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GOBIID.E. 



2. SrCYDIUM ACUTll'INNIS. 



(otylopus acutij/iiiiiis, Guichen. in Maillard, Notes Reunion, ii. Add. C, p. 10 



(1862) ; Bleek. Arch. Need. ix. 1874, p. 313. 

 Sicydium acutipinne, Ogilvie-Graiit, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1884, p. 159. 



Depth of body 6 to 7 times in total length, length of head 5^ times. 

 Head as broad as deep; eye o to G times in length of head, equal to 

 interorbital width ; mouth extending to beh:)\v centre of eye ; movable 

 labial teeth tricuspid ; mandibular teeth subequal. Dorsals VI. I 10 ; 

 last ray of second dorsal produced, as long as liead. Anal 1 10. 

 Pectoral as long as head. Nape naked. About 70 scales in longi- 

 tudinal series. Blaclvisli Ijrown. dorsal tins with liiihter varie'jations. 



Total length 00 millim. 



lleunion, Mascarene Islands. — ry]ie in Paris Museum. 



1. Ad. 



Wvx 



Vav\< Mii-euiu ( v.). 



Fix. 26. 



Sicijdium l((lice/is. 

 After Siiuvage {I. c). 



3. SICYDIUM LATIf'ErS. 



Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xii. p. 177 (1837) ; Giintli, Cat. Fi>li. lii. p. '.13 (1861) ; 

 Sauv. Hist. Madag., Poiss. p. 378, pi. xl. A. tig. 2. and xh ii. fig. 5 (1891). 



Depth of body of times in total lengtli, length of head 5 times. 

 Head broader tlian deep ; eye about -3 times in lengtli of head ; moutli 

 extending to below anterior border of eye ; movable labial teeth 

 tricuspid; anterior mandibular teeth much longer than tlie other.*. 

 Dorsals VI, I 10, rather widely separated ; second to fourth simple 

 rays produced into filaments. Anal I 10. Pectoral as long as head. 



