FISHES. MCCULLOCH. 201 



marked with about eight narrow longitudinal grey lines. 

 The anal has a black submarginal longitudinal stripe. 

 Caudal with oblique grey lines on the membrane of the 

 upper half and irregular rows of dots below. Pectorals 

 and ventrals with obscure grey dots. 



Described from a male specimen, 149 mm. long, which 

 is the largest of five examples preserved in the 

 "Endeavour" collection. 



Variation. The other four are females and show less 

 colour-marking, the lateral spots and black anal stripe 

 being wanting. The anterior dorsal is darker than in 

 the male and the marking consists of indefinite light 

 spots on a blackish ground-colour. A young example, 

 63 mm. long, in the Australian Museum collection from 

 Port Denison, Queensland, is much more definitely 

 marked than the larger specimen but the markings are 

 similarly disposed and they agree with those described 

 and figured by Richardson. The young specimen has 

 only four strong barbs on the inner edge of the pre- 

 opercular spine, but these vary from six to ten in number 

 in the larger ones. 



Status. C. lelcheri was regarded as the young of C. 

 longicaudatus ( = C. japonicus} by Giiiither, but it is 

 altogether different from that species. The head is much 

 larger, being more instead of much less than one- third 

 of the length to the hypural joint as in C. japonicus, 

 and the preopercular spine is armed with very coarse 

 barbs instead of fine denticles. The interorbital space 

 of belcheri is a narrow groove instead of a bony ridge 

 as in japonicus. 



Locality. 4-20 miles N.E. of Gloucester Head, 

 Queensland, 19-35 fathoms; 2nd August, 1910. 



CALLIONYMUS, OALLIURICHTHYS, RAMBUS, sp. nov. 



(Plate liii.) 



D.iv/8; A.7; P.19; V.i/5; C.10. Depth (19 mm.) 74 

 in the length to the hypural joint (142) ; head, to the 

 posterior margin of the operculum (35) 4-03, breadth 

 before the pectorals (29) 4-9 in the same. Distance 

 between the premaxillary symphysis and the tip of the 

 preopercular spine (42) 3-3 in the length. Eye (9-5) as 

 long as the preorbital. 



