OYMNOTID.E. 



ini 



Height of the body 1-58 in. 



Trausverse diameter of ditto ..... 0'39 „ 

 ? Total length supposed to have been . . . .21-20 ,, 



8. RlIAMFHICIlTHYS PANTHERINTIS, fig. 0. 



Rhamphichthvs pantherinus, CasteJneau Amcr. ilu sud. ZooL, pi. IG, 

 fig. 3. 



Fio-. 0. 



Diagn. Forehead elevated ; snout moderately long ; anus in the 

 fore third part of the variously-spotted head. 



Descr. Snout forming somewhat above half the length of the 

 head, measured up to the gill-opening. Forehead rising ; anus before 

 the eyes, accompanied by a concealed compressed genital papilla, 

 which is notched on its under border. Pectoral fin not half as long 

 as the snout. Head for the most part spotted with black on a 

 greyish-red ground colour. Back broad, with three rows of black 

 spots, and surrounding white dots. Under the streaked lateral line 

 the sides are marbled, and over the anal fin finely dotted. Round 

 the pectoral fin, and near the anus, there is a blue tint ; and a 

 sti'ipe of the same hue runs along the front part of the anal fin. 

 Pectoral fin feebly banded. Anal fin almost of one colour, with 

 merely traces of lines and points. It has 405 rays. 

 Total length 2954 in. 



Length of the tail beyond the anal fin* 

 ,, of head to edge of gill-plate . 



from point of the snout to the eye . 

 ,, „ „ to the anus 



315 

 2-88 

 1-55 

 1-06 



* The tail seems to liave sustained some injurj- at its end, being unusually short 

 and flat. Its extremity for the length of 0-12 in. is merely skin, and appears to 

 be a reproduction. 



