1 1 . TKrint.Eors. 431 



rather the appearance of setiform or ^illiform teeth, with tlic notches 

 at tlie cutting margin scarcely visible. There are no palatine teeth 

 whatever. 



The colour is now a dark nut-brown, with a liglitcr vertical band, 

 descending from the middle of the spinous dorsal to the belly, and 

 occupying three series of scales. The dorsal, anal, and ventral fins 

 are blackish. 



inches, lines. 



l\ital length 8 4 



Height of the body 2 10 



Length of the head 1 11 



Distance between the eyes 8 



Diameter of the eye 5 



Length of the sixth dorsal spine 10 



of a caudal lobe 2 



of the third anal spine 9 



of the fifth anal ray 1 4 



of the eleventh anal ray 7 



of the pectoral 1 7 



of the ventral 1 5 



of a scale 31 



Height of a scale 3 



10. DOYDIXODON. 



Doydixodon, Valenc. in Voy. Venus, v. p. 318. 



In both jaws scries of flat teeth, behind which is a band of similar 

 teeth, less developed and replacing the former. No mohirs ; no 

 teeth on the palate. Cheeks scaly ; npercles naked. Dorsal and 

 qnal fins scaly at the base ; twelve dorsal spines ; the soft poi-tions 

 elevated. Scales of moderate size. Five branchiostegals. 



Galapagos Archipelago. 



1. Doydixodon freminvillei. 

 Valenc. I. c. p. 323. pi. 5. 



Uniform bro^vTiish. 

 Galapagos Archipelago. 



11. TEPHR.ffiOPS. 



Cronidens, sp., Richards. Voy. Erch. c^ Terr., FisJiea, p. 09. 



In both jaws series of flat, tricuspid teeth, behind which is a 

 band of similar teeth, less developed and replacing the former. No 

 molars. Checks scaly ; opercles naked, except the upper angle of 

 the ojx'rculum. Fourteen dorsal spines. Scales very small. 



Australian Seas. 



* Tlie (igure docs not agree witli tliese numbers. 



