﻿FISHES.-MCCULLOCH. 



As Richardson's description and figure of this species 

 were prepared from a dried specimen which had apparently 

 shrunk considerably, they are very inaccurate. Certain errors 

 were corrected by Giinther in his later description of the same 

 specimen, so that it only remains to give reliable figures to 

 place the species on a sound basis. 



My specimens differ from the original description in the 

 following details. None show the mesial row of small scutes 

 before the dorsal spine, while those on the sides and around 

 the vent are so differently arranged that they must have been 

 considerably distorted in the type. The "acute curved teeth 

 at the base in front" of the dorsal spine really represent a 

 small detached spine anteriorly, and a pair of lateral ones, 

 the latter being only occasionally developed. Finally, the 

 skin is not nearly so rough as figured, but is covered with 

 closely-set microscopic spines which give a velvety feel to 

 the touch. 



FIG. 9. 



The form of the body changes greatly with growth, the 

 body becoming much deeper and the snout longer, while the 

 dorsal spines are greatly reduced. The eye is comparatively 

 larger in young specimens. Full grown specimens develop a 

 peculiar patch of bristles on the dorsal line just before the 

 hump of the back. They are also very beautifully coloured in 

 life, though the only tints remaining in my specimens are 

 delicate rose-pink areas on the breast and upper portion of the 

 sides which bear numerous large silvery spots and bars. A 

 silvery pink bar is present on the snout below and before the 

 eye. A broad oblique dark bar extends from behind the 



