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27. He teroelinus. — Cast. 



This new genus is characterised by — Body sub-elongate ; 

 mouth opening upwards ; snout without tentacles ; ventral 

 fins inserted in front of the pectorals, formed of one short 

 and two long filaments ; dorsals two, the first of three 

 spines ; the second of twenty-eight spines and three rays, 

 placed posteriorly ; it is attached to the tail ; lateral line 

 only marked on the extreme anterior part of the body ; 

 teeth short, blunt, thick ; crowded on both jaws, with an 

 external line of more slender and sharper ones ; very 

 numerous on all the palatine bones. 



Heter. Adelaides, — Cast. 



Of a reddish brown, with the lower parts of a yellowish 

 white ; an irregular black band on the side. 



