230 TKACniNIU^. 



3. ANEMA*. 

 Uranoscopus, sp., Vuv. Sf Val. 



Habit and teeth as. in Uranoscopus. Seales very small. No fila- 

 ment in the interior of the mouth. One continuous dorsal ; ventrals 

 jugular ; pectoral rays branched ; "some bones of the head armed. Six 

 branehiostcgals ; pseudobranchiai. Cavity of the gills without superior 

 opening. Air-bladder none ; pyloric appendages in moderate number. 



East Indian Seas ; New Zealand. 



1. Anema monopterygium. 



Uranoscopus monopterygius, Bl. Sclut,. p. 49. 



niaculatus, Solatuler, MSS. ; Forster, MSS. ; Richards. Ann. ^• 



Mac/. Nat. Hist. 1842, p. 207, and Erch. ^- Terr. Fishes, p. 54. pi. 33. 



f. l-3t. 



ciiThosus, Cuv. (§- Val. iii. p. 314. 



forsteri, C'ltc. ^ Val. iii. p. 318. 



kouripouia, Less. Voy. Dtiperrey, Poiss. pi. 18. 



D. 20. A. 17. Cjec. pylor. 14. 



No filament in the mouth. Scales extremely smaU. Cavity of 

 the gills not opened above ; a short, obtuse barbel in the middle of 

 the chin. Operculum and pra^ojDerculum covered with soft skin. 

 Head, body, and pectoral fins wdth round or ovate white spots. 



New Zealand. 



a. Fine specimen. New Zealand. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 

 b-d. Adult: very bad state. Bay oi Islands. From the Haslar 



Collection. 

 e. Adult, From the Haslar Collection. 



2. Anema elongatum. 



Uranoscopus elongatus, Teinm. 8f Schley. Faun. Japan. Poiss. p. 27. 

 pi. 9. f. 2. 



D. 14. A. 18. 



The height of the body is 5| in the total length, the length of the 

 head 3^. Teeth rather large. The bony plates of the skull sepa- 

 rated from one another by intervals of soft skin ; parts of the oper- 

 culum and prffiopcrculimi naked, bony. The dentary bone with a 

 broad and notched apophysis at its inferior side ; prceopercuhim 

 without spines. Scales very small. Greenish-olive, with numerous 

 dark spots. (Schleg.) 



Sea of Japan . 



3. Anema inerme. 



Uranoscopus le beck, Bloch, Sy.-,v. p. 47. 



inermia, Cuv. iSf Val. iii.' p. 310. pi. 05; Cuv. Effgne Anim. lU. 



Poiss. pi. 17. f. 3 ; Faun. Japan. Poiss. p. 27. pi. 10 a. 



D. ^^. A. 16-19. Ca)c. pylor. 8. 

 One dorsal. Scales very small. The length of the head is 3| in 



* From riifia, filament, aim ilic n privalivum. t Barbel much too long. 



