26. SYNAPTURA. 485 



13. Synaptura multifasciata. 

 vEsopia multifasciata, Kaup in Wiegm. Arch. 1858, p. 97. 

 D. 93. A. 67. P. 7-10. L. lat. 110. 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length (with the 

 caudal), the length of the head one-seventh. Eyes contiguous. Nasal 

 tube longer than the eye. The two longest rays of the pectoral are 

 longer than the diameter of the lower eye. Head and body with 

 twenty-seven narrow cross-bands. {Kaup.) 



East Indies. 



14. Synaptura japonica. 



-(Esopia japonica, Bleek. Japan, vi. p. 71. 



D. 79. A. 65. C. 17. P. 7-8. L. lat. 110. 



Vertical fins united at the base ; the upper eye is slightly in ad- 

 vance of the lower. The height of the body is one-third of the total 

 length, the length of the head one-seventh. Eyes subcontiguous ; 

 nasal tube as long as the eye. The upper rays of the right pectoral 

 produced, the left pectoral rudimentary. Yellowish-grey, with 

 twelve pairs of brown cross-bands, each lighter along the middle. 

 Caudal yellowish on its basal portion, and deep-black on its posterior 

 third, without yellow spots. {Bl.) 



Nagasaki. 



15. Synaptura quagga. 



? .4i]sopia quagga, Kaup in Wiegm. Arch. 1858, p. 98. 



D. 68. A. 58-60. C. 18. P. 9. L. lat. 90. 



The upper eye is slightly in advance of the lower. The height of 

 the body is rather less than one-third of the total length (with the 

 caudal), the length of the head somewhat less than one-sixth. Jaws 

 equal in length anteriorly ; nasal tube not prolonged ; eyes con- 

 tiguous (each with a small tentacle). The upper rays of the right 

 pectoral are prolonged, two-thirds of the length of the head ; the 

 left pectoral is very short, but rather broad. The giU-membranes 

 are dilated on both sides and annexed to the pectorals. Yellowish, 

 with eleven brown ci-oss-bands, broader than the interspaces : only the 

 anterior bands are more or less geminate : -the first across the snout, 

 the second behind the eyes, the third across the gill-opening, the last 

 separated by a white band from the caudal. Caudal blackish- 

 brown, with a pair of black ocellated spots, edged with white, on its 

 posterior half. 



China. 



a. Four inches long. China. Presented by Vice-Admiral Sir E. 



Belcher, C.B. 

 h. Five inches long : not good state. China. Presented by Sir J. 



Richardson. — Orbital tentacles none, 

 c. Five inches -long : dried. China. 



