420 PLEimoirECTiDjT:, 



maxillary being one-third of that of the head. Eyes on the right 

 side. Teeth in narrow bands, small, of equal size ; no vomerine or 

 palatine teeth. Fins prolonged. Dorsal and anal rays simple ; the 

 dorsal fin commences on the snout. Scales rather small, strongly 

 ciliated ; lateral line straight. Gill- membranes broadly united below 

 the throat ; gill- rakers rudimentary. 

 Chinese Seas. 



1. Samaris cristatus. 

 Gray, I. c. p. 5. 



D. 77. A. 52. L. lat. 75. 



The thirteen anterior dorsal rays much elongate ; pectoral, ven- 



trals, and the posterior rays of the dorsal and anal fins long. Eyes 



very close together, circular. The height of the body is two-fifths 



of the total length (without caudal), the length of the head one-fifth. 



Chinese Seas. 

 o. Six and a half inches long. China. Presented by General 

 Hardwicke. — Type of the species. 



b. Half-grown. China Seas. Presented by Vice-Admiral Sir E. 



Belcher, C.B. 



c. Half-grown: stuffed. China. 



11. PSETTICHTHYS. 



Psettichthys, sp., Girard in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. PJiilad. 1854, p. 140. 



Mouth of moderate width. Teeth slender. Eyes on the right 

 side. Pins not prolonged ; the dorsal fin commences before the eye, 

 on the snout ; dorsal and anal rays simple. Scales small ; lateral line 

 without curve. 



West coast of North America. 



1. Psettichthys melanostictus. 



Girard in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1854, p. 140, and in U, S. Pacif. 

 JR. P. Exped. Fishes, p. 154. 



D. 78. A. 60. 



The height of the body is nearly one-third of the total length 

 (with the ludal), the lengt.. of the head nearly one-fourth. Lower 

 jaw the longer ; the piaxillary extends to below the anterior third of 

 the orbit. Teeth very slender. Eyes on the right side, separated by 

 a space of moderate width. Anterior dorsal rays higher than the 

 following ones. Scales very small, cycloid. The lateral line de- 

 scends in an oblique line to behind the pectoral. Grey, irregularly 

 spotted with black. {Girard.) 



West coast of North America. 



12. CITHAEICHTHYS. 



Psettichthys, sp., Girard in Proc. Acad. Nat, Sc. Philad. 1854, p. 140. 

 Citharichthys, Bkek. in Coynpt. Rend. Acad. Sc. Amsterd. xiii. 1862, 

 Pleurmi. 



Mouth wide, the length of the maxillary being more than one- 



