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Rhomboidichthys spilurus, Giiuther, Shore Fishes 

 "Challenger," pp. 47, 53, pi. XXI, fig. A (1880). 



Rhomboidichthys spiniceps, Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. 

 S. Wales, VI, 1882, p. 127; Ogilby, Cat. Fish. N. S. 

 Wales, p. 32 (1887). 



Scceops grand is quama, Jordan and Starks, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., XXXI, 1906, p. 168, fig. 1. 



Platophrys spiniceps, McCulloch, Austral. Zool., II, 1921, 

 p. 46. 



Engyprosopon (Scteops] grandi squama, McCulloch and 

 Whitley, Rec. Austral. Mus., XIV, 1925, p. 343, fig. 1. 



Depth of body If to twice in the length, length of 

 head 3f to 4^. Anterior profile of head almost vertical, 

 with a concavity above the snout. Snout shorter than 

 eye, diameter of which is 3 to 3^ in head; anterior edge 

 of upper eye above middle or posterior part of lower; 

 width of interorbital space 1 to If times diameter of 

 e J e (^)> or I to 1 (?). Males with a strong spine 

 on snout, a smaller one above anterior part of lower 

 eye, and usually another below front part of upper eye; 

 in the females the rostral spine is small and blunt, the 

 orbital spines absent. Maxillary extending to below 

 anterior edge of eye or a little beyond, length 3 to 3J 

 in head ; lower jaw not projecting, a small knob at the 

 symphysis, length 2^ to 2^ in head. Teeth of upper jaw 

 biserial, an inner row of small closely set teeth, and an 

 outer row of larger ones which are wider apart; a single 

 series of small teeth in lower jaw. Gill-rakers short, 5 

 or 6 on lower part of anterior arch. Scales of ocular side 

 feebly ciliated, those of blind side cycloid; 39 to 43 in a 

 longitudinal series. Dorsal 82-87; commencing some- 

 what on blind side of head, and above anterior nostril; 

 all the rays simple. Anal 60-66. Left pectoral with 10 

 to 12 simple rays, none of which are produced in the 

 males, length equal to or less than that of head; right 

 pectoral much smaller. Anterior ray of left pelvic 

 inserted below lower eye; first ray of right pelvic 

 opposite fourth or fifth of left. Caudal with 3/11/3 rays; 

 rounded. Depth of caudal peduncle about twice in 

 length of head. Brownish; vertical fins generally with 

 some small scattered brown spots; a pair of larger 

 blackish spots situated in the middle of the upper and 

 lower margins of caudal fin. 



