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CATALOGUE OF FISH. 



From the point of tlie snout to the eye 



„ ,, to the gill-opening 



,, ,, to the anus 



,, ,, to the anal fin 



Height of the body .... 



Transverse diameter of ditto 



Length of the pectoral fin . . . 

 ,, tail beyond the anal fin 



Paris Museum. 



0-71 in. 



l-'/S „ 



1-22 „ 



2-76 „ 



1-45 „ 



0-51 „ 



0-75 „ 



6-46 „ 



b. Species haviiKj the amis under or before the eyes and the herjin- 

 nintj of the anal fin before the (jill-oi)enuujs. 



7. Rhamphichthys lineatus, fig. 5. 



Rhamphichthys lineatus, Castelneau Amer. da sud. Zool., pi. 47, 

 fig. 1. 



Fis. 5. 



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Diagn. Anus situated in the anterior third part of the head. 



Descr. Length of the snout up to the eyes more than half the 

 length of the head up to the gill-openings. Papilla before the 

 anus compressed and concealed. Pectoral equal in length to the 

 space between the posterior nostril and the eye. Body much com- 

 pressed, with a transverse diameter equal to one-fourth of its 

 height. Head without markings, blackish above, smoky white 

 laterally. Fins yellowish-brown, without bands. Four dark longi- 

 tudinal strijws on the sides. The tail of the solitary Parisian speci- 

 men is, as shown by Castelneau 's figure 2, suddenly terminated, as 

 if a rapacious fish had bitten off its e.xtremity. 



Distance from point of the snout to the gill-opening . 2'25 in. 



>. M „ to the eye .1-20 ,, 



.1 „ „ to the anus . . 071 ,, 



.. ,, „ to the anal fin . TBI ,, 



Length of the pectoral fin 95 „ 



