3. poRicHTin-s. 177 



and have been overlooked by Valenciennes. The presence of two teeth 

 on each side of the vomer is accidental in individuals which are 

 shedding their teeth. Finally, I ha\e found tliirtj'-two or thirty- 

 three anal rays in all the specimens, as is stated also Ijy Jcnyns, 

 and never twenty-seven, as alleged by Valenciennes. Sir J. Richard- 

 son's specimen was in a bad state of preservation, and appears to be 

 lost. 



2. Porichthys porosus. 



Batracliua porosus, Cuv. ^ Val. xii. p, 50G, pi. 3G8 ; Gay, Hist. Chile, 

 Zool. ii. p. 29G. 



D. 2 1 34. A. 33. V. 1/2. 



The length of the head is contained four times and two-thirds in 

 the total. Abdomen with two longitudinal series of somewhat in- 

 distinct pores, commencing at the chin and diverging behind the 

 ventral fins. Above brown, sides and belly silvciy ; pores not 

 shining silvery. Dorsal fin with four broad oblique black bands, 

 and always with a black spot between two bands. The posterior 

 half of the caudal blackish or with blackish spots. Anal with t^vo 

 blackish blotches i)osteriorly. 



Coasts of Chile. 



a, b. Fine specimens. Chile. From Mr. Bridges' Collection. 



