72 CATALOGUE OF FISH. 



Genus 28. ENCHELYNASSA, Kaup. 



Fore nostril, fuiniel-shaped, and capable of being shut up by a 

 valvular elongation of its hinder border. Hinder nostril, nearly as 

 big as the eye, oval, Avith a raised border. Rictus of the jaws open 

 in the middle. 



Nasal bone, reaching as far back as the middle of the eye, armed 

 with 27 teeth on its circumference, a pairless one in the middle, 

 and 5 longer ones, between the second and third of which stand 

 3-4 small ones, between the third and fourth 4 small ones, and 

 between the fourth and fifth 1 small one. Palatines, 16, whereof 

 the second onwards to the sixth are supported before and behind by 

 small teeth ; on the inner row there are 9 longer acicular teeth. 

 On the mesial line, 3. On the vomerine I could discover no more 

 than 2 small conical toothlets. Mandibulars, 22 smaller ones in 

 the outer, and 6-8 longer in the inner row, ajiproximated to the 

 symphysis. The eyes are situated above the middle of the jaws. 

 There are four pores on the upper jaw and mandible, which are 

 difficult to find in the porous skin. 



135. ExcHELYNASSA Bleekeri, fig. 55. 

 Enchelyuassa Bleekeri, Kaujj. 



This species attains a notable size. The female specimen in the 

 ancient collection of Leydeu has a length of 2836 in., whereof the 

 tail constitutes 14-18 in. From the tip of the snout to the raised 

 border of the funnel-shaped gill-opening, 384 in. At the gills the 

 body is 221 in. high. 



Although this specimen has been immersed in spirits above a 

 hundred years, it has been so splendidly preserved, even to this day, 

 that the body and dorsal lin are ornamented by oblique zigzags, 

 interrupted transverse lines, and innumerable black points, on a 

 brownish ground. I found in its stomach a well-preserved Holo- 

 ccntruvi 2>inictiitLsmmu)t [Ciiv. ci: \'(de)tc.), and thence infer that this 

 Enchehjnassa is an inhabitant of the Pacific Sea. I have received 

 also a slight sketch of this fish from my valued friend. Dr. Bleeker, 

 and have named the species in honour of his high ichthyological 

 reputation. 



Genus 29. EURYMYCTERA, Kaup. 



The tube of the fore nostril stretches considerably beyond the 

 lips, and its tip is dilated above and below. Posterior nostril sur- 

 rounded by a funnel-formed border, and situated before the eye. 

 Nasal teeth, 11, with 5 small ones between the 4 hinder ones. 

 Palatines, 30; an inner row of 5 taller ones beginning under the 

 eye. Vomerines, about 7-10, extremely small and diflicult to dis- 



