•JlJ KECOUDS (iK rilK AlMliAMAN Ml'SKL'M, 



GoitlODON CITRINUS, liiij'pcll. 



duhius citriituf, Riippell, Neuewirbeltli. Fiscli., 1838, j). 139, pi. xxxii., 



ti-. 1. 



tMiibio'loH citrinns, Kluiiziii<^er, Verh. Zool. But. Ges. Wien, lS71, p. 40. 

 1(1., Giiiitlier, Hiit. Miis. Cat. Fish., iii., 1861, p. 87, and Fisclie 

 iSiiclsee, vi., 1877, p. l8l, pi. cix., fi<;. e. /</., Day, Fish. India, lS76, 

 p. 298, pi. Ixiv., tig. 2. Id., Macleay, Pxoc. Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales, 

 v., 1881, p. 613. 



rsetidoifobindon citn'mis, Jordan & Seale, Bull. U.S. Fisli. Bureau, .\.\v., 

 1906, p. 410. 



D. vi/11 ; A. 10 ; P. 19 ; V. i;5 ; C. 17. Depth before the ventrals 

 23 iu the length to the hypural jcnnt ; head 81 in the same. Eye 3"8 in 

 the head, shorter than its distance from the premaxillary sj-mpliysis ; 

 interocnlar space a trifle wider than the eye. Caudal peduncle a little 

 deeper than long. Breadth before tlie pectorals 206 in the height. 



Head deeper than long, compressed ; the profile of the muzzle 

 obtusely rounded, the upper and lower surfaces evenly oblique. Nostrils 

 in low tubes, the posterior iu front of the eye, the anterior nearer tlie 

 upper lip. Several large pores are arranged arf)und the preopercular 

 border and behind the eye ; two others are on the interorbital space, and a 

 pair between the nostrils. Microscopic jjapilla^ are present on tlie lower 

 j)reopercular border and beneath the lower lip. Iiiterocular space nearlj' 

 flat. Mouth a little oblique, jaws subequal ; maxilla extending backwaid 

 to below the anterior portion of the eye. Each jaw with a narrow band 

 of villiform teeth, some of th-e outer ones being a little enlarged ; three 

 inner subcaniniform teeth on each side of the mandibular symphysis. 

 Gill-opening narrower than the base of the pectoral. 



Body strongly compressed, naked; together wifh the head and fins, it 

 is covered with a thick gianular mucous which obscures the characters 

 beneath it. Genital j)a{)illa large. 



First dorsal commencing above the end of the opercle ; the anterior 

 spine highest, the otheis decieasing evenly backward ; the last is 

 se[)arated by a wide interspace from the fifth, and is united with tlie 

 base of the first ray by membrane. Soft dorsal rounded, and longer than 

 high ; all the rays except the first are branched, and the median ones are 

 much longer than the postorbital portion of the head. Ajial commencing 

 behind, and terminating before the soft dorsal ; the rays increase in length 

 to the eighth, which is longer than the base of the tin. Caudal rounded. 

 Pectoral lounded, reaching to below the sixth dorsal ray. Ventrals with 

 a broad basal membrane, the median rays reaching the vent. 



Tm/o//,-. —Blown in alcohol, with four {>ale dark-edged lines on the 

 head and thoracic region ; two extend tliiougli the eye, the first to behind 

 the mouth, and the second across the cheek ; the third descends from the 

 upper surface of the neck to cross the end of the operculum, and the 

 fourth from the shoulder across the base of the pectoral. The opercular 

 lobe bears a distinct black spot. Pale dark-edged lines extend along the 

 bases of the dorsal and anal fins. Fins dark brown ; the first dorsal has 



