. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. 124 Messrs. J. Wood-Mason and A. Alcock on greatest heiglit of tlie body, at the shoulder, is three fourths the length of the head. The broad, depressed, projecting, marginally inflated snout is one third of the head in length and twice the major diameter of the oval eye ; at least half its extent is preoral. The mouth is a small, quite inferior, crescen- tic orifice, in width equal to tlie diameter of the eye, its angle barely reaching tlie vertical through the anterior borde
. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. 124 Messrs. J. Wood-Mason and A. Alcock on greatest heiglit of tlie body, at the shoulder, is three fourths the length of the head. The broad, depressed, projecting, marginally inflated snout is one third of the head in length and twice the major diameter of the oval eye ; at least half its extent is preoral. The mouth is a small, quite inferior, crescen- tic orifice, in width equal to tlie diameter of the eye, its angle barely reaching tlie vertical through the anterior border of the orbit, though the max- illa reaches nearly to the vertical through the middle of the orbit; it is strongly protrac- ?i^ tile downwards, and |- looks as if adapted for 'i suction. There appears *_ to be a narrow band of |, very minute teeth in | the inner aspect of the ^ upper jaw; but tlie mm lowerjaw is quite tooth- less. The nostrils, which are very large, are situ- ated superiorly imme- diately in front of the eye. The gill-openings are narrow, the mem- branes being united to the isthmus anteriorly; gill-rakers short, coarse, cartilaginous. Head, body, and fins uniformly invested with a soft, thick, gelatinous, scaleless skin. A single dorsal fin, the base of which is about three fourths. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd
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