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lary warts of remarkable firmness, but by no means osseous, 

 which, decreasing in size behind the anus, are lost entirely 

 towards the tail. 



In the number of its lateral dark spots, the Vaagmaer re- 

 sembles the Tr. leiopterus, which, according to M. Valenci- 

 ennes, has only two ; but, in reference to the position of these 

 spots, there exists a difference between these two species. In 

 the Vaagmaer they are placed farther backwards, the situation 

 of the most anterior spot being at the commencement of the 

 second fourth part of the whole length of the fish, the pos- 

 terior being situated about half way, or near the middle. 

 Both spots are nearer each other in the Tr. leiopterus than in 

 the present species. The total length of the specimen repre- 

 sented, measured from the point of the nose to the end of the 

 dorsal column, is forty-three inches six lines ; with the upper 

 jaw protruded the whole length is forty-four inches seven lines. 

 The greatest height of the body in the present specimen, 

 twenty inches from the angle of the mouth, or four inches in 

 advance of the anus, is contained five times and a half in the 

 length, while the height at the nuchal region, about six 

 inches from the end of the nose, is contained nearly seven 

 times in the total length. The height at a distance of thirty- 

 six inches is but a little more than one eleventh of the total 

 length, and at the distance of forty inches is little more than 

 one thirtieth. 



The greatest diameter is near the part where the gill-cover 

 is attached to the head, and is contained four times in the 

 height of that region, or five times in the greatest height, the 

 diameter of which is scarcely one-tenth. The diameter de- 

 creases towards the narrow part of the tail. The greatest 

 diameter of the body is in the region of the lateral line, and 

 decreases towards the dorsal and ventral profile, particularly 

 towards the former, where it becomes sharp like the edge of 

 a knife, by which the spinal processes and the intervening 



