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Memoirs of the Indian Museum. 
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Division SCLEROPAREI . 
Family SCORPÆNIDÆ. 
Minous longif)innis , sp. nov. 
Illustr. Zool. ‘‘ Investigator y Fishes, plate xlvii, fig. 3 (1909). 
B. 7, D. X 12, A, ii 10, P. i 10, V. i 5. 
Resembles M. inermis but differs from it in the following respects ; — 
(1) The snout is longer than the eye ; proportion 3 : 2. 
(2) The posterior end of the maxilla does not reach a vertical through the 
anterior border of the eye. 
(3) The pectoral fin is considerably longer than the head and reaches to the 
base of the caudal. 
(4) The spines on the head are in the same position as in M. inermis, but 
they are relatively stronger. 
(5) The ventrals reach beyond the origin of the anal. 
(6) Colour. — Upper half dark grey fading to light grey below. Edges of fins 
black. Pectoral and pelvic fins almost black. 
The upper side of pelvic fins and the inner side of the pectoral fins have elongated 
white spots. 
Two specimens, the longest 10 cm. in length, from the Gulf of Oman, 230 fathoms. 
Station 341. Registered Nos. 
Gymnapistus a^nis, sp. nov. 
Illustr. Zool. “ Investigator Fishes, plate xlvii, fig. 2 (1909), 
B. 6, D. iii 8, A. iii 7, V. i 5, P. 15. 
The head is somewhat longer than the greatest depth of the body and is slightly 
less than a third of the total length. The diameter of the eye is a third of the length 
of the head. The interorbital space is less than the diameter of. the eye. The mouth 
is nearly horizontal. The lower jaw projects somewhat beyond the upper. The end 
of the maxilla is slightly behind a vertical through the centre of the eye. The length 
of the snout is three-quarters of the diameter of the eye. The nostrils are on a level 
with the lower border of the eye. The anterior or lower nostril is on a tubular papilla. 
The preorbital bone bears a strong spine which is as long as the snout and projects 
horizontally outwards and backwards. At its base is a much shorter spine directed 
forwards. In a line with this spine the preopercle also bears a strong spine project- 
ing backwards. Below this are four other spines. The base of the preorbital and 
preopercular spines are connected by a blunt ridge ; the operculum bears three or 
four obscure spines. The first spine of the dorsal fin is on a level with the posterior 
border of the eye. The third and fourth spines are separated by a greater interval 
