514 xrPHiiD^. 



XipLias platypteniS; Shaw, Zool. iv. p. 101. 



Ilistiophorus indicus, Cuv. <^ Val. viii. p. 293. pi. 229 j Ouv. Eigne 



Anim. lU. Poiss. pi. 53. f. 1. 

 americanus, Cuv. Sr Val. viii. p. 303 ; Guicheru Poiss. in Ramon 



de la Sagra, Hist, Cuba, p. 105. 



D. 42-50 I 7. A. 10 I 7. V. 2. Vert. 14/10. 



Tho upper profile of the head descending in a straight line. Dorsal • 

 fin much higher than the body. The height of the body is one- 

 seventh or one-eighth of the total length, the length of the head one- 

 fourth. The produced part of the upper jaw is conical, and longer 

 than the remainder of the head. Dermal productions lanceolate. 

 The membrane of the dorsal fin with numerous small spots. 



Seas between, or near, the tropics. 



a. Eight feet long : stuffed. Indian Ocean. — Type of tho species. 

 6. Seven feet long : stuffed. Cape of Good Hope. 



c. Dorsal fin. N. S. Wales (?). Presented by Dr. G. Bennett. 



d. Snout : dried. 



4. Histiophorus orientalis. 

 Temm. 6f Schleg. Faun, Japan. Poiss. p. 103. pi. 55. 

 D. 44 1 6. A. 10 I 6. V. 1. 



The upper profile of tho head and of the neck strongly curved. 

 Dorsal fin much higher than the body, the membrane spotted with 

 bluish. (Schleg.) 



Sea of Japan. 



5. Histiophorus immaculatus. 



R'dppdl, Proc. Zool. Soc. iii. p. 110, and Trans. Zool. Soc. ii. p. 71. 

 pi. 15, and N. W. Fische, p. 42. tat 11. f. 8. 



D. 47 I 7. A. 10 I 7. V. 3. 



Tho dorsal fin is much higher than the body. The height of the 

 body is one-tenth of the total length, the length of the head about 

 one-third. Dermal productions lanceolate. Coloration uniform ; 

 dorsal blackish, immaculate, (iiiipp.) 



Red Sea. 



6. Histiophorus pulchellus. 

 Ouv. 8f Vol. viu. p. 805. pi. 230. 



D. 48 I 8. A. 20 I 8*. V. 2. 

 The dorsal fin is much higher than tho body. Prscoperculum with 

 a triangiilai spine at tho angle. Head as long as tho body, without 

 caudal fin ; the sword-shaped jaw slightly compressed. Doi-sal fin 

 with large irregular black spots. 

 Cup en France. {Cuv.) 



* Is not thi" a misprint for A. 10 | 8? 



