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preopercle. Postocular region and upper half of opercle 

 scaly ; body scales rather irregularly arranged ; fins naked, 

 except the upper half of the base of the pectoral ; lateral 

 line without spinous plates anteriorly. 



Length of soft dorsal fin 2*6 in that of the spinous ; 

 1st dorsal spine 1*3 in the 11th, and 1*75 in the 4th, which 

 scarcely exceeds the 3rd and 5th : last spine 1*25 in the 

 height of the soft dorsal, w*hich is less than that of the 

 spinous. Second anal spine stronger and longer than the 

 3rd, scarcely as long as the anterior rays, and two fifths 

 higher than the spinous dorsal. Caudal fin rounded. 

 Pectoral very large, extending to above the 2nd anal spine, 

 the width of its base 2.25 in the 5th and longest ray. Ventral 

 reaching to the vent, which is an eye- diameter in front of 

 the anal fin. 



Gill-rakers 5+9, all but the last lower one tubercular. 



Head and body uniform brown, the abdominal region 

 tinged with yellow. Dorsal fin rather lighter than the 

 body, the soft portion with an anterior and posterior 

 median dusky spot ; caudal with a broad submarginal 

 dark and a narrow marginal yellowdsh band, the basal half 

 pale broAvn ; soft rays of anal similar to the caudal, the 

 spines with strongly contrasted alternate blackish and 

 yellow bars ; base and terminal border of the pectoral 

 blackish, the intervening portion and the free tips of the 

 rays yellowish ; ventral blackish with a yellow tip, the 

 spine similar to those of the anal. 



Described from a specimen, 124 millim. long, taken by 

 Mr. James Palmer at Buhver, and now in the A.F.A.Q. 

 Museum; Cat. No. 1305. 



Apistus balnearum sp. nov. 

 Atkinson's fortesctje. 



D. XV. 9 ; A. iii. 6 or 7 ; P. 11 + 1 : Sc. 7-60- ? 

 L.l. 25. Depth of body 3*35, length of head 2' 4, of caudal 

 fin 3, of pectoral 2*3, of ventral 2*85 in length of body. 

 Length of snout 3*25, diameter of eye 5*5, width of inter- 

 orbit 5' 45, length of maxillary 2' 5, longest dorsal spine 

 2*65, longest anal 2*7, detached pectoral ray 2*55 in length 

 of head. 



Posterior border of eye nearer to tip of snout than to 

 end of opercular flap ; maxillary scarcely reaching to 



