412 SCOMnKTD.T.. 



1 . Scliedophilus berthelotii. 



Crius* berthelotii, Vdlenc. in Wchh ^- BcrtJni. lies Canar. Pom. p. 45. 

 pi. 0. f. 1. 



D. 38. A. 25. Cfcc. pylor. G. 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length. (Jrecnish ; 

 fins brownish. 

 Canary Islands. 



a. Half-gro^^^l : skin. From Gronow's Collection. 



2. Schedophilus maculatus. 

 D.^: A.^. V.1/5. 



The height of the body is contained three times and tlircc-seveiitlis 

 in the total length. The root of the ventral falls vertically before 

 that of the pectoral. Bodj' and tail sj)otted with brown ; four spots 

 on the base of the dorsal fin, three on that of the anal, two on that 

 of the caudal brownish-black. 



Sea of China. 



a. Young, China Sea. Presented by Captain Sir E. Belcher, C.B. 



The anterior nine dorsal rays and three of the anal fin are de- 

 cidedlj' spinous, but I doubt whether this character is preserved in 

 a mature state of the fish. The whole margin of the i>ra}operculum 

 is aiTned with spines. The ventrals are inserted before the pecto- 

 rals, subjugular. 



Total length 24 lines. 



Height of the body 7 „ 



3. Schedophilus medusophagns. 



Centrolophiis medusophagus, Cocco in (>'iorn, Inmnn. 3Tc.is. Ann. iii. 



no. 7. p. 57. 

 Schedophilus medusophagus, Cocco, I. c. : Bonap. Fmoi. It<tl. Pose. 



cum lig. 



D. 44-47. A. 28-29. V. 1/5. 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length ; root of 

 the ventral situated vertically below that of the pectoral. Brown- 

 spotted ; fins blackish-brown ; caudal without spots at its base. 



Mediterranean. 



n, b. Old Collection, 



c, d. Young. Open sea. Presented by (;apt. J. B. Godfrey. 



e. Young. Open sea. Presented by Capt. J. B. (Jodfrey. 



* Valenciennes has established a genus Crius for two fishes, Crius hcnneUii 

 and Crini^ berthelotii. 



1. lie was aware that Lowe had, previously to him, considered the former as 

 the type of a genus, Lrirua ; ncvertlieless lie has preferred to create a syuoTiym. 



2. lie has no recollection that Crius Jivnneftii is (U scribed in the Ili.-ifi'irc Kaf. 

 des Poiss. as Cenfrolaphvs ovoHs. 



3. He characteri/cs the genus Crius as having a spimlcs'^ privopcrcuimii, wliilst 

 one of the species (Cr l:crfh'!(i/ii) is dislinguislicd In very iiroiiiiiicnt ]>r;v- 

 opercidar spines 



