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commenced lOi inches from the tip of the snout, while that of the anal 

 was four inches from the same part: the branchial aperture is exactly- 

 half-way between the first dorsal ray and the anterior margin of the eye: 

 the pectoral is about half as long as the head. The general colour is of a 

 cinereous brown. 



OPHISOMA acuta. 



Snout pointed ; nostrils tumid^ forming an elevated tu- 

 bercle ; dorsal fin commencing with the pectoral ; 

 body pale olive brown^ the sides richly silvered ; the 

 pectoral fin blood red. 



Inhabits Sicily, 



Total length 10 inches. The dorsal fin commences a little more than an 

 inch and a half from the tip of the snout, and even with the base of the 

 pectoral : the vent is nearest the head, and is four inches and a half from 

 the snout : dorsal and anal fins uniting round the tail, whitish and trans- 

 parent, with an orange-brown margin: the sides of the operculum are 

 richly silvered, and the tip of the muzzle is suddenly pointed. 



LEPTOGXATHUS oxyrynchus. 

 Dorsal fin commencing considerably behind the end of 

 the pectoral ; lateral line^ on the anterior part_, marked 

 by black dots. 



Inhabits Sicily. 



Total length 3 feet 9 inches. The head has already been figured ("\'ol. I. 

 p. 221.) a little more than half of the natural size, and will thus render its 

 detailed description unnecessary. The distance from the tip of the snout 

 to the base of the pecotral is three inches and a half, and to the commence- 

 ment of the dorsal five and a half: the vent is fourteen inches from the 

 snout, and the first dorsal ray is an inch and three-quarters from the base 

 of the pectoral; the anal and dorsal fins terminate half an inch from the 

 tip of the tail, and are there enlarged : the colour is dark fulvous brown, 

 paler towards the belly : the lateral line begins on the top of the crown, 

 and undulates downwards to the pectoral fin, where it reaches the middle 

 of the sides. 



CAPRISCUS niger. 



Entirely black ; caudal fin even. 



Second dorsal 33 ; anal 29 or 30 ; caudal 9. 



Lower jaw with eight teeth, the two middle largest, and with even edges; 

 those on the sides with an obtuse point, curved inwards ; pelvis very short, 

 reposing in a groove ; first dorsal spine obtuse, mucronate, the other rays 

 hid in the groove; belly, between the pelvis and the vent, prickly: anal 

 fin commencing behind the dorsal, but terminating even with it ; total 

 length i\, and from the snout to the base of the pectoral 1^. From a dried 

 skin, formerly iu the Leverian Museum. 



LOPHOTES Siculus. 



Dorsal fin narrow^ of about 120 rays; caudal fin oblique, 

 of seven rays. (^fig. 126.) 



