120 :Mr. C. Tate Reoran o» 



the teeth are loii^ and slen<ler, but little coin]M-essetl an<l veiy 

 feebly tricuspid at their apices. In M. savanna the vomerine 

 series ends below the j)osterior edge of the eye, and includes 

 17 or 18 teeth, which are short, compressed, and distinctly 

 tiicuspi<l. Oiher notewortliy diilerences are that the anterior 

 canines ot" the lower jaw are nineh stronger and the piictoral 

 fins are longer in M. frjx than in M. sivanna. 



11. Iloplunnis punctatus, sp. n. 



Depth of body, at origin of anal nn, about 50 times in its 

 length ; tail 3^ as long as rest of fish. Snout '2i diameter of 

 eye, which is nearly twice the interorbital width. MaxiUary 

 extending well behind eye. Prajmaxillary with 2 pairs of 

 canines and 2 median teeth behind them ; vomer with a 

 series of 5 spaced canines ; maxillary teeth small, biserial ; 

 mandibulary teeth biserial, the outer series small except for 

 2 pairs of canines anteriorly, the inner series sm.ill poste- 

 riorly, of about 9 stronger spaced teeth laterally. Dorsal 

 origin in advance of gill-openin(^, a little fartlier from eye 

 than latter from end of snout ; pectoral ^ length of snout. 

 Olivaceous above, silvery below; upper parts with numerous 

 small dark spots forming irregular longitudinal series; end of 

 tail bhickish. 



A singje specimen, 1370 mm, in total length. 



Jlophnnis schmidfi, described in 1859 * from an example 

 from Puerto Cabello, appears to differ especially in the more 

 numerous teeth (10 on the vomer, 17 enlarged teeth in the 

 inner mandibulary series). JJ. cliomedianus, Goode & Bean f, 

 is based on a single specimen from the Gulf of Mexico ; it 

 appears to resemble //. africanus in having only 6 vomerine 

 teeth, but seems to have a longer tail, the origin of the dorsal 

 fin fartlier back, &c. Possibly further material may show 

 that neither //. cliomedianus nor //. africanus is distinct 

 from H. Schmidt i. 



12. Vomer setipinnis, Mitch. 

 Both coasts of America ; W. Africa. 



13. Pomadasys juhelini, Cuv. & Val. 



Inl. Larimus peli, Bleek. 



* Kaup, Abhandl. Naturw. Ver, Hamburg, iv. Abb. 2, p. 20, pi. ii. 

 fi?. 4. 

 t Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. xxii. 1890, p. 146, fig'. 163. 



