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P IS H E S . 59
A s p i d o p h o r u s q u a d r i c o r n i s . Cuv. êf Val.
A sp . eorpore albreeiato, eomp rem , Uneu tuhereulomm utrinque quatuor; capite quadrieorni; p in n is dorsalibue duabnt
d istantibw, priore secvndâ lonyiore.
P L A T E X V . F IG . 1.
Asp. qnadricornis. Cm. S; V a l, Hist. Nat. des Poiss. tom. 4. p . 221. pi. 80.
Ha b . in Avatscha B ay , Kam tsch a tk a .
T h is spe c ie s w a s d e s c rih e d by M. Va len o iem ie s, from a s in g le sp e c im e n b ro u g h t h om e b y th e
e x p e d itio n , a n d n ow d ep o s ited in th e B r itis h M u s e um . H i s d e s c r ip tio n , r e f e r r e d to ab o v e , is so
s a tis fa c to ry th a t it i s u n n e c e s s a ry a g a in to d e s c rib e i t . T h e b a d s ta te o f th e in d iv id u a l, h ow ev e r,
e sp e c ia lly a b o u t th e h e a d , h a s m a d e i t d e s ira b le to e n g ra v e a re p r e s e n ta tio n o f tb e fish, m a d e w h ile
i t w a s r e c e n t, b y M r . B e e ch ey . T h is h a s a lso th e a d v a n ta g e o t sh ow in g its n a tu r a l c o lo u rs , wh ich a re
entirely lo st in th e sp e c im en p re s e rv e d in sp irit.
Mr. C o llie ’s n o te s o n th is spe c ie s afford n o p a r tic u la r s in ad d itio n to th o s e w h ich m ay be
a s c e rta in e d from th e sp e c im e n a n d th e d r aw in g , e x c e p t th a t “ i t is n o t n um e ro u s .’'—C.
G enus P E R O P U S .»
B l e p s i a s . C m . i f V a l .
D M . , e p e i m M Í . . , . i . . . . p sU tin a . S . i « M pA ren a , . . . . d .M l i .
pro fu n d é biloba. Corpus nudum, hispidum. Caput compressum.
T h e n e c e s s ity fo r r em o v in g th e sp e c ie s o n w h ich th e p re s e n t g e n u s is fo u n d e d from B le p s ia s , Cuv.
& V a l ., re s ts o n tb e n um b e r o f th e ra y s o f th e b ran c h io s te g o u s m em b ra n e , w h ich a r e h e r e six
in s t e a d 'o f fiv e ; a n d on th e bilo b ed , a n d n o t tr ilo b e d , fo rm o f th é d o r s a l fm. E x c e p t in th e se
p a r tic u la r s , th e g e n e ra c o in c id e a lm o st p e rfe c tly . I n b o th th e fo rm o f th e b o d y is r a th e r c om p re s s ed
a u d e lo n g a te d ; the head c av e rn o u s , and f u rn is h e d w ith ciVri, p e n d e n t from e ith e r ja w ; th e v e r tic a l fins
m u c h e x p a n d e d ; th e v e n tr a ls v e ry sm a ll; th e s u r f a c e d ev o id o f sc a le s, a n d c o v e re d e i th e r w h o lly or
th ro u g h o u t i t s g r e a te r p a r t with sh o rt, r a th e r rig id , b r is tle s ; a n d th e la te r a l lin e ro u g h . B o th in h a b it
th e s am e lo c a lity , th e e x tr em e n o r th o f th e P a c ific O c e a n .
P e r o p u s b i l o b u s .
Pe r , corpora toto hispido ; p tn n â doreali bilobâ.
B .6 . D . A . 19. G. 13. P . 14. F. §.
PLA T E . XVI. F IG . 3 .
Blepsias bilobus. Cuv. ¡S' V a l, Hist. Nat. des Poiss. tom. 4. p. 379.
Ha b . in Avatscha B ay , Kamtschatka.
T h e , e . , h a re sm a ll, a n d n um e ro u s o n b o th jaw s , on th e vomer, a n d o n th e p a la tin e bo n e s. N o n e
a r e to b e fo u n d o n th e to n g u e ; b u t th e b r a n c h ia l a rc h e s a re fu rn ish e d w ith th em : m th is la tte r
s itu a tio n th ey a re sh o rt, a n g u la r , a n d fla t. T h e r e are^ a lso p h a ry n g e a l te e th .
“ The in te rm a x illa ry bo n e s a re sh o rtly p e d ic e lIe d .”—C . ,
T h e W is com pre ssed. T h e re is a sh o rt s p in e ov e r e a c h n o stril. T h e ey e s a r e d ir e c te d
la te r a lly ; th e u p p e r p a r t o t th e orb its r is e s aboye th e le v e l o t tb e h e a d ; a u d th e sp a c e b e tw e e n th em
is co n c av e . F rom th e u p p e r p a r t o f e a ch o rb it p a s s e s b a c kw a rd s a n ir r e g u la r iid g e , c om p o s e d o t
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* A vj]pôç mutilus, 1T0VÍ pes.