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tin. Ronles large, twenty-five to thirty-one (lunatiis). 



MioNORUs Krefft. 

 iinii. Gill-rakers numerous, twelve to fourteen; profile even: dorsal 

 spines seven. 

 0. Scales small, about forty-five ( [xindionis). 



Xystrami.v .Jordan. 

 00. Scales large, about twenty-five (pcrdix). 



Apogoxichthys Bleeker. 

 //. Lateral line incomplete, imperfect or wanting on caudal peduncle. Gill- 

 rakers numerous; dorsal spines seven (brachi/gramma). 



FoA Jordan & Evermann. 

 hi:. Palatines without teeth; lateral line incomplete; gill-rakers few, short; a 

 large black ocellus on opercle (nurila) . . . .Fowleria .Jordan & Evermann. 

 jj. Dorsal fins joined at base; dorsal spines eight (octospina). 



Neamia Smith & RadclifTe. 

 //. Caudal fin lunate or forked; scales large; gill-raker.s long and slender. 



p. 1^0 wer teeth not enlarged; body much compressed, the back elevated; dorsal 



spines produced (grceffi) Zoramia .Jordan. 



/)/). Jxiwer teeth enlarged; body not greatly compressed; dorsal spines six, not pro- 

 duced {dupeoides) Rhabdamia Weber. 



(Id. Canine teeth present; teeth on palatines; anal fin .short, its rays II, S; lateral line complete; scales 

 large, about twenty-five; caudal lunate. 



q. Preopercle entire; dorsal spines si.x; body rather elongate {lincatu.-<) . . Cheilodipterus Lacepede. 

 qq. Preopercle more or less serrate; dorsal spines more than six. 



r. Scales cycloid; dorsal spines about nine; gill-rakers numerous, about twelve. 



«. Dorsal spines smooth; body more or less compressed (japunica) . .Synagrops Gunther. 



s.s. Dorsal spines anteriorly serrate (ftrrratospiiio^a) Maccullochin.v'^ Jordan. 



rr. Scales ctenoid; dorsal spines seven. 



(. Lateral line anteriorly with a conspicuous row of enlarged tui:>ulcs; gill-rakers few and 



short (tubifera) Siphamia Weber. 



tt. Lateral line without enlarged tubules: gill-rakers numerous {grosnidens). 



Amioides Smith & Radcliffe. 



Hynnodus Gilbert. 

 271. Hynnodus atherinoides Gilbert. (G., p. 618.) 

 Deep sea. Two .specimens from Pailolo Channel. 



ScEPTERiAs" gen. nov. Jordan and Jordan. 



Type Sccpteriasfragilis Jordan and Jordan. (Vide infra.) 



Allied to Epiyontis Rafinesque and Hynnodus Gilbert. 



Body elongate, fragile, not so slender as in Hynnodus, but more so than in 



' Macculi.ochixa (/f'?H(.s iiiwiiw. Type Sijnngrop.'i semilo.'ipinosa Radcliffe, distinguished from Sgna- 

 grops by the serrated dorsal spines. Tlic name is proposed in honor of Mr. ,\llan Riverston IMcCuUoch 

 of the Australian .Mu.seum, one of the most accurate workers in systematic ichthyology now living. 



' From oKfTTTepiai = open-eyed, sceptical. 



