212 "ENDEAVOUR" SCIENTIFIC RESULTS. 



CALLIONYMUS PHASIS (1 iitither. 



Callionymus pliasls Giinther, Challenger Zool. i. 1880, 

 p. 28, pi. xv, fig. c. Id. McCulloch, Kec. Austr. Mus. 

 xiv, 1, 1923, p. 9. 



"Two specimens, 48 and 66 mm. long, exhibit some 

 variation in the lengths and numbers of their fin-rays 

 and spines. In the larger the dorsal spines are much 

 longer than the rays as in the holotype, but in the other 

 the longest spine is a little shorter than the anterior 

 rays. The latter has nine dorsal rays while the former 

 has only eight; both have seven anal rays." McCulloch 

 (loc. tit.). 



Locality. Gippslaud coast, Victoria, 80 fathoms; 

 17th October, 1914. South of Cape Everard, Victoria. 

 200 fathoms; 7th October, 1914. 



Family TRIGLID.E. 

 Subfamily PERISTEDIONTIN.K. 



PERISTEDION PICTURATUM, sp. nor. 

 (Plate Ivi, figs. 1-3.) 



Br. 5; D.viii/21 ; A.20; P.12/2: V.l/5; C.12. L. lat. 

 36; 1. tr. 4. 



Head, including rostrum (56 mm.) 2-5 in the length 

 to the hypural joint (140) ; depth of the body (22-5) 6-2 

 in the same. Eye (9) a little narrower than the inter- 

 orbital space (10), 3-6 in the length of the snout. Snout 

 (33) 1-7 in the head, rostral processes (13) 1-5 in their 

 distance from the eye. Width of the head at the pre- 

 opercular angle (33) equal to the length of the snout. 

 Second dorsal spine (14) 4, second dorsal ray (12) 4-6, 

 and third anal ray (10-5) 5-3 in the head. Pectoral (20) 

 2-8, ventral (22) 2-5, and caudal (21-5) 2-6 in the head. 



Snout with two flat, subparallel blades, which are 

 granular : each bears a very small spine near its base 

 on the upper surface. No spines on the forehead or 

 upper surface of the snout. A supraorbital spine above 

 the posterior margin of the orbit, followed by two more 

 on each side of the occiput; a nodular ridge is situated 

 a little lower down on 'each side of the head, which 

 terminates in a spine above the post-temporal bone. 



