GOMPHOSUS. GOMPHOSUS. 



Generic Character. 



Maxilla product in ro- 

 strum truncatum. 



Denies minuti, anterioribus 

 majoribus. 



Jaws lengthened into a tubu- 

 lar snout. 



Teeth small : those in front 

 larger. 



A HE genus Gomphosus instituted by the Count 

 de Cepede. ^rom the MSS. of Commerson. contains 

 two species, both natives of the Indian seas, and 

 both agreeing in the remarkable form of the mouth, 

 which consists of a tubular process, somewhat 

 truncated at the tip. 



BLUE GOMPHOSUS. 



Gomphosus Cseruleus. G. totus ctzruleus. 

 Gomphosus entirely of a blue colour. 

 Le Gomphose bleu. Cepede. 3. p. 101. 



THIS species is about the size of a tench, and 

 entirely of a deep blue, with a blackish cast on the 

 pectoral fins; the body is slightly arched above, 

 and much more so beneath : the head is of mode- 

 rate size, and is terminated by a lengthened snout, 

 equal to about one seventh of the whole animal, 

 and which bears some resemblance to that of a 



