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648. Crepidogaster tasmaxiensis, Guntk 



Gunth,, Cat. Fishes III., p. 507. 



B. 5. D. 10. A. 9. 



Caudal fin quite free from dorsal and aual. The coracoid 

 extends upwards somewhat beyond the middle of the base of the 

 pectoral. Snout produced, somewhat pointed, much narrower 

 than the head. 



Tasmania. Length twenty-six lines. 



649. Crepidogaster spatula, Gunth. 



Gunth., Cat. Fishes III., p. 508. 



D. 6. A. 7. 



Dorsal and anal fins terminating at some distance from the 

 caudal. The coracoid extends upwards to the middle of the base 

 of the pectoral fin. Snout very broad and long, much depressed, 

 scarcely narrower than the posterior part of the head. 



Mouth of Swan Biver, dredged in three fathoms. Length 

 twenty-one lines. 



Division XV. ACANTH. CHANNIFOBMES. 



Body elongate, covered with scales of moderate size ; no spine 

 in any of the fins, dorsal and anal long. No superbranchial 

 organ, only a bony prominence on the interior surface of the 

 epitympanic bone. 



Family XXXVI. OPHIOCEPHALID.E. 



Body elongate, anteriorly subcylindrical ; covered with scales 

 of moderate size ; head depressed, covered with shield-like scales 

 superiorly ; lateral line with an abrupt curve or subinterrupted. 

 Cleft of mouth lateral, wide ; teeth in the jaws and on the palate. 

 Eye lateral. Gill-opening wide, the gill membranes of both sides 

 joined below the isthmus ; four gdls ; no pseudobranchia). A 

 cavity accessary to the gill cavity, for the purpose of retaining 



