192 HERMANNIAN BAND-FISH. 



tail : the vent is situated opposite the origin of the 

 back fin, and from it commences a very short and 

 shallow vent fin, continued only to a small distance 

 beyond the vent : the pectoral fins are moderately 

 large, rounded, and furnished with numerous, soft, 

 setaceous rays : the head, which is of moderate 

 size, is as it were marked into facets, as repre- 

 sented on the plate, and at the mouth are placed a 

 few cirri or beards of unequal length : there are no 

 visible scales on the skin, and the disposition of the 

 muscles may be traced through it : the pectoral 

 and anal fins are marked by a few small black 

 specks. 



This fish takes its specific name from Professor 

 Hermann of Strasburg, so well known by his 

 learned labours in natural history. It seems to 

 have been described from a dried specimen, and in 

 point of natural affinity, may be considered as 

 equally allied to the genera of Cepola and Tri- 

 chiurus. No mention is made of its colour or its 

 native region. 



