“Scotia” Collection of Fishes from St Helena. 49 
1q@ Specimen from False Bay—Cape of Good Hope. 
b % , Hast London, Cape Colony. 
St Helena—“ Scotia.” 
New Zealand. 
West Australia. 
Tasmania. 
Gonorhynchus abbreviatus Schlegel (Fauna Japonica). 
my SS Se AS 
The measurements of Gonorhynchus abbreviatus Schlegel, are placed along- 
side the others. There seems very little of a distinctive character except 
the longer pelvics. The number of scales in a longitudinal series is 165. 
The dark extremities of the fins seem to be deeper in colour, while the caudal] 
has a black spot on each lobe. 
Synodus synodus (Linnzeus). 
Saurus synodus Cuv. & Val. 
Depth of body 42 to 52 in the length; length of head 33 to 34. Snout 
13 to 13 as long as diameter of eye, which is 54 to 6% in length of head; 
interorbital width 73 to 83. Upper jaw projects slightly. Preemaxillary 
12 to 14 in length of head. Teeth in both jaws in a double row, lanceolate, 
and with a tendency to arrow-shape. Teeth alternately long and short, 
especially in upper jaw. Palatine teeth much more slender and in several 
rows; inner rows longer, anterior teeth largest. Tongue covered with 
retrorse teeth. 
Top of head striated; the striations few and very pronounced. Supra- 
orbital bones prominent and slightly striated. 
Gill rakers reduced to rows of minute teeth. 
Dorsal 14-15. Origin of dorsal just behind base of pelvic. 
Dorsal fin equidistant from tip of snout and root of caudal; fourth ray 
the longest, 24 in length of head. First dorsal ray two-thirds length of the 
fourth; subsequent rays diminish in leneth. Adipose very small. Distance 
from adipose to root of caudal three-fifths distance from adipose to base of 
dorsal. Anal 9-10. Length of base half the length of dorsal base. 
Pectorals 24 in length of head. Pelvics eight-rayed; sixth ray the longest, 
which is seven-tenths length of head. Caudal forked. 
60 to 62 scales in a longitudinal series; 5 between origin of dorsal and 
lateral line. 
1a, b, d, ¢, f, g are British Museum specimens, 
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