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Show 654 DR. A. GUNTHZB ON NEW FISHES [Nov. 21, Upper parts nearly uniform brownish, with a few very indistinct darker specks. Distance of the extremity of the snout from the vent.. 4\ inches. Distance of the extremity of the tail from the vent .. 5| „ Greatest width of the disk 6k „ One example, from the Godeffroy Museum, is in the collection of the British Museum. CHILOSCYLLIUM MODESTUM. (Plate LIV.) The lower labial fold is not continued across the symphysis. Mouth at the lower surface of the snout, at some distance from its extremity, but nearer to the latter than to the eye. Dorsal fins sub-equal in size, with the angles not produced, close together, the distance between them being somewhat more than one half of the length of the base of the first. Origin of the first dorsal above the middle of the base of the ventral. Uniform brown, darker on the back than on the sides. The skin of a single example (female, 20| inches long), was obtained with other objects from Queensland. SERRANUS HUMERALIS (C. & V.) = Serranus albomaculatus (Jenyns). ANTHIAS RHODOPEPLUS. (Plate LV.) D. g. A. 3/7. L. lat. ca. 35. The height of the body is a little more than the length of the head, and two fifths of the total (without caudal). The width of the interorbital space is less than the diameter of the eye, which is one third of the length of tbe head, the snout being very short. Angle of the praeoperculum with a very prominent flat spine, single or double. The canine teeth of the lower jaw are strongly curved, considerably stronger than those of the upper, and placed more towards the side. The vomerine teeth form a A-shaped band; the palatine band broader and rounded in front, tapering behind. Tongue with a large rounded patch of villiform teeth. Scales on the body rather irregularly arranged, those on the head much the smallest. The third dorsal spine, the anterior dorsal rays, the caudal lobes, and the two outer ventral rays produced into filaments. Sides of the fish reddish rose-coloured; an oblique golden-yellow band runs from the praeorbital below the eye towards the angle of the praeoperculum. The uppermost part of the back and the nape golden yellow. Most of the scales on the side with a pinkish-violet spot on the base ; back of the tail pinkish violet. Fins reddish rose-coloured ; the dorsal rays with blackish-brown rings; base of the caudal crossed by a blackish-brown band. One specimen, 6| inches long, has been sent by Dr. B. Meyer from Manado. |