ICiO CATAT.OGUIO OF FISH, 



lii. FlEKASFER 150RAUOKENSIS, Kaup. 



Di(((jn. liength of the head comprised ten or eleven times iu the 

 total length of the fish. 



Descr. One of the longest specimens, measuring 23 in., has on 

 the vomer a round cluster of thick teeth. The distance from the 

 tip of the snout to the anus is 1'2'2 in., and the pectoral fins are 

 035 in. long, 



Borabora, where it was discovered by Lesson and Garnot. 



13. FlERASFER PARVIPINNIS, £aMp, fig. 2. 



A disagreeable-looking fish, with a blunt head flat on the dorsal 

 aspect, and swollen at the cheeks. Anal fin low, the dorsal very 

 low and scarcely perceptible. Head forming a ninth part of the 

 entire length. On the short forward projecting point of the vomer 

 a terrace-like row of rising teeth which are not laterally com- 

 pressed. The other dentiferous bones support two or three rows of 

 V nowise remarkable teeth. The species attains a length of 1004 in., 

 whereof the head constitutes TIS in., and the pectoral fins mea- 

 sure 28 iu. Colour, a yellowish flesh tint with dark points. 



Carteret Haibcur, New Zealand, discovered by Quoy and 

 Gaimard. 



Genus 5. ENCHELIOPHIS, Johannes MiiUer. 



No pectoral fins. Anus behind the gill-opening. Si.x branchio- 

 stegals. 



14. Encueliopiiis VEUMicui.Ams, J. Midler. 



Encheliophis vermicularis, Midler, Monatsbcrioht d. Ac. za Berl 

 1842, p. 205. 



Four inches long. Tail taper-pointed. 



