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•ENDEAVOUR" SCIENTIFIC RESULTS. 



Constant characters appear to be afforded by the number of 

 spines and rays in the dorsal and anal fins, and the number 

 of perforated scales along the lateral line. In nine examples 

 2f-i6 inches long, I find them to be as follows: — D. vii./ii-i2, 

 A. iv./i2, lateral line 42-44. 



Giinther has stated that the length of the head equals the 

 height of the body. As this character has been used in com- 

 parison with other species, it is worth noting that it is con- 

 siderably shorter in all the specimens I have seen, and is 

 shown to be so in all the figures published. 



Only three specimens were preserved in the "Endeavour" 

 collection which came from the east coast of Flinders Island, 

 Bass Strait, and sixty miles south of Cape Everard, Victoria, 

 60-70 fathoms. 



Genus Paratrachichthys, Waite. 



PaRATRACHICHTHYS TRAILLI, Huttou.. 



Paratrachichthys trailli, Hutton — Waite, Mem. Austr. Mus., 

 iv., 1899, p. 65. 



Waite noted that the number and form of the abdominal 

 scutes of his single specimen differed slightly from the des- 

 criptions and figure of Trachichthys macleayi, Johnston, and 

 T. traiUi, Hutton. In the "Endeavour" specimens I find 

 from twelve to sixteen scutes, and the first either divided or 

 single, and with one median or two lateral spines. This, 

 therefore, proves the identity of T. macleayi with Hutton's 

 species. 



Referring to the vomerine teeth, Waite states that the patch 

 could be covered by a pin's head. This agrees well with most 

 of my specimens, but in others they are entirely wanting. 



The collection includes seventeen specimens from off the 

 east coast of Flinders Island, Bass Strait, 40 fathoms, and 

 Oyster Bay, Tasmania, 40-60 fathoms. 



Family MONOCENTRID^. 

 Genus Monocentris, Bloch and Schneider. 



MONOCENTRIS GLORIA-MARIS, de Vis. 



Knight Fish. 



Monocentris gloria-maris (de Vis.)- — Waite, Mem. Austr. 



Mus., iv., 1899, p. 67, pi. viii., figs. 1-2, and Rec. Austr. 



Mus., vi., 1905, p. 60. 

 Two specimens were obtained fifteen miles off Saddle Hill, 

 New South Wales, in 35 fathoms. 



