PAiiETKOPLUS. 507 



longest, about f length of head, shorter than soft rays. Anal VIII-IX 

 13-14 ; last spine longest, as long as or a little longer than last dorsal. 

 Pectoral not quite f length of head. Ventral reaching anal. Caudal 

 feebly emarginate. Caudal peduncle about 1^- times as deep as long. 



Scales 32-34 j^; lateral lines yp^f. Olive or brown, uniform or with 

 very indistinct darker bars ; pectoral yellowish. 



Total length 16-5 millim. 



Madagascar. — Type in Leyden Museum. 



1-2. Ad. Tamatave. Rev. W. D. Cowan (('.). 



3. Skel. ,, „ 



4. Ad. Imerina. Rev. R. Baron (C). 



