80 PKECIDiE. 



b. Half-growai : not good .state. South America. 



c, (/. Young. 8oTith America. Presented by Sir R. Schom])urgk. 



e. Adult: not good .state. IJahia. From M. Parzudaki's Collection. 



f. Fine specimen. Pernambuco. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, E.sq. 



g. Adult : bad state. Surinam. 



h, i. Half-grown : not good state. Dcmerara. Presented by Dr. 

 Hancock. 



h, 1. Young, liritish Guiana. Presented by Sir R. Schomburgk. 



w. Half-grown. West indies. 



n. Young. West Indies. 



0, p. Adult : tine specimens. St. Domingo. From Mr. Cuming's 

 Collection, 



q-s. Adult and young: skins. Jamaica. Fi'om Dr. Pamell's Col- 

 lection. 



t. Adult. America. From the Haslar Collection. 



u. Half-grown. America. From the Haslar Collection, 



17. NIPHON. 

 Niphon, Cuv. ^ Val. ii. p, 131. 



Seven branchiostegals. All the teeth v-illiform, without canines ; 

 teeth of the palatine bones?; ton^ie?. Two dorsals, the first with 

 twelve, the anal fin with three; .spines. Operculum and pra!Oi)er- 

 culum with very long and strong pointed spines, the latter with 

 strong teeth at the lower limb. Scales very small. 



Japanese Sea, 



1 . Niphon spinosus. 



Cuv. 8f Val. ii. p. 131. pi. 19; Faun. Japon. p. 1. pi. 1. f. 1. 



D.12|l. A.f 



Head elongate, nearly one-third of total length ; spine of the 

 praioporcuhmi as long as its inferior limb. Coloration uniform. 

 Ja[)ane.se Sea. 



a. Adult: .stuffed. Japan. 



h. Half-growji: stuffed. Japan. 



18. ENOPLOSUS. 



Enoplosu.^, TMcfpbde, Hist. Nat. Pom. iv. p. 541 ; Cttv. Sr Val. ii. 

 p. 133. 



Body and vertical fins greatly elevated. Seven bianchiostegals. 

 All the tcH'th villiform, without canines ; teeth on the palatine bones 

 and on the tongue. Two dorsals. Operculum without s])ine ; ])rtr- 

 operculum .serrated, and with spinous tec^th at the angl<>. Scales 

 modenite. 



Australian Seas. 



