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3. AUSTROGLOSSUS, gen. nov. 
(type SYNAPTURA PECTORALIS, Kaup). 
Form elongate, tapering posteriorly. Scales very small, ctenoid. 
Dorsal and anal fins continuous with the caudal;  pectorals well 
developed. Lips not fringed; mouth strongly curved on blind side. 
Anterior nostril of eyed side tubular ; posterior patent, between the 
eyes. Anterior nostril of blind side in a short tube, not surrounded 
by a flap. 
South Africa ; one species from Natal. 
Synaptura microlepsis, Bleek. from the Cape also belongs to this 
genus. 
AUSTROGLOSSUS PECTORALIS. 
Synaptura pectoralis, Kaup, Arch. f. Nat. 1858, p. 96; Boulenger, 
Mar. Inv. 8. Afr: I, 1902, p. 3. 
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