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Fam. CHEIRONECTID2. 
Gen. Cuaunax, Lowe. 
Gen. Char. Corpus subeubico-oblongum, sufflabile, nudum, cute 
presertim ad ilia ventremque flaccidissima laxa ; antice obesum, 
postice abrupte attenuatum subcompressum. Caput osseum mag- 
num subtetrahedrum, superne nuchaque latum planatum, utrin- 
que s. ad genas declive; oculis lateralibus, spatio interoculart 
convexo; ore rictuque amplissimis transversis plagio-plateis s. 
depressis. Dentes intermaxillares vomerinique palatinique parvi 
scobinati. Nares simplices (nec pedicellate nec tubulose). Spi- 
racula (foramina branchialia) postica s. ad ilia pone pinnarum 
pectoralium azillas. Pinna dorsalis unica; pectoralibus (pedi- 
cellatis) carnosis ; ventralibus jugularibus spathulatis carnosis ; 
analis postica; caudalis simplex truncata. Cirri, preter uni- 
cum in fossula internasalt, nulli. 
9. Caaunax pictus, Lowe in Trans. Zool. Soc. iii. part 4. p. 340. 
t."51: 
1+IV. 
Dod bs: As4j 21 db eM, 450 2411. 
Species adhuc unica. Had. in mari Maderensi. 
I have nothing to add to the full account of this curious fish above 
referred to, except by way of correction to the second paragraph in 
p- 344, which has been erroneously printed, and should stand thus: 
“‘ Whilst Cheironectes seems its most natural, Halieutea is its near- 
est technical ally. Agreemg with Lophivs in the wide transverse 
mouth, and in the backward position of the breathing orifices in the 
flanks, but with Cheironectes more in shape, in the granular or velvety 
roughness of the skin, and in colour; it differs from both, and ap- 
proaches Halieutea, in the absence of crests or cilia on the back, and 
in the single dorsal fin. In these last two points, and in the rough- 
ness of the skin, it agrees with Halieutea, but differs in its Diodon-like 
shape, and in the position of the breathing-holes considerably behind, 
instead of above or before, the axils of the pectoral fins.” 
Fam. ScorELiDz. 
Gen. Po&#NopDoN. 
Gen. Char. Caput magnum compressum, oculis magnis, rostro 
brevissimo obtuso, rictu magno pone oculos longe diducto, mento 
subtus ad symphysin cirro barbato. Dentes intermazillares uni- 
seriati ; anteriores (5 v. 6 utrinque) validi tenues prelongi la- 
niarti subrecurvi remoti distincti, extrorsum supra labia invi- 
cem claudentes ; ossibus palati dentibus minoribus uniseriatis, 
lingua biseriatis, armatis. Opercula simplicia plana. Corpus 
elongatum compressum nudum? s. exsquameum; abdomine pune- 
tis argenteis (ut in Scorexo) seriatis. Linea lateralis recta 
pinneque fere ut in Score.o, pectoralibus brevioribus. 
