152 SOLEKOSXOMID^. 



/. One of the typical specimens. Ceram. From Dr. Bleeker's 



Collection. 

 </. Adult. China. Presented by Vice-Admiral Sir E. Belcher. 



2. Solenostoma paradoxum. 



Seba, iii. 34. 3. 



Fistularia paradoxa, Pall. Spicil. Zool viii. p. 32, tab. 4. fig. 6; Bl. 



Schn. tab. 30. fig. 1. 

 Solenostomus paradoxus, Lacep. v. p. 36 ; Bleek. Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind. 



vi. p. 606. 



D. 5/20. A. 20. P. 25. V. 7. 



The depth of the snout in the middle of its Icn^h is one-sixth of 

 its length. Caudal peduncle shorter than the base of the second 

 dorsal fin. Brown, with irregular orange-coloured spots. First 

 dorsal fin with two large ovate black ocelli between the first three 

 rays. 



Amboyna. 



Oi Adult female. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



3. Solenostoma brachyurum. 



Blee/c. Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind. viii. p. 433. 



The depth of the snout in the middle of its length is less than one- 

 sixth of its length. Caudal peduncle slender, longer than the base 

 of the second dorsal. Pink, with red spots. 



Amboina. 



a. One of the typical examples, probably a male, 2 inches long, in 

 bad state. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection, 



I hesitate to admit this as a distinct species ; however, the speci- 

 men is in so bad a condition that it does not admit of examination. 

 Considering that we know, at present, nothing of the changes which 

 Solenostoma undergoes during its growth, it is much to be regretted 

 that Dr. Bleeker omitted to examine these examples more carefully, 

 and that he was satisfied with merely attaching a new name to 

 them. 



