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Show 164 MR. W. R. O. GRANT O N T H E [Mar. 4, SICYDIUM, sp. n.? Closely allied to S. gymnauchen, Bleek. D. 6i. A. ~. L. lat. 54. L. Trans. 15. Teeth in the upper jaw tricuspid. No papillae on the gum beneath the upper lip, no median papilla, slight median notch in the upper lip; maxillae contain a narrow angle about 45°, horizontal teeth conspicuous. The total length of the body (without the caudal) is four and a half times the length of the head. The width and height of the head are subequal and half the length of the head. The height of the body is less than one sixth of the length. Scales subequal, rather large. The diameter of the eye is a quarter of the length of the head and is equal to the interorbital space. The length of the pectoral is less than the length of the head, which is equal to the length of the caudal. The first dorsal has none of its spines produced into filaments, and is equal to the height of the body. Second dorsal not so high as the body. Colour yellowish brown, a dark zigzag band along the upper half of the body. Membrane of the fins transparent; a dark W-sbaped mark on the root of the caudal, and two transverse bands across the rays. The longest specimen measures 1| inch (32 millims.). Hab. Samoa. Nine young specimens. 14. SICYDIUM ALBO-T^NIATUM, Gthr. Sicydium albo-taniatum, Giinth. Fische der Siidsee, p. 185, pi. ex. fig. D. This species is described from a drawing made by Mr. Garrett, who captured two specimens in the streams of the Sandwich Islands. The formula of the fins appears to be :- D. 6, 15. A. 18. Colours, body olive-green, with a broad white band from the tip of the snout to the root of the caudal, and below it a longitudinal row of large dark and isolated spots; fins greyish, second dorsal, caudal, and anal with a pale blue margin, the latter being also spotted with blue along the base; pectoral with a light edge. Hab. Sandwich Islands. 15. SICYDIUM MICRURUM, Bleek. Sicydium micrurum, Bleeker, Amboina, v. p. 341; Giinth. Cat. Fish. iii. p. 93. Sicyopterus micrurus, Bleeker, Versl. Ak. Amst. (2) ix. p. 280. D. 6-L. A. ~. L. lat. 55-60. L. trans, ca. 15. Teeth in the upper jaw tricuspid. A row of tuberculous papillae on the gum beneath the upper lip, |