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of head, has an adipose eyelid and is larger than the interorbita. 

 space, the concavity of which is continued to the occiputl 

 Some rather strong striae behind the eye. Origin of dorsal 

 nearer to tip of snout than to adipose fin, as high as long. 

 The small adipose fin above the middle of the anal, the base 

 of which is shorter than that of the dorsal. Pectorals twice 

 in head, reaching to the ninth scale of the lateral line. Origin 

 of ventrals below hinder half of pectorals, extending as far back 

 as base of dorsal. Scales cycloid, large, about 6 longitudinal 

 rows on cheeks, opercle and praeopercular margin; 17 18 

 scales between occiput and dorsal. An obtuse keel along the 

 caudal portion of the lateral line. Unequal, pointed teeth in 

 two rows in the jaws, a narrow band of several rows on each 

 side of the palate. A narrow band of several rows of depres- 

 sible teeth on the tongue and the basibranchialia. Yellowish 

 below, back dark brown with irregular crossbands, descending 

 below lateral line. A black blotch in the scapular region hidden 

 by opercle. .Dorsal, pectorals and caudal barred with brown. 

 [Described after a west indian specimen]. 



Habitat: Arafura Sea (Giinther). - - Western part of tro- 

 pical Atlantic. 



In sea. 



3. Saurus variegatus (Lac.). 



? Cobitis japonica Houttuyn, Verb. Holl. Maatsch. Haarlem, XX. 1 782, p. 450. 



Salmo variegatus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss. v. 1803, p. 157. 



Salmo varius Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss. V. 1803, p. 224. 



Saurus variegatus Quoy & Gaimard, Voyage Uranie, 1824, p. 223. 



Saurus varius Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. V. 1864, p. 395. (p. p.). 



Sattrus varius Klunzinger, Abh. Zool. Bot. Gesellsch. Wien, XXI. 1871, p. 589. 



Synodus synodus Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. VI. Livr. 27, 1875, p. 154. (nee Esox 



synodus L.). 



Synodus jap onicus Jordan & Herre, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. XXXII. 1907, p. 517. 

 Saurus varius Giinther, Fische der Siidsee, Heft VIII. 1909, p. 375. (p. p.). 



B. 1516; D. 12; A. 89; P. 1213; V. 8; L. 1.6064; 

 L. tr. -|=, 



IO II 



Elongate, cylindrical with back and ventral surface depressed, 

 as also the pointed head. Height about 6, head 3'/ 2 4, eye 5 7, 

 with a narrow adipose eyelid, about i'/ 2 times in snout, about 

 equal to concave interorbital space. Cleft of mouth wide, jaws 

 subequal. Mandible enclosed. Origin of dorsal about midway 

 between tip of snout and small adipose fin. Its length equal 



