430 THE GBUISE OF THE ' GUBAQOA.' 



PLATE XXXV. ■ 



OPHIGHTHTS PINGUIS. 



Teeth pointed, in a single series in the maxillary, mandible, 

 and on the vomer ; head small, pointed, its length being contained 

 five times and a half in the distance of the gill-opening from the 

 vent ; eye about half the length of the snout, the cleft of the 

 mouth extending considerably behind its hinder margin ; dorsal 

 and anal iins low, nearly entirely hidden in a groove (the former 

 commences somewhat in advance of the gill-opening) ; the length 

 of the pectoral fin is about one-third of that of the head. Eeddish- 

 brown with eight large broad black spots across the back of the 

 trunk, and fifteen across the back of the tail ; they extend down- 

 wards to the middle of the side ; head with numerous small round 

 blackish spots : no other spots. 



Solomon Islands. 



Length 16 inches, the tail being 9-^ inches long. 



OPHIGHTBYS MISOLUNSIS (not figured). 



The length of the head is one-seventh of the distance between 

 the gill-opening and vent ; tail as long as the body ; the depth of 

 the body is one-third of the length of the head ; eye small, above 

 the middle of the cleft of the mouth, which is of moderate width ; 

 snout pointed, twice as long as the eye, projecting beyond the 

 moutii ; anterior nostril with a very short tube, posterior on the 

 inner side of the lip, below the front margin of the eye ; teeth 

 equally small, pointed, uniserial ; gill-openings somewhat oblique, 

 lateral ; pectoral fin none ; dorsal and anal fins low, the former 

 commencing at a very short distance behind the gill-opening, the 

 latter immediately behind the vent. Coloration uniform. 



Misol Island. 



Length 11 inches. 



