262 "ENDEAVOUR" SCIENTIFIC RESULTS. 



spine. Pectoral fin more developed on ocular side. Two 

 pelvic fins; right with 10 or 11 rays, free from anal; 

 left with 5 or 6 rays. Caudal fin convex ; caudal peduncle 

 very short. Scales rather small, imbricated, ctenoid on 

 both sides of body, extending over the dorsal surface of 

 eyeballs. Lateral line with a slight curve anteriorly; 

 no accessory branches. Intestinal tract short. 

 A single species from southern Australia. 



1. Azy go-pus pinnifasciatus, sp. u. 



(Fig. 10.) 



Depth of body 2| to 2f in the length, length of head 

 4| to 4f. Dorsal profile of head straight or a little 

 convex. Snout shorter than eye, diameter of which is 

 3^ to 4 in length of head ; anterior margins of eyes level 

 or lower a little in advance, inner margins almost con- 

 tiguous. Maxillary extending to below anterior ^ or | of 

 eye ; length of lower jaw of ocular side 2-| to 2 in head ; 

 a small bony knob below the symphysis. Teeth acute, 

 rather close-set; bands in jaws narrowing posteriorly. 

 Lower pharyngeals about 4 times as long as broad, in 

 contact for anterior $ of their length; teeth cylindrical, 

 with a narrow, pointed terminal cusp. Gill-rakers 

 bluntly conical, 11 or 12 on lower part of anterior arch. 

 Scales of ocular side somewhat more strongly denticu- 

 lated than those of blind side. 88 to 95 scales in a longi- 

 tudinal series just above lateral line, 27 to 32 between 

 lateral line and highest point of dorsal profile. Dorsal 

 104-115; origin almost on median line; first ray entirely 

 free and much longer than those immediately behind 

 it, its length 2 to 2-| in head ; rest of fin rather low, rays 

 simple or bifid at their tips. Anal 84-92. Right pectoral 

 with 10 to 11 rays (6 to 8 branched), scaly only at base, 

 length 2| to 3 in head; left pectoral much shorter. 

 Anterior ray of right pelvic inserted at some distance 

 behind level of maxillary of blind side, none of its rays 

 scaly, the posterior rays twisted a little on to eyed side 

 of median line; first ray of left pelvic opposite sixth or 

 seventh of right. Caudal with 2-3/12-14/2-3 rays ; a little 

 rounded or doubly truncate; scales extending on to both 

 sides. Caudal peduncle about 6 times as deep as long, 

 depth 2 to 2i in length of head. Length of intestinal 

 tract about f that of fish; a large coil followed by one 

 or two small loops. Ocular side brownish, with irregular 



