SYNOPSIS OF THE FISHES OF MADEIRA. 17 



§. Cauda Integra, S. truncata. 



EcHENEis JACOBiEA. — E. tota cinereo-ful'ujinosa, nigrescens : laminis xix. ; pinnis pec- 

 toralibus hrevihus, latis, pectinato-rotundatis , crenatis : ventre sulcata : lingud scahrd. 



D. 24 ; A. 24 ; P. 21 ; V. 1 + 5 ; C. 3^^"/ ; M. B. 8. Rariss. 



EcHENEis viTTATA. — E. purpureo-Tiigrescens, pallida variegata, fascidque nigra longi- 

 tudinali laterali, antice utrinque alba marginata : pinnis pectoralibus avatis, acutins- 

 culis, integris ; pinna; darsalis analisque antice caudalisque marginibus albis : laminis 

 xxiii. : lingud scabrd : oculis magnis : corpore elongate, pastice valde attenuato, 

 gracili. 



D. 39 ; A. 39 ; P. 22 ; V. 1 + 5 ; C. |+ y"|-. Rariss. 



The nearest ally of this very distinct species appears to be E. lunata, Bancr. in Zool. 

 Journ. V. 413. t. 18. But this, besides other differences, has a lunate tail. 



EcHENEis BRACHYPTKRA. (Eclicneis ? Syn. p. 191.) E. cinereo-fuliginasa, ni- 

 grescens ; pinnis dorsalibus analibusque antice alba submarginatis : laminis xvi. ; pinnis 

 pectaralibus brevibus, latis, truncatis, integris : lingud media scobinatd. 



D. 28; A. 24; P. 26; V. 1+5; C.^^^^±^; M. B. 8. 



This is the first of the two species indicated by me in the former part of this List or 

 Synopsis. Of the second sort, there mentioned as having been seen by Miss Young, 

 and which I have there doubtfully referred to E. naucrates, L., no fresh example has 

 occurred. I should now be much inclined to consider it identical with E. vittata ; but 

 Miss Young affirms that it was " certainly plain-coloured." 



Fam. MuRiENiDiE. 



Sphagebranchus serpens. 



S. serpa, Risso, Hist. Nat. iii. 195. No. 81. 



A single individual only has occurred, precisely answering to the description above 

 referred to. It measured eleven inches in length. I could not detect the slightest ru- 

 diment of pectoral fins. 



Fam. Gymnodontid^. 



Diodon Hystrijc, k. Linn. — D. punctatus, Cuv. — Histrix piscis Clusii, &c., Will. 1. 1. 5. 



A single example only has occurred. 



Tetrodon capistratus. T.pusillus, ahlongiusculus, Icevissimus; dorsa iliisque incrmibus , 

 nudis ; ventre adpresso-spinellosa : darso fusca ; lateribus ochraceo-fulvis, fusco longi- 

 tudinaliter bifasciatis, capiteque utrinque ceruleo punctatis, iliis oblique lituratis, ros- 

 troque subproducto guldve semi-capistrato : pinnd caudali utrinque nigro-limbatd. 



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