8. TRIiENOrHORICHTHYS. 80 



half ; head as high as long ; large canine teeth near the symphysis 

 of the lower jaw. Yellowish rose-coloured ; head and caudal fin 

 black-spotted ; dorsal and anal fins minutely dotted with brown. 

 {BleeTc.) 



Sea of Kajeli. 



7. Gobiodon micropus. 



D. 6 I 14. A. 12. 



Head and body strongly compressed ; the height of the body is one- 

 third of the total length, the length of the head one-fifth. The 

 upper profile of the head is strongly convex, becoming subvertical 

 anteriorly ; snout elevated, but very short ; cleft of the mouth nar- 

 row ; a pair of strong canine teeth near the symphysis of the lower 

 jaw. Eye rather small. Dorsal and anal fins rather elevated, but 

 much lower than the body ; the spines of the anterior dorsal increase 

 in length posteriorly, and the last is connected with the first ray by 

 a low membrane. Caudal convex. Ventral disk verj- sliort, not 

 quite one-half the length of the head, not adherent to the belly. 

 Uniform olive (in spirits) ; vertical fins black, the base of the dorsal 

 and anal being yellowish. 



lines. 



Total length 18 



Length of the head 3| 



Height of the body 6 



China Seas. 



a. China Seas. Presented by Captain Sir E. Belcher, C.B. 



8. TRI^NOPHORICHTHYS. 



Triaenophorus, Gill in Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, 1859, p. 17. 

 Trisenophorichthys, Gill in Proc. Acad. Nat. <S'o. Philad. 1859, p. 195. 



Body subcylindrical, covered with ctenoid scales of moderate or 

 rather small size ; head oblong, broad, rather depressed, with the 

 cleft of the mouth nearly horizontal, and with the jaws of equal 

 length ; both jaws with a series of erect, closely-set, tricuspid teeth. 

 Eyes of moderate size. Two dorsal fins, the anterior with six flex- 

 ible spines ; caudal quite free ; ventrals united, not adherent to the 

 belly. Gill-openings of moderate width. Pseudobranchiae ; a slit 

 behind the fourth gill. 



Coast of China (Hongkong). 



1. Trisenopliorichthys trigonocephalus. 

 GUI, I. c. p. 18. 



D. 6 I 12-13. A. 12. L. lat. 55. 



Sixteen to eighteen longitudinal series of scales between the 

 second dorsal fin and the anal. The height of the body is some- 

 what less than the length of the head, and one-fifth of the total. 

 The head is rather broader than high, its width being five-sevenths 



