132 TRIGLID^. 



13. ENNEAPTERYGIUS. 



Enneapterygius, RiippL-ll, N. W. Fische, p. 2. 



Three separ&te dorsal fins, the first two spinous ; ventrals jugular, 

 with two rays ; no pectoral filaments. Head naked ; praeoperculum 

 and infraorbital j oined together. Scales large, lateral line inteiTupted. 



Red Sea. 



1. Enneapterygius pusillus. 

 R'dppeU, I. c. taf. 1. f. 2. 



D. 3 I 11 I 8. A. 16. , V. 2. P. 11. L. lat. 22. 



Green : a brown, blue-edged band round the throat, from eye to 

 eye ; opercles minutely dotted with brown and blue. (Bilpp.) 

 Massuah. 



14. PENTAROGE*. 



Apistus, sp., Cuv. ^- Val. iv. p. 416. 

 Head and body compressed, without any scales. Prasorbital and 

 prgeopcrculum ^^dth strong spines. One dorsal ^Tii\\ twelve or thir- 

 teen spines, anal with tliree; no pectoral appendages. Villiform 

 teeth in the jaws, on the vomer and the palatine bones. Air-bladder 

 small ; pyloric appendages in moderate number. A cleft behind the 

 fourth gill. 



AustraUan Seas. 



1. Pentaroge marmorata. 

 Apistus marmoratus, Cuv. 8f Val. iv. p. 416 ; Ctiv. B^gne Amm. III. 

 Poiss. pi. 24. f. 3. 



• B. 7. D. 1'-^'. A. |. CiEC. pylor. 6. Vert. 11/17. 



The praeorbital spine very long, dagger-shaped. Cleft of the month 

 sUghtly oblique, with the upper maxillary reaching to the vertical 

 from the centre of the eye. The dorsal begins on the neck. Dirty 

 yellowish, largely marbled with brown. 



Seas of Timor, Australia, and Van Diemen's Land. 



a. Adult. Van Diemen's Land. From the Haslar Collection. 



b. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 



c. Adult : stuff"ed. Australia. Purchased of Mr. Warwick. 



d. Half- grown : not good state. 



15. TETRAROGEt. 



Apistus, sp., Cuv. 8f Val. 

 Head and body compressed, naked, or with minute rudimentary 



* From Trevre, and pwyr), a cleft. Five clefts between the gills; wliilst other 

 fishes, hitlierto referred to Apistus, are provided with four only, 

 t Cfr. Pentaroge. 



1. Apistus bougainvillii, Cuv. # Val. iv. p. 411. 



2. belengerii, Cuv. ^ Val. p. 412 ; Belenger, Voy. Ind. Orient, p. 349.— 



Coast of Malabar. 



3. amblycephaloides, Sleeker, Sumatra, ii. p. 8.— Sumatra. 



