FISHES. MCCULLOCH. 177 



CC. Lower surface of head almost or entirely naked ; scales 

 of upper surface spaced. 



E. Eye-diameter longer than the postorbital 



portion of the head; no scales on the lower 



portion of the head. fasciatus. 



EE. Eye-diameter subequal to the postorbital 



portion of the head ; some scales present 



on the lower surface of the head behind 



the angle of the mouth. mirus. 



EE. Snout greatly produced, measured obliquely, longer than 



the eye. innotabilis. 



CCELOKHYNCHUS, PARAMACRURUS, ATJSTRALIS Richardson. 



Coelorhynchus austral is (Richardson) McCulloch, Zool. 

 Res. Endeavour i, 1, 1911, p. 38 references and 

 synonymy. 



Two examples with incomplete tails, are remarkable 

 for their size. The larger measures 530 mm. and its 

 head 125 mm. The orbit (38 mm.) is but little shorter 

 than the snout (42) and much shorter than the post- 

 orbital portion of the head (51). 



Locality. Eastern edge of Bass Strait, outside 100 

 fathom line. 



CCELORHYNCHUS, PARAMACRURUS, FASCIATUS 



Macrurus fasciatus Giinther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) ii, 

 1878, p. 24. Id. Gilchrist, Rept. Fish. Marine Biol. 

 Survey S. Africa ii, 1922, p. 59. 



Macrurus., Coelorhynchus, fasciatus Giinther, "Chal- 

 lenger'' Rept., Zool. xxii, 1887, p. 129, pi. xxviii, fig. a. 



Coelorhynchus fasciatus McCulloch, Rec. Aust. Mus. vi, 

 1907, p. 348. Id. Thompson, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1, 

 1916, p. 473. 



Ccclorhynchus, Paramacrurus, fasciatus Gilbert and 

 Hubbs, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. 100, i, 7, 1920, p. 426. 



'This species is not uncommon off the eastern slope 

 of Bass Strait. Gilchrist (loc. cit.) records that it is so 

 plentiful in South African waters that several tons were 

 taken in a single haul of the net. 



Sixty specimens, 105-255 mm. long, are preserved 

 in the "Endeavour" collection, together with a much 

 larger specimen in which the end of the tail is wanting; 

 its head measures 97 mm. These exhibit some little 



