina 

 cauda3 infcriore continua, carina trunco dorsali longe post initium 

 carinfe cauda; superioris producta ; cauda absque pinna, trunco absque 

 capite paulo tantum breviore, pinna dorsali conspicue ante anum 

 acuto trunci 20° incipiente et scuto caudali 7° desinente corpore 

 multo humiliore ; anali minima ; caudali obtuse rotundata capitis 

 parte postoculari non longiore ; colore corpore ■vdolascente-viridi ; 

 iride ^iridi-aurea ; fascia rostro-oculo-caudaU profunde fusca ; pin- 

 nis, caudali fusca, ceteris aurantiaco- vel roseo-hyalinis. D. 41." 



A single female specimen, 212 millims. long, from Halmaheira. 



10. Doryichthys millepimctatus. 



Doryichthys millepunctatus, Knup, Lophobr. p. 60. 

 Osseous rings 21 4- x. 



Edges of the shields serrated. Lateral line uninterrupted, passing 

 into the lower edge of the tail. Operculum with a chstinct longitu- 

 dinal ridge, and with from three to seven radiating lines underneath. 

 Length of the snout equal to the distance between the anterior mar- 

 gin of the orbit and the further extremity of the ring that supports 

 the pectoral fin. Dorsal fin standing on nine rings, two of which 

 belong to the trunk. Tail shorter than the body. ^Tiitish, dotted 

 with black on the belly. {Kaup.) 



Madagascar; Bourbon. 



The typical specimens are in the Paris Museum. 



1 1 . Doryichthys lineatus. 



Doryichthys lineatus, Kai/p, Lophobr. p. 59. 

 aculoatus, Kunp, Lophobr. p. (51. 



D. 42-44. Osseous rings 19-22 + 23-27. 



Edges of the shields rough, with prominent spines in younger in- 

 dividuals, but they disappear in the adult. Lateral line uninter- 

 rupted, passing into the lower edge of the tail. Body compressed. 



