AttONOSTOMUS. 



DO 



2. AGONOSTOMUS. 



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



Nestis, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xi. p. 166 (183G). 



Agonostoma, part., Giinth. Cat. 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. 



Fig. 60. 



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Ayoiioslomus telfairii. 

 After Cuvier and Valenciennes. |. 



1. AGONOSTOMUS TELFAIRII. 



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



JVestis cyprinoides, Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 167, pi. ccexvii. 



? Nestis dohuloides, Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 171. 



Agonostoma telfairii, Giinth. t. c. p. 462 ; Sauv. Hist. Madag., Poiss. p. 403 



(1891). 

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



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

 4^ 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, 1-j 

 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 ^ to f length of head ; second dorsal 

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

 of head. Caudal truncate or feebly emarginate. Caudal peduncle 



ii 2 



