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vertical bars ; similar bars on the body around the pectoral 

 region. In formalin the whole fish is whitish, the abdominal 

 region being whiter than the rest. 



Described and figured from a single specimen, 115mm. 

 long from the tip of the snout to the end of the middle caudal 

 rays. It differs from A. steindachneri, Jordan & Evermann, 

 A", eos, Gilbert, and A. capros, Lowe, in having fewer dorsal 

 and anal rays. A. malayanus, Weber, has only eight dorsal 

 spines, and is a narrower, rounder fish. It is near A. fowleri, 

 Franz, and A. rubescens, and may prove to be identical with 

 one of them, but the form of the body apparently distinguishes 

 it from both. 



Loc. Between Gabo Island and Cape Everard, Victoria, 

 200-250 fathoms ; October, 1914. 



ANTIGONIA RUBICUNDA, Ogilby. 

 (Plate xviii., fig. 2.) 



Antigonia rubicunda, Ogilby, New Fish. Queensland Coa.st, 

 1911, p. 103. 



D. ix. 28-29; A. iii. 26-27; P. 1 + 12: V. i. 5; C. 12. 

 Depth from the first dorsal spine to that of the ventral equal 

 to the length from the snout to the hypural ; head 2-7 in the 

 same. Eye 2-2 in the head, much longer than the snout, 

 which is 3-6 in the same. Interorbital width 3, depth of 

 caudal peduncle 2-5 in the head. Third dorsal spine, 1-06, 

 ventral spine 1-2, pectoral 1-1 in the head. 



A. rubicunda differs from A. rhomboidea in the general form 

 of the body and in having larger scales. The difference in 

 form is illustrated on plate xviii. ; it is rounder in A. rubicunda, 

 and the abdominal margin is less oblique, the insertion of 

 the anal spine being on a higher level than that of the ventral. 

 There are about forty-five scales between the operculum and 

 the hypural instead of fifty-eight as in A. rkomboidea. In all 

 other details the two species are very similar. 



The two small specimens, 62-65 mm. long, on which Ogilby's 

 description was based, aie the only ones known. They were 

 described on board the " Endeavour," so that it is not 

 surprising to find several errors in the description. Ogilby 

 has wrongly counted the number of spines and raj^s of the 

 fins, while some of the proportions given by him are also 

 incorrect. 



Loc. Thirteen miles N. 50 E. of North Reef, Queensland, 

 70 fathoms ; 15th July, 1910. 



