GOMPHOSUS. GOMPHOSUS. 



Generic Character. 



Maxilla productse in ro- 

 strum truncatum. 



jDentes minuti, anterioribus 

 majoribus. 



Th E genus Gomphosus instituted by the Count 

 de Cepede, from the MSS. of Commerson, contains 

 two species, both natives of the Indian seas, and 

 both agreeing in the remarkable form of the mouth, 

 which consists of a tubular process, somewhat 

 truncated at the tip* 



Jaws lengthened into atubu- 



lar snout. 

 Teeth small : those in front 



larger. 



JBLUE GOMPHOSUS. 



Gomphosus Caeruleus. O. toius c&rukus. 

 Gomphosus entirely of a blue colour. 

 Le Gomphose bleu. Cepede. 3. p. 101. 



This species is about the size of a tench, and 

 entirely of a deep blue, with a blackish cast on the 

 pectoral fins: the body is slightly arched above, 

 and much more so beneath : the head is of mode- 

 rate size, and is terminated by a lengthened snout, 

 equal to about one seventh of the whole animal, 

 and which bears some resemblance to that of a 



