AGONOSTOMUS. 



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2. AGONOSTOMUS. 

 Bennett, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1831, p. 166. 

 ^\'stis, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xi. p. 166 (1836). 

 Agonostoma, part., Giintli. Out. Fish. iii. p. 461 (1861). 



Very closely allied to the preceding, but mouth more normally formed 

 and with several series of small teeth ; teeth on the vomer. 

 Fresh waters of the Mascarene and Comoro Islands. 



Fie 



jigoiiostonius telfairii. 

 After Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



Jag., Poiss. 



p. 403 



1. AGONOSTOMUS TELFAIRII. 



Bennett, 1. c. ; Peters, Reise Mossamb. iv. p. 18, pi. ii. fig. 2 (1868). 



jS'edis cijpvinoides, Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 167, pi. cccxvii, 



y Xestis dohuloides, Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 171. 



Agonoitoma telfairii, Gunth. t. c. p. 462 ; Sauv. Hist. Mada 



(1891). 

 ? Agonostoma dohuloides, Giinth. 1. c. ; Sauv. op. cit. p. 404, pi. xlii. fig. 5. 



Depth of body 3^ to 4 times in total length, length of head 4 to 

 A\ times. Snout a little longer than eye in adult, a little shorter in 

 young ; eye perfectly lateral, 3^ (young) to 4| times in length of head, I^ 

 to 2 times in interorbital width; nostrils close together; prseoperculum 

 denticulate ; mouth extending to below anterior third of eye ; maxillary 

 hidden ; upper lip rather thick ; 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek. 

 Dorsals IV, II 7 ; first spine 5 to f length of head ; second dorsal 

 originating above anterior third of anal. Anal III 9. Pectoral | length 

 of head. Caudal truncate or feebly emarginate. Caudal peduncle 



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