APPENDIX III 
A NEW FISH DISCOVERED BY THE EXPEDITION 
Rhiacichthys Novee-Guinee 
Deptu of body nearly equal to length of head, five to six times in 
total length. Diameter of eye six or seven times in length of head, 
interorbital width three times; snout but very slightly longer than 
postocular part of head. Dorsals VII., I. 8-9; longest spine, ?; 
longest soft ray = length of head. Anal I. 8-9; longest ray as 
long as head. Pectoral about 14 length of head; ventral as long 
as head, or a little longer. Caudal feebly emarginate. Caudal 
peduncle 24 as long as deep. Scales strongly ciliated, 37 to 39 in 
a longitudinal series on each side, 14 or 16 round caudal peduncle. 
Dark olive above, whitish beneath. 
Total length, 225 millimetres. 
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Edinburgh & London 
