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Gill-opening extending fonvard opposite anterior margin of pupil. 

 Gill-rakers slender, pointed, about equal to diameter of pupil, and 

 2? -h 8? in number. Filaments rather short, apparently a little 

 shorter? than rakers. Isthmus forms a long narrow slender trenchant 

 keel. 



Scales'large, conspicuously ctenoid, and in series above lateral line 

 parallel^with _its_coiu'se, and below in horizontal series. Head scaly, 



Fig. 6. — Mionorus ramsuyi Fowler. (Type.) 



about 2 series on cheek (according to pockets), and scales on opercles 

 large. Between bases of ventrals a series of 2 large scales and its 

 length a trifle over a third of fin. Base of ventral scaly in axilla. A 

 few scales on base of caudal, and other fins all naked. Lateral line and 

 its course concurrent with dorsal profile. Tubes simple, and extend- 

 ing well over scales. 



