
Fishes of the South Pacific. 81 
posteriorly than in Syvzanceza. ‘The skin is smooth, and apparently 
free from dermal flaps and excrescences except at base of dorsal 
and anal fin. 
Deleastes deector Seale, new species. 
_ Depth at origin of dorsal 2.45; head 2.20; eye 8.05 in head, 
S20 in interorbital space, 2 in snout; D. x11, 6; A. 111, 5; inter- 
orbital space with a deep fossa, also a deep fossa just posterior of 
each eye. 
Body compressed posteriorly; no scales and apparently no der- 
mal flaps; head monstrous, without spines; mouth large, opening 
on the dorsal profile; villiform teeth in both jaws; no teeth on 
vomer or palatines; the distal width of the maxillary is slightly 
greater than orbit; dorsal fin continuous, its origin directly above 
the origin of ventrals; the base of the spinous portion of the dorsal 
is more than four times as long as the base of the soft dorsal; anal 
short, its base 2.10 in head, the spinous portion covered with fleshy 
excrescence; the posterior margin of the pectoral is twice the 
length of the fin, the upper axis of the fin is exa¢tly over the middle 
of the posterior margin of the fin and its lower anterior origin is in 
advance of the origin of ventral, also in front of a line with eye; 
the posterior margin of the pectoral is slightly greater than length 
of head; ventrals very short, 2.15 in head; caudal small, rounded, 
its middle ray equal to length of ventrals; all the fins are fleshy. 
Color in life, mottled everywhere with olive brown or dark 
green; caudal, pectorals and anal banded with whitish lines. 
In this species the ventrals are smaller, and situated more 
posteriorly than in other species of Syzanceza, the skin also is much 
smoother and is apparently free from fleshy excrescences except at 
base of dorsal and anal. ; 
One specimen, No. 1360 (Fig. 22) B. M., from Tahiti. Length 
10.5 in. 
Synanceia verrucosa (Bloch). 
epultes. 75: head 3250; seye 6; Di. xiil, 6; ‘A. Ir, 5;> inter- 
orbital space 4 in head; snout less than width of the interorbital 
space. 
Body subcylindrical, covered with lichen-like fleshy excres- 
cences and dermal flaps; head monstrous; interorbital space very 
concave; a groove on cheeks below the eye and a deep fossa behind 
each eye; no spines on the head; premaxillary thin, its length 
2.50 in head; distal width of the maxillary slightly greater than 
orbit; the anterior extremity of the lower jaw is on the dorsal pro- 
file; villiform teeth in jaws, none on the vomer or palatine; opercles 
without spines; the dorsal fin is continuous, the spinous portion 
with much the longest base, the origin of the dorsal is over the 
OCCASIONAL PAPERS B. P. B. M., VoL. IV., No. 1.—6. 
