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Second Group. NOMEINA. 



Scomhrida= with a (listinet spinou.s })orti()n of tlio dorsal fin, sopa- 

 I'lited from, or continuous with, the soft, which is tlie mon.- dcvolo])ed. 

 J5ody oljlonj;, covered ^y\t\\ cycloid Sf;ale.s of niodor.'ite size. 



!i'. GASTERCCHISIIA. 



Gasterochisnia, llirluirds. Ann. ^- Mik/. Naf. JL'sf. xv. 1845. p. •}4(>. 

 and IcMii/oL Voij. Ereb. cV Terr. p. HO. 



The body is ohlong-, compressed, covered with cj'cloid scales of 

 moderate si/.e ; deft of the mouth ivlde. Lateral line withont any 

 armature. The first dorsal -with seventeen spines ; tlic second and 

 the anal with the posterior raj's detached, forming- finlcts ; no sepa- 

 I'atc anal spines. The ventral is exceedingly- long and bi'oad, and 

 can he completehj coneealcd in a dec^) fissure on the cd)domen. Teeth 

 conical, small, forming single series in the jaws : teeth on the vomer 

 and the palatine bones. 



Coast of New Zealand. 



\. Gasterochisma melampus. 



Richards. II. cc. pi, 37. f. ]-:3. 



(?B.5.) D. 17|i,!VI. A.fJVL V. 1/5. 



Ventrals black, one-thii'd of the total length. The maxillary 

 reaches somewhat bej'ond the vertical from the centre of the eye. 

 New Zealand. 



a. Type of the species: bad state. Port Nicholson. Fi-om thr 

 Haslar Collection. 



U. NOMEUS. 

 Nomeus, Cur. Rif)»o A/ii>n. ; Cur. ^y J 7//. ix. p. 242. 



The body is oblong and rather compressed, covered with cycloid 

 scales of somewhat small size ; cleft of the woulh, narroiv. Lateral 

 line without any armature. The first dorsal continuous, Avith ten or 

 eleven spines ; the second and the aiual an; more developed, and have 

 no detached finlets ; no separate anal spines. The ventral is long 

 and broad, attached to the belly by a membrane, and can he received 

 in a fissure of the ahdnmen. Teeth small, forming single series ii; 

 the jaws ; teeth on the vomer and the palatine bones. Pyloric ap- 

 pendages very numerous. Air-bladder present; branchiostegalssix. 



Tropical jiarts of the Atlantic ; Indian Ocetin and Archi])elago. 



1 . Nomeiis gronovii. 



(lobius, sp., (iroiiar. Zoopht/I. ]>. s2. no. 2")^. 



gronovii, (hii. j). 120.J. 



Eleotris ninuritii, Rl. ScJuk p <j(). 

 Gobionioni.-' ai\)U(>vifinu.-i, Luccp. ii. )). o<S4. 



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