Genus Cyema C^lnther 
Cyema GtoTHER# Ann* Mag* Nat* Hist*, ser* 5t vol* 2, I 878 , p* 25l* 
Type Cyema atrum G HNTHERt monotypic* 
Body moderately elongate, trunk and tail subequal, band like, soft* 
Snout and lower jaw produced, slender* Bye very small* Maxillary extends 
backwards far behind eye* Gill openings very narrow, close together on 
ventral surface* Suspensorium directed obliquely backwards* Vertebrae 
80* Vertical fins well developed, confined and interrupted at end of tail* 
Pectoral well developed* Vent median between gill openings and end of 
short tail. 
