909 
G-enus Brachysomophls Kaup 
Brachysomophle KAUP. Cat. Apodal Fish Brit. Mus., 
1856, p. 9, Type Brachysomophls horrldus KAUP, 
raonotypic, 
Achlrophlchthys BLEEKER. Nederland. Tijds. Dierk., 
vol. 2, 1864, (1865), p. 42. Type Achlrophlchthys 
typus BLEEKER, monotypic. 
Body elongate, more or less cylindrical. Head moderate. 
Snout short, pointed. Eye sm^, far advanced In head, some— 
v/hat directed upward. Mouth cleft very wide, jaws subequal 
or lower somewhat protruded. Teeth unequal, canine like on 
vomer and mandibles, smaller and blserlal or unlserlal In 
maxlllarles. Front nostrils In tube surrounded by prominent 
v/all, hind nostrils In upper lip directed downward, before 
front of eye. Tongue not free. Gill openings lateral, rather 
wide, Dorsd. begins di ortly or at some distance behind gill 
openings, like anal ends shortly before end of tall. Pector¬ 
al small or absent. Vent little premedian or postmedian. 
