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those on the vertical limb not (according to 8teindachmr J s figure) 
directed upwards; the denticles of the iuteropercle moderately 
strong. Body oblong-ovate, compressed. Teeth in a single series, 
longer, less numerous, and blunter than in S. medusophagus , but 
similarly curved. The dorsal fin commences above the vertical 
margin of the preopercle : ventral well developed, inserted almost 
entirely in front of the base of the pectoral, and reaching as far 
as the first anal ray ; its length 1*25 in that of the head. Scales 
small, eyelid. 
Colors . — Body reddish violet, the hea-d brownish ; entire body 
sprinkled with numerous dark violet dots, the trunk having in 
addition ill defined blackish cross-bands, or band-like transverse 
spots, which extend on to the basal portion of the dorsal and 
anal fins ; caudal with cross-bands posteriorly. 
j Habitat. — Canaries ; coasts of Spain and Dalmatia. 
SCHEDOPHILUS MEDUSOPHAGUS. 
Schedop>hiliis medusophagus , Cocco, Giorn. Innom. Mess. Ann. iii. 
No. 7, p. 57, 1829; Bonap. Faun. Ital. Pesc. c. fig.; 
Gnth. Catal. Fish. ii. p. 412, 1860, and Journ. Mus. 
Godeffr. Fiscli. p. 149, 1876, and Trans. Zool. Soc. xi. 
p. 221, pi. xlvii. 1881; Steindachn. SB. Ak. Wien, 1868, 
lvii. p. 377 ; Lutken, Spol. Atlant. pp. 525, 602, pi. ii. 
fig. 9 (juv.) 1880; Gill, Science, i. p. 117, 1883 ; Day, 
Brit. Fish. ii. 1884, Add. p. 367 outline figure i. p. 120; 
Ogilby, Proe. Roy. Dub. Soc. p. 515, 1885. 
B. vi.-vii. D. 45-50. A. 27-29. V. 1/5. P.18. C. 21. 
Length of head equal to its height, and rather less than 4*00 in 
the total length (without caudal); height of body, 2*66 in the same. 
Eye situated immediately below the upper profile of the head, its 
diameter nearly as long as the snout, which is obtuse, and 4*00 
in the length of the head : interorbital space convex, 1*25 in the 
diameter of the eye. Lower jaw projecting : cleft of mouth of 
moderate width and oblique, extending to the vertical from the 
front margin of the eye; the maxilla rather narrow, widening 
towards its extremity, reaching to beneath the middle of the 
orbit. Both limbs of the preopercle armed with short spines, the 
upper ones on the vertical limb being a little the longer and 
directed obliquely upwards : iuteropercle spiniferous, the sub- 
opercle less so : opercle membranous ; its upper portion with 
radiating osseous stride, which project beyond the margin. Body 
elongate-ovoid, and strongly compressed. Teeth minute, implanted 
in a single series on the sharp edge of the jaws. The dorsal fin 
commences above the root of the pectoral, and terminates at a 
short distance from the caudal ; it is rather low, the longest rays, 
