240 "ENDEAVOUR SCIENTIFIC RESULTS. 



2. ARNOGLOSSUS. 



ArnoflloKNHs, Bleeker, Versl. Med. K. Akad. Wet. Amster- 

 dam, XIII, 1862, p. 427. 



Atiticitharus, Gunther, Shore Fishes "Challenger," p. 47 

 (1880). 



Several species from the Eastern Atlantic, Mediter- 

 ranean, and Indo-Pacific ; six known from Australia. 



Synopsis of Australian Species. 

 I. Eyes separated by a ridge. 



A. 48 to 56 scales in a longitudinal series. 



1. About 50 scales in a longitudinal series; eye 3J to 31 



in head; 6 to 8 gill-rakers; pectoral fin with 12 rays. 



a. Dorsal profile of head arched, distinctly notched in 



front of eyes; anal with 68 to 74 rays ... 1. bleekeri 



b. Dorsal profile of head not greatly arched, slightly 



notched in front of eyes; anal with 77 to 82 rays 

 2. waitei 



2. 52 to 56 scales in a longitudinal series, eye 4 to 5 in 



head; 9 or 10 gill-rakers; pectoral fin with 8 or 9 

 rays 3. fisoni 



B. 70 to 92 scales in a longitudinal series. 



1. 70 to 73 scales in a longitudinal series; dorsal profile of 



head somewhat notched in front of eyes; dorsal with 

 90 to 97 rays 4. muelleri 



2. 87 to 92 scales in a longitudinal series; dorsal profile of 



head convex and evenly curved; dorsal with 98 to 99 



rays 5. bassensis 



II. Interorbital region concave, its width i or 5 diameter of eye; 

 43 to 46 scales in a longitudinal series; gill-rakers 

 "palmate" 6. intermedius 



1. Arnoglossus bleekeri. 



Arnoylossus bleckeri, Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. 



Wales, VI, 1882. p. 124 ; McCulloch and Whitley, Kec. 



Austral. Mus., XIV, 1925, p. 346, fig. 2. 



The following young examples, which are in bad 

 condition, appear to belong to this species. 



Depth of body 2 to 2i in the length, length of head 

 4 to 4|. 7 or 8 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior 

 arch. Scales ciliated on ocular side, cycloid on blind 

 side; about 50 in a longitudinal series. Dorsal 90-93. 

 Anal 68-74. 



Hab. East coast of Queensland. 



E.6700-2. (6) 12 miles N.E. of Bowen, Queensland; 

 19-25 fathoms. 



