349 



less. Scales ciliated, regularly arranged, large ; lateral line 

 vestigial. Praeorbital denticulated. Dorsal with 8 — 12 spines, 

 increasing in size and a soft somewhat produced, acute part 

 formed by 7 — 10 rays. Origin of dorsal somewhat behind that 

 of anal, which has 8 — -lo increasing spines and a soft rounded 

 part, ending far behind end of dorsal, near base of caudal 

 connected with it and composed of 18 — 22 rays, which are 

 branched or not only at their top. Base of anal scaly. Caudal 

 rounded or truncate. Pectorals rounded. The ventrals originate 



Fig. 90. Sphacriihihys osphroinetioides Caneslr. X 2'/4. 



slightly before their base, with a strong spine and five rays, 

 the first of which is produced into a filament, reaching soft 

 anal. Horizontal border of praeoperculum denticulated. 



Distribution: that of the single species known. 



In brooks and rivers. 



I. Sphaerichthys osphromenoides Cancstrini 



[Fig. 90, p. 349]. 



SpJtacrichthys ospJironicnouics Canestrini, Verb, zool.-bot. ("lesellscli. Wicn X. 



i860, p. 707. 

 Osphrovicims iiialayaiiiis Duncker, Mitt. Naturli. Museum Ilanihuig XXI. 1904, 



p. 163. 

 Sphaerichthys osphromenoides Regan, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1909, p. 776. 



D. VIII— XII. 7— 10; A. VIII— X. 18—22; r. 8— 10; V.I. 5 '); 

 Sq. 1. 26 — 29. 



i) This is the formula of dorsal and anal given by Reg.vn, who disposed of 

 2 specimens. The extremes we find among 12 specimens is I). VIII. 8 and XI. 9 

 and A. VIII. 21 and IX. 19. We never found XII spines in D. and X spines 

 in A. as first mentioned by Canestrin'i. 



