418 TEE 0BUI8E OF THE ' CUBAQOA.' 



PLATE XXX. 



CHILODIPTEBUS TBUNGATUS. 

 D. 6 I A. A. f. L. lat. 26. L. trans, f 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length (with- 

 out caudal), the length of the head two-fifths ; the diameter of 

 the eye equals the length of the snout, and is one-half of that of 

 the postorbital portion of the head ; the maxillary extends to 

 below the hind margin of the orbit ; the third dorsal spine (which 

 is the longest) is two-fifths of the length of the head ; caudal fin 

 truncated, with the angles rounded, the two central rays being not 

 much shorter than the outer ones ; uniform purplish-brown, with 

 scarcely a trace of longitudinal bands, a round black spot at the 

 end of the lateral line ; the spinous dorsal black ; ventrals blackish- 

 brown. 



Misol Island. 



Length 7 inches. 



