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length of the snout, 3-55 iu that of the head, and one eighth more than the least 

 width of the preorbital ; interorbital region feebly convex, its width a trifle less 

 than the eye-diameter and 3-75 in the length of the head. Jaws equal ; maxillaiy 

 t'xtrnding to the vertical from the anterior border of the eye, its length 2-77, that 

 of the mandible 2-3, in the length of the head. Opercle with a small spine. 



Each jaw with 3 pair of moderate canines, the outer the longer. 



; Scales in 50 series above the lateral line, in 4/1/14 between the spinous 



dorsal and the vent. Accessory ventral scale slenderly lanceolate, rather less than 

 the eye-diameter. 



Dorsal fin originating above the angle of the preoperele, the spinous 

 ])ortion high, the spines scarcely pro.jecting beyond the interspinous membrane, 

 the 5th and 6th the longest, 2-22 in the length of the head, and two ninths more 

 than the four anterior rays, wliich are equal, those succeeding them gradually 

 decreasing in length; soft dorsal three fourths longer than high, posterioily 

 rounded, its length two thirds of that of the head. Caudal deeply forked, with 

 pointed lobes, the middle rays 3-25 in the upper lobe, which is rather the longer 

 and is one third of the body-length. Anal fin originating below the 1st dorsal ray, 

 'the 3rd spine the longest, 3-75 in the length of the head ; soft anal two fifths longer 

 than high, the three anterior rays subequal and longest, one fourth more than the 

 3rd spine ; last ray slightly produced, nearly as long as the anterior rays. Pectoral 

 "pointed, with 17 rhys, its length 3-75 in that of the body; 5th ray longest, 

 extending to above the origin of the anal. Ventral inserted below the inferior 

 axil of the pectoral, the spine moderate and slender, 1-56 in the 2nd and longest 

 ray, which is 1-45 in the length of the head and extends to a little beyond the 

 vent. 



The colors of our specimen have faded to a rusty yellow, but we learn 

 froiii Giintliei' that it is "uniform," wliile we may infer from de Vis' manuscript 

 name that its general tint is reddish. 



Part XIII. -SCI.^NID/E (No. 1). 



■Scicenoides part. Cuvier, Regiie Anim. ; Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 1830, p. 1; 



Miiller, Abli. Akati. Berlin, 1844, p. 201. 

 ■ Scicenidce part. Owen, Leet. Conip. Anat. Vert., Fish., 1S46, p. 49. 



iSeicenidce Eicliardson, lehth. China & Japan, 1846, p. 223; Giinther', Brit. Miis. Oatal. Fish., ii,. 

 1860, p. 265; Day, Fish. India, pt. 2, 1876, p. 181; Jordan & Evermann, Fish. North & 

 JMid. Amer., pt. 2, 1898, p. 1392. 

 jS«(F»oW(E Cantor, Catal. Malay. Pish., 1850, p. 36. 

 Sciwnoidci Bleeker, Arch. Neerl. Sci. Nat., xi, 1876, p. 323. 



THE JEWPIS^HESr " 



Body elliptical or subovate, compressed, covered with adherent ctenoid or 

 cycloid scales. Jjateral line complete, mostly following the curvature of the back, 

 and extending an the caudal fin. Head large, with nioderate, more or less obtuse 



