266 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



stomachal dilatation being longer than the intestine proper, and 

 provided with a short coecal appendage near its upper end. 



Australia. 



908. Cjiilobranciius dorsalis, Richards. 



Yoy. Erebus and Terror, p. 50, pi. 30, figs. 1-5. — G- unth., Cat. 



Fishes VIII., p. 18. 



The length of the head somewhat less than half the distance 

 between the gill-opening and the vent. Colour blackish-brown, 

 with a median dorsal line, and the dorsal and anal fins of a paler 

 hue. Vert. 21/52. 



N. W. Australia. 



909. ClIILOBRANCHUS RUFUS, 11. sp. 



The length of the head is about one-third of the distance 

 between the gill-opening and vent. The colour is red, with six 

 or seven large blue or dark purple spots along each side becoming 

 fainter towards the tail. 



Port Jackson. Tasmania. Length under three inches. 



Family XV. MUKJENIDJE. 



Body elongate, cylindrical or band shaped, naked or with 

 rudimentary scales. Vent situated at a great distance from the 

 head. Ventral fin none. Vertical fins, if present, confluent, or 

 separated by the projecting tip of the tail. Sides of the upper 

 jaw formed by the tooth-bearing maxillaries, the fore part by 

 the intermaxillary, which is more or less coalescent with the 

 vomer and ethnoid. Humeral arch not attached to the skull. 

 Stomach with a blind sac ; no pyloric appendages. Organs of 

 reproduction without efferent ducts. 



Sub-Family I. MUR2ENIDJE PLATYSCHISTiE. 

 The branchial openings in the pharynx arc wide. 



