. Fig. 64. Palinurichthys griseolineatus. Holotype. x \. nearly as long as head; pelvics inserted behind pectorals, length about \\ in that of head. Brownish above, silvery yellow below; sides of body with irregular greyish longitudinal stripes; dorsal, anal, pelvics, and the distal parts of the caudal and pectorals blackish. Hab. Off the Atlantic coast of Patagonia. Apparently related to P. perciformis (Mitchill) and P. porosus (Richardson), differing from both in the greater number of dorsal and anal rays, deeper body, smaller head, longer pectorals, etc. The two species described above are
. Fig. 64. Palinurichthys griseolineatus. Holotype. x \. nearly as long as head; pelvics inserted behind pectorals, length about \\ in that of head. Brownish above, silvery yellow below; sides of body with irregular greyish longitudinal stripes; dorsal, anal, pelvics, and the distal parts of the caudal and pectorals blackish. Hab. Off the Atlantic coast of Patagonia. Apparently related to P. perciformis (Mitchill) and P. porosus (Richardson), differing from both in the greater number of dorsal and anal rays, deeper body, smaller head, longer pectorals, etc. The two species described above are somewhat tentatively placed in the genus Palinurichthys, Bleeker [= Pammelas, Gunther], as the genera of Centrolophidae are badly in need of further revision. That the genus Leirus as defined by Regan (1902, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 7, x, p. 195) is capable of subdivision cannot be denied, but without an extensive and well-preserved series of specimens of the different species it is almost impossible to define the limits of the various groups. The changes undergone by many of the species of this family during growth are marked, and the material in
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