COMEPHORUS. COMEPHORUS. 



Generic Character. 



Caput grande, rostro de- 



presso. 

 Os amplum, dentil) us mi- 



nutis* 



Corpus elongatum> com- 



pressmn. 

 Pinna dorsalis secunda radiis 



pluribus nudis elongatis. 



Head large, with depressed 

 snout. 



Mouth large, with small 

 teeth. 



Body elongated, compress- 

 ed : the second dorsal fin 

 furnished with several 

 long naked rays. 



BAIKAL COMEPHORUS. 



Comephoras Baikalensis. C. pinna dorsali prima minima, se- 

 cunda radiis cirrhiferis. 



Comephorus with the first dorsal fin very small, the second 

 with many naked cirrhiform rays. 



Callyonimus Baikalensis. C. pinnis ventralibus nuttis, dorsali 

 prima minima, secunda radiis cirrhiferis. Lin. Syst. Nat. 

 Gmel. p. 1 153. Pall. it. 3. p. 707. 



TVl I S fish, arranged under the above-named genus 

 by Cepede, was by Pallas described as a species of 

 Callionymus, and referred somewhat improperly to 

 the Jugular Fishes. Its length is about a span ; 

 its shape slender, compressed, and gradually de- 

 creasing to the tail : its flesh very soft, and oily : 

 the head large, and the mouth wide : the eyes large 

 and black : the gill-membrane lax, with very remote 



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