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Acanthaphritis, n. gen. (Tracliinidse). 



Head depressed, tail compressed. Cleft of the mouth sub-horizontal, with the upper 

 jaw longest. Eye rather large, obliquely directed upwards. Scales large, ciliated. Two 

 separate dorsal fins, the first with five or sis spines. Ventrals jugular, with one spine 

 and five soft rays. The lower pectoral rays branched. Bands of \Tlliform teeth in the 

 jaws, without canines ; vomerine teeth in two small widely separate patches. Opercles 

 unarmed ; each prseorbital with a horizontal spine pointing forward. Six branchio- 

 stegals. Gill-membranes entirely separate from each other, and from the isthmus. 



Acanthaphritis granclisquamis, n. sp. (PI. XVIII. fig. A). 



D. 5-6/20, A. 24, L. lat. 33, L. transv. 8. Head depressed, its length being rather 

 more than two-sevenths of the total length (without caudal) ; the eyes are large, occupy- 

 ing the second fourth of the length of the head, and standing very close together; 

 mouth wide, the maxillary extending to iDelow the middle of the eye. Occiput, cheeks, 

 and opercles scaly. The first dorsal composed of feeble and short spines ; the second 

 high, the posterior rays being the longest, and extending in old specimens to the middle 

 of the caudal fin. The anal commences immediately behind the first dorsal ; caudal sub- 

 truncated ; pectoral broad, reaching to below the commencement of the second dorsal ; 

 ventrals reaching to the vent. The scales are very coarsely ciliated. Light ohve 

 coloured, with an indistinct series of silvery spots along the upper side of the body ; the 

 first dorsal black. Ki Islands. Length of specimens, 2\ to 5^ inches. Ki Islands, Station 

 192 ; 129 fathoms. 



Clmmpsodon vorax, Gthr., Arafura Sea, Ki Islands. Station 192 ; 129 fathoms. 

 Uranoscopus fuscomacidatus, Steindachner (Wien, S. B. 1868, vol. Iviii. p. 319). 

 Previously knowm from Kandavu. Arafura Sea. 



Uranoscopus haianus, n. sp. (PI. XIX. fig. A). 



D. 4/13, A. 13. No barbel below the chin. The length of the head is contained 

 thrice and two-thirds, or thrice and three-fourths in the total without caudal. Sub- 

 operculum with one, prseoperculum with four, five, or six spines pointing downwards. 

 Humeral spine more or less directed upwards. Upper parts brown, with numerous 

 round whitish spots. Lower parts whitish. Fu-st dorsal l)lack. Ki Islands. Ai-afura 

 Sea. Length of specimens, 7 to 10 inches. Station 192; 129 fathoms. Station 188 ; 

 28 fathoms. 



Caranx speciosus, Forsk., Somerset. 

 Cat'idix, armatuA, Forsk., Somerset. 



