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less branched ; these are very evident in a well-preserved example, but are 

 shrunken and largely lost in old spirit sjiecimens : mucigerous system hidden by 

 the dermal structures. 



Teeth rather large, cardiform and deprcssible: they are arranged in two or 

 tiiree rows on the anterior part of the premaxillaries. behind which is a short 

 series of larger teeth on each side : they become smaller backwards and biserial : 

 mandibular teeth in three or four rows anteriorly, and narrowing to a single row 

 posteriorly: two widely separated groups of vomeriiie teeth, and a small patch on 

 each palatine: some smaller teeth on each side of the tongue. 



Fig. 31 



Fins. First dorsal spine ; 



Rli veil cms Hlaiiicntosiis 



lender, naked rod, terminated by two fleshy 

 tentacles with a petiolate flap at their base, which covers a group of minute 

 tentacles : second and third spines thickly covered with branching tentacles, and 

 terminated by a bunch of tubercles ( the second spine is longer than the first and 

 ends in a knob and not as in the specimen figured, which is damaged) : soft dorsal 

 high, its rays mostly simple, but subdivided posteriorly; they bear rounded tuber- 

 cles along their length, and the anterior ones are provided with branched tentacles : 

 anal ojiposite the end of, and terminating somewhat behind, the soft dorsal : its 

 median rays are longest, and some arc weakl)- dixided: caudal rounded, its rays 

 mostly bifurcate: pectorals and \entrals rounded, with thick, simple rays. 



Coloiir-inarkiiu/s. Back blackish, with three broad bars descending on to 

 the white of the sides ; the first covers the post-orbital portion of the head, tiie 

 second extends to behind the pectorals, and the third is below the end of the 

 dorsal : some scattered dark markings are also present on the sides, while striking 



