410 MR. J. Y. JOHNSON ON NEW FISHES. [NoV. 10, 



A single example of this new genus of Malacopterygian Fishes 

 was taken in the month of March, and has been deposited iu the 

 British Museum. Its stomach contained the doubled-up body of 

 an entire fish nearly twice its own length. The latter proved to be 

 a specimen of Gonostoma denudata, Bp. (Faun. Ital. iii. 138), as 

 stated in one of my papers on rare Madeiran Fishes, printed in the 

 'Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist.' 1862. The stomach of the fish now 

 described was so much injured that some points of its structure 

 could not be made out. The greatest height of the fish could not 

 be accurately determined, nor could the precise situation of the vent 

 be ascertained. The stomach appeared to be capable of great ex- 

 tension. The rays of the first dorsal fin were unconnected by any 

 membrane, which, however, may have disappeared through rough 

 treatment. The teeth forming the outer series in the upper jaw 

 were about twenty-four on each side, exclusive of the longer teeth 

 in front ; of the inner series only two or three could be counted, 

 others had probably been present. The outer row in the lower jaw 

 consisted of about sixteen teeth on each side, without counting the 

 long ones in front. 



The following are the dimensions of the specimen : — 



inches. 



Total length 3^^ 



Height over middle of anal, rather more than .... -^^ 



Head, length 3% 



, height T*o 



Eye, diameter ^ 



Maxillary I'o 



Teeth, length of fourth pair under jaw g^^ 



First dorsal, height and length of base ]*o 



, distance from muzzle T^o 



Second dorsal, distance from muzzle \jj^ 



, distance from first dorsal -^(^ 



, length of base ^g 



, height T% 



Pectorals, length x'jy 



, width of base ^q 



, distance from muzzle 1 



Ventrals, length /u 



Anal, distance from muzzle l^o 



, length of base ^ 



, height in front ^jj 



Caudal, length -j^ 



Air-bladder, length i 



