2 FLAIFISHES (HICTEROSOMA'IA) 



Typk. — Indian Museum 



Distribution. — West of Ceylon, 102 to 105 fathoms. 



Specimens Examini-d : 



I (loi) iniii.,1. Par.Uvpo. \Vo5t cif Ceylon, 102-105 fins. 



Also the holotype (130 mm,), from the same locahty. 



PliiKwpsdla s:Ims,i. ¥ 

 Siimrtriscus "/.i.ssn, \c 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



SAMARISCUS (?) GLOSSA (Franz). 



, loio, Abh. Bavcr. Ak.iil. Wiss., Suppl. i\ , .Al.h. 1, p. 64, pi. vii 

 !i, i.j.ii. Ann. .Mag. .Nat. Hist.. (10) viii, p. hnv 



Depth of body jj- in the length, length of head 4J. Snout shorter than eye, 

 diameter of which is 3J in length of liead ; eyes separated by a narrow, scaled ridge, 

 their anterior margins about level. Maxillary extending to below anterior edge of 

 eye. Scales ctenoid ; 66 in lateral line. Lateral line with accessory branches.' 

 Dorsal 70. Anal 53. Pectoral with about 10 (?) rays, a little longer than head. 

 Caudal obtusely pointed. Brownish, spotted and blotched with black on head, body 

 and fins ; dorsal and anal fins with dark edges ; pectoral with small dark spots. 



Type. — Not traced.^ 



Distribution. — Japan (Yagoshima), 82 fathoms 



The unique holotype was no mm. in total length. 



'. describes the lateral line as follows: " Laterallinie ga 

 urzcn, aufwarts strebenden Ast, ausserdeni iindet sicl 



iestrei kt, .in der Augenseite hat 

 n abgesprengtes Stiick Lateral- 

 linie dorsal \oni Operculanvinkel ; vielleicht abnormerweise. .A.uf der iJlindseite ist der kurze, 

 .lufsteiseiide .\st sleichfalls vorhanden und von ihin zieht cine Laterallinie, iini .-^ugenlinie von der 

 Hasis der Dorsalen entfernt, der letzteren parallel iiber V der Lange des ganzen Tieres." 



- i.ir. O. Siiiindler, of the Zoologische SaininUing des liaverischen Staates, Miinchen, informs 



tli.it the tvpt 



sper 



lie fn 



