142 MtJRiENIDJE. 



Leptocephalua dinphanus, Kaup, Apod. p. 148, fig. 9 



yarrelli, Katq), Apotl. p. 14! >, iij>^. 1'}, 



hseckoli, part., Kaup, Ami. ^- May. Nut. Hist. 1800, vi. p. 270. 



Body compressed, its' depth being more than the length of the 

 head. Vent in the posterior half of the total length. Snout 

 acutely pointed, produced. Eye large. Tongue not free in front. 

 Pectoral fins none, or rudimentary. Jaws toothed. Chorda dorsahs 

 without ossifications. 



a, h. Messina. Named L. hceekelii by Dr. Kaup. 



c. Messina. Named L. yarrdli by Dr. Kaup. 



d. Sicily. Presented by W. Swaiuson. 



e. Nice. Purchased of Mr. Wright. 



/. Mediterranean. Named L. diaphaniis by Dr. Kaup. 

 g. Santa Cruz. Presented by the Hov. 11. T. Lowe. 



LqdocepJialtis kefersteinii is a name proposed by Dr. Kaup (Ann. 

 & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1860, vi. p. 270, pi. 3. fig. A) for examples bo- 

 longing to the form L. pellucidus, but with a very small head. 



a. Messina. One of the typical examples. 



B. Indian and South Atlantic. 

 1. Body short. 



Leptocephalus (Diaphanichthys) brevicaudus, Peters, Monatsbei: Ak. 

 Wiss. Berlin, ISftl, p. 399. 



Body much compressed, short. Head small. Snout acutely 

 pointed, short. Fins none. Vent in the posterior half of the total 

 length. Jaws toothed. — Sea between Maybate and Luzou. 



2. Body of moderate ividth and length. 



Leptocephalus dentex, Cantor, Mai. Hejri. p. 333. 



taenia, Blcek. Nat. Tyds. Ned.-Ind. viii. p. 428. 



Leptocephalichthys t^uioides, Bleek. Enumer. Spec. Pise. Arch. Lid. 



p. 180. 

 Leptocephalus tsenioides, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Mur. p. 123, pi. 48. fig. 4. 



Body much compressed, of moderate width and length, its depth 

 being much more than the length of the head, whidi is very small. 

 Snout acutely pointed. Eye small. Tongue not free in front. Fins 

 none, or rudimentary. Teeth present or absent. Chorda dorsalis 

 without ossifications. 



a-b. Zanzibar. From Lieut.-Col. Playfair's Collection. 



c. Type of L. tcenioides, in very bad state. Amboyna. From Dr. 



Bleeker's Collection. 

 d-e. Collected by Capt. Thompson. From the Liverpool Museum. 

 f-h. Lat. 31° south, long. 45° west. From the Liverpool Museum. 



The Liverpool Museum possesses, among others, an examjile which 

 appears to have lost a considerable portion of the hinder part of its 

 body ; the nar*^ injured is pcrfecfly healed. For this, as well 



