KLForKIS. 



i; 



longer than eye, wliicli is J] to ')}, times in length of head, 1 3 to li 

 times in interorbital width ; h)wei- jaw projecting; maxillary extending 

 to below centre of e3e ; no canine teeth ; no praeopercnhir spine. 

 Dorsals ^'I, I 9, narrowly separated from each other, longest branched 

 rays about | length of head. Anal I 7, its origin slightly behind that 

 of dorsal. Pectoral f length of head, longer than ventral. Caudal 

 rounded, as long as or a little sliorter than head. Caudal peduncle 

 nearly twice as long as deep. Scales ciliated, 38—1:^ in longitudinal 

 scries, 12-13 between dorsal and aual. Dark brown, soft dorsal and 

 caudal witli small lilack spots ; s(jt"t dorsal and anal witii a red 



edge. 



Total length 2.^(1 niillini. 

 Madagascar. — Type in I'aris Museum. 



11. i;i,i;nri;is ai-kk ana. 



Stfiivl. Siizli. Ak. Wirn. I\\\. i. iMSd. p. I,".:;, pi. iii. lio. I. 



Body feebly compressed, its dejjth 4^ to -j times in total length ; 

 length of head 3J to og times. Head longer than broad, scaly above 

 from between the eyes and on the cheeks and opercles ; snout broad, 

 rmnided, 1 to H times as long as eye, which is 5 to 6 times in length 

 of head and It, to nearly 2 times in interorbital width ; jaws equal in 

 front; maxillary extending to i)elow centre or jiosteiior third of eye; 



Fig. 11. 



Elciitr'nt ri fried nil. 

 Tvpo, al'lLT Steiinlacliiii.'r (/. c-.). 



a series of groups of pa])illa? in a groove below lower jaw ; no canine 

 teeth : no priEopercular si)ine. Dorsals VI, I 0, narrowly separated 

 from each other, longest soft rays ^ to f length of head. Anal I 8, its 

 origin a little behind that of dorsal. Pectoral | to f length of head, 

 longer than ventral. Caudal rounded, | to f length of head. Caudal 

 peduncle ]| to 1h times as long as deep. Scales cycloid, 00-D-"i in 



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