PE/OCBEDIITGS 



OF THE 



LINNEAN SOCIETY 



OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 



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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27th, 1881. 



The President, J. C. Cox, Esq., M.D., E.L.S., in the Chair. 



DONATIONS. 



Southern Science Record, from the Publisher. 



Report of the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Societe 

 Entomologique de Belgique, from the Society. 



Journal of the Linnean Society, London, Yol. XIII., No. 60 

 to 83, from the Society. 



papees read. 

 Descriptive Catalogue of the Fishes of Australia. 

 By William Macleay, F.L.S., &c. 

 Part III. 

 Division X. ACANTII. BLENNIIFORMES. 

 Body low, subcylindrical or compressed, elongate, rarely 

 oblong. Dorsal fin very long : the spinous portion, if distinct, is 

 very long, as well developed as the soft, or much more ; some- 

 times the whole composed of spines only. Anal fin more or less 

 long ; caudal sub truncated or rounded, if present ; ventrals 

 thoracic or jugular if present. 



Family XXYIII. TRICH0N0TID2E. 

 Body elongate, subcylindrical, covered with cycloid scales of 

 moderate size. Eyes directed upwards. Teeth in villiform bands. 

 One long dorsal fin with articulated, not branched rays, and 

 without a distinct spinous portion ; anal long ; ventrals jugular, 

 with one spine and five rays. Gill-opening very wide ; seven 

 branchiostegals. No anal papilla ; no air-bladder or pyloric 

 appendages ; caudal vertebrae very numerous. 



