252 UKCOKtiS OK TlIK Ai:sri;AI,IAN MUSKCM. 



OdontoijohiuB bi/imeusis, Bleeker, Arch. Neerl. Sci. Nat., i.x., 1S74 (jiile Day). 



Apocrijyti's lineiitiiit, Alleyne & Macleay, Pnjc. Linn. Sue. N.S. Wales, i., 

 1877, p. 332, pi. xii., fig. 3. hJ., Macleay, Loc. cit., v., 1881, p. 611. 



Ajxicnjptes hivittutus, Macleay, Loc. cit., ii., 1878, p. 357, pi. ix., fig. 5, and 

 v., 1881, p. 611. 



Aiiibli/ijobiits hi/)ineii)ii.^, Jordan tt Ricliardson, Check List Fish. Philippine 

 Arch., 11)10, p. 49. LI, Weber, " Siboga" Exped., Ivii., 191:'., p. 472. 



D. vi/15 ; A. 1(!; p. 18; V. i/5 ; C. 15. (54 scales between the upper 

 base of the pectonil and the hypural jt>int, and about 26 between the 

 anterior dorsal and anal rays. 



Depth 45 in the lengtli to tlie hypural joint ; head 37 in tlie same. 

 Eye 4'3 in tlie head, l"ii in the snout, which is 3*2 in the head ; interoibital 

 space 12 in the eye. Depth of caudal peduncle 1!), and caudal Hn 11 in 

 the liead. Breadth at the bases of the pectorals 1;> in the depth of the 

 body. 



Head almost naked, a few rudimentary scales ou the upper portion of 

 the operculum. A few low ridges of mucigerous i)apilla! ; rows of large 

 open pores behind the preoperculum and above the operculum. E3'es of 

 moderate size, separated by a rather broad, slightl}' convex iuterorbital 

 space. Upper profile of the head and snout forming a convex curve. 

 Autei'ior nostril in a short tube near the middle of the snout, the posterior 

 a simple opening nearer the eye. Mouth a little oblique, maxilla reaching 

 back to below the anterior maigin of the eye; jaws subequal. Premaxil- 

 laries with several lai'ger curved teeth on each side anterioi'ly, followed by 

 a row of small ones which increase in size and become biserial backwards. 

 Mandible with an outer row of larger curved teeth, and one or two curved 

 canines on each side ; behind these is a double row of small teeth which 

 become uniserial on the sides. Palate toothless. Tongue subtruncate 

 anteriorly, its tip free. Gill-opeuiugs separated by a wide interspace ; 

 exposed edge of the shonlder-gii-dle smooth. 



Body rather broad, compressed. It is covered with rather small 

 scales Avhich extend forward to behind the eyes, and cover the breast and 

 base of the pectoral ; they are mostly ctenoid, but are cycloid anteriorly 

 and ou the abdomen. A minute genital papilla. 



First dorsal fin commencing behind the vertical of the pectoral base; 

 the spines increase in length to the fifth, and the membrane from the last 

 touches the base of the first ray. Dorsal rays subequal in length, the 

 posterior ones forming a pointed lobe which overlaps the caudal base. 

 Anal of similar form to the second dorsal, the rays increasing slightly in 

 length backwards. Pectoi'al rounded, reaching the vertical of the first 

 dorsal ray. Ventrals inserted slightly before the pectorals, completely 

 united, and reaching three-fourths of their distance from the vent. Caudal 

 broadly rounded. 



Cii}i)ur-nrtrlili}(j. — A bioad dark band commences on the snout, and 

 extends backward to below the anterior dorsal myn ; a second extends 

 from behind the mouth across the opercles to the pectoral base, and is 



