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they become longer backwards and are as long as those 

 of the anal near the tail. Anal rays simple, highest 

 anteriorly. Pectoral rays very slender, the median ones 

 divided. First ventral ray with a short filament, reaching 

 beyond the origin of the anal. 



Upper portion light in colour after long preserva- 

 tion. The throat, whole abdominal area and the ventral 

 surface of the anterior half of the tail are bluish black. 

 Fins without markings. 



Described and figured from a specimen 460 mm. 

 long, from 350-450 fathoms in the Great Australian 

 Bight. 



Forty-six specimens, 125-533 mm. long, are preserved, 

 but very few retain any of their scales. The young 

 examples are very similar to the adults, though their 

 teeth are relatively smaller. 



Localities. This species is not uncommon in deep 

 water eastward of Bass Strait. It was first described 

 from South Australia, and has since been taken in New 

 Zealand waters and at the Kerinadec Islands. 



Great Australian Bight, south and south-west from 

 Eucla, 130-450 fathoms ; May, 1913. 



Eastern edge of Bass Strait, 100-220 fathoms. 



South-south-east from Genoa Peak, Victoria, 200 

 fathoms; 5th October, 1914. 



PSEUDOCHROMIS RUppcU. 



Pseudochromis Rtippell, Neue Wirbelth. Fische, 1835, 

 p. 8 (olivaceus) . Id. McCulloch, Mem. Qld. Mus. 

 iii, 1915, p. 47 synonymy. 



Assiculus Richardson, in Stokes, Discov. in Austr. i, 

 1846, p. 492 (punctatus). 



Nesiotes De Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales viii, 1884, 

 p. 453 (purpurascens). Id. Jordan, Gen. Fish, iv, 

 1920, p. 427. 



Onar De Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales ix, 1885, 

 p. 875 (nebulosuin) . 



Subgenus Leptocliromis Bleeker, Verh. Akad. Amsterdam 

 xv, 1876, p. 21 (cyanotcenia) . 



Synonymy. The identity of Nesiotes and Pseudo- 

 chromis has been recorded by Jordan, whom I supplied 



