CYBIUM FLAVO-BRUNNEUM .—Smith. 
Pisces. — Plate XX. 
o. ^ 
brunneo ; squamxs parvis indistinctis , cauaae car . 
spuriis supra quinque, infiA quatuor j pinna caudale profundi furcata. 
Longitudo ab apice mandibula: ad apicem pinme caudalis 24 unc. 
Colour. — The body is of a tint intermediate between light chesnut-brown 
and yellowish brown, faintly and delicately reticulated from the margins oi he 
portion of the small scales, which is uncovered, being faintly semi-pelluc , 
the head and the fins deep-reddish brown, the sides of the lower jaw and 
the surface of gill-coverts with a strong silvery lustre. The lower portion 
of the sides and the under parts are lighter than the hack, and distinctly 
‘‘“Fotr&m-Figme lengthened and suhovate ; dorsal outline slightly 
curved ; ventral outline considerably arched. Head compressed and conical 
the top of the head nearly level and the under jaw slopped upwards, the a 
ter rather longer than the upper, and at the point is truncated and much deeper 
than the upper. The margins of the jaws are curved downwards o the 
angles of the mouth, which are situated directly under the anterior e g 
the eyes; each jaw supports a row of teeth, and there are besides two large 
fangs curving backwards a little behind the front of the upper jaw on the 
anterior part of the palate ; the teeth of the upper jaw are very small and 
cylindrical, about half a line apart, and slightly curved inwards ; those o 
the under jaw are considerably larger, more apart from each other, and w 
like curvature inwards. Nostrils double, small, vertical, and about half an 
inch apart, the one directly in front of the other, the hindermost nearly half 
a„ inch before the anterior and upper edge of the orbit Orbits large, some- 
w circular Postocular plate distinctly marked with longitudinal since: 
Ti e preoperculum superiorly with vertical strie, inferiorly slightly puckered ; 
operculum radiated; infraoperculum smooth, all covered with small some- 
what circular scales ; the posterior edge of operculum semicircular and nearly 
unbroken. The body covered closely with small delicate scales, but mdis- 
