1889.] 



FISHES FROM MUSCAT. 



241 



ANACANTHINI. 



Ophidiid^. 



45. Brotula multibarbata, Schleg. 



B. ensiformis, Gthr., and B. maculata. Day, do not seem to me 

 to differ specifically from B. multibarbata. 



PHYSOSTOMI. 



SCOPELTD^. 



46. SUDIS JAYAKARI, Sp. 11. 



A single specimen, 6 inches long, of the deep-sea genus Sudis 

 forms part of Mr. Jayakar's third collection. Although in too poor 

 a condition to allow of a detailed description, especially with regard 

 to the fin-rays, it is yet sufficiently distinct from the previously 

 described species, S. hyalina, Bp., from the Mediterranean, and 

 S. ringens, Jord. & Gilb., from the coast of California, to justify 

 the establishment of a uew name. 



Head of Sudis jayakari, enlarged. 



The mouth does not extend to below the eye, and its length is 

 twice and one third in that of the head. About 70 minute teeth in 

 each maxillary ; four, posterior largest, iu each praemaxillary. Man- 

 dible with 12 teeth on each side, two of which are minute; the 

 anteriormost and the three posterior of the inner row very laru;e and 

 fang-like. Six large, fang-like, palatine teeth on each side. Dorsal 

 hallway between the head and the caudal, a short distance behind 

 the ventrals, which are halfway between the mouth and the caudal 

 fin. 



D.? A. 30. L.l. 63. 



Total length (without caudal) 150 millim. ; length of head 37 ; 

 depth of body 10 ; diameter of the eye 7; prseorbital length of the 

 head 17 ; postorbital length of the head 13. 



SCOMBRESOCID^. 



47. Belone melanostigma, C. & V. 



48. Belone appendiculata, Klunz. 



