27. He teroclinus. — Cast. 
This new genus is characterised by— Body sub-elongate ; 
mouth opening upwards ; snout without tentacles ; ventral 
fins inserted in front of the pectorals, formed of one short 
and two long filaments ; dorsals two, the first of three 
spines ; the second of twenty-eight spines and three rays, 
placed posteriorly ; it is attached to the tail ; lateral line 
only marked on the extreme anterior part of the body ; 
teeth short, blunt, thick ; crowded on both jaws, with an 
external line of more slender and sharper ones ; very 
numerous on all the palatine bones. 
Heter. Adelaida, — Cast. 
Of a reddish brown, with the lower parts of a yellowish 
white ; an irregular black band on the side. 
