STYLEPHORUS. STYLEPHORUS, 



Generic Character. 



Oculi pedunculati, seu cy- 

 lindro crasso brevi im- 

 positi. 



Rostrum productum, sur- 

 sum spectans, versus ca- 

 put membrana interjecta 

 retractile. 



Os terminale, edentulum? 



Bronchia trium parium sub 

 jugulo sitae. 



Pinna pectorales parvae : 

 dorsalis longitudine dorsi: 

 caudalis brevis, radiato- 

 spinosa. 



Corpus longissimum, com- 

 pressum. 



Eyes pedunculated: stand- 

 ing on a short thick cy- 

 linder. 



Snout lengthened, directed 

 upwards, retractile to- 

 wards the head by means 

 of a membrane. 



Mouth without teeth ? 



Bronchia three pair beneath 

 the throat. 



Fins pectoral small: dorsal 

 the length of the back: 

 caudal short, with spiny 

 rays. 



Body very long, compressed . 



TTh I S highly singular genus was first described 

 in the year 1788, from a specimen then introduced 

 into the Leverian Museum, and figured in the first 

 volume of the Linnsean Transactions. I shall there- 

 fore repeat my former description from the above- 

 mentioned work, and have only to add, that the 

 genus still consists of a single species, no other 

 having been yet discovered. 



