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3. Agonostoma telfaivii. 



Agonostomus telfixirii, licnti. Pror. C'onwi. ZooL Soc. i. ]8."!0, ]>, lt)(>. 

 Nestis cyprinoidus, Cnv. ^- Vol. xi. p. 107. pi. .'517. 



D. 4 I 4. A. |. L. lat. 45. L. transv. i;3. 



Villiforra teeth in the jaws, on the vomer and the pterygoid liones, 

 none on tlie palatines. The height of the body is one-tiftli of the 

 total length, the length of the head nearly one-sixth. The front 

 part of the upper hj) is rather thick, not protruding; snout as loug 

 as the orbit. The anterior dorsal commences somewhat nearer to 

 the snout than to the bnsc of the caudal. Upper parts dark-coloured ; 

 a silvery band along tlie side. 



Mauritius. Comoro Islands, 

 a~c. Young. Anjuan. From Prof. Peters 's Collection. 

 (K Half-grown. Mauritius. From Mr. CJcrrard's Collection. — Typo 

 of the species. 



4. Agonostoma dobuloides. 



Nestis dobuloides, Car. ■^- VaL xi. p. 171. 

 D. 4 1 1. A. ^. 



I H- 9 



Very small teeth in the upper jaw and on the vomer, none in the 

 lower and on the palatine bones. Upper li]) thick. ( VaJ.) 

 Mauritius. 



5. Agonostoma microps. 

 D. 4 ||. A. 4. L. lat. 43. L. transv. 12. 



Broad bands of villiform teeth in the jaws, on tlie vomer, tlie ])ala- 

 tinc and pterj-goid bones. The height of the body is contained iivc; 

 times in the total length, the length of the head four times and a 

 half; the latter is more than the distance between the origins of tin' 

 two dorsal fins; snout nuicli l<mger than the eye. Upjjcr lip Uiick, 

 protruding anteriorly. The maxillary extends to, or l)eyond, th(! 

 vertical from the anterior margin of the eye. The interorbital space 

 is convex. The anterior dorsal commences midway between the 

 snout and the base of the caudal fin. 



Probably West Indies. 



Twelve inches long. 



a, h. Adult and half-groA^•n. From the Collection of the; Zoological 

 Society. 



Descrtjitioii. — The body is moderately com])ressed, its greatest 

 de])tli being one-fifth of the total length ; its upper anterior profile 

 is very sliglitly convex, ob]i(]uely descending ; the lengtli of (he hend 

 is contained four times and a half in the total. The interorbital 

 space is convex, its width being nearly one-third of the length of 

 the head. The snout is conical, twice as h)ng as the eye, the dia- 

 m(iter of which is one-sixth of tlie length of the head. The u])])er li]) 

 is thick, especially its front part, Mhich projects bej-ond the lower 

 jaw. The cleft of the mouth is s]iglitlyobli(pie.aiul of modernte width. 



