292 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



956. ICHTHYOCAMPUS SCALARIS. Guntll. 



Gunth., Cat. Fishes VIII., p. 177. 

 D. 25. Osseous rings 19 + 39. 



Operculum without ridge. The length of the head is about 

 one-ninth of the total ; snout half as long as the head in adult 

 examples, and as long as the postorbital portion in young. 

 Upper part of the head with scarcely a trace of a ridge along 

 the nuchal shields. Body as deep as broad, with very obtuse 

 ridges. Tail twice as long as the trunk. Dorsal fin standing on 

 seven rings, three of which belong to the body. Caudal very 

 short. Body and tail with from thirteen to fifteen irregular 

 broad brown cross-bands, more distinct in young than in adult 

 examples. A narrow brown cross bar on the suture between 

 every two ventral shields. Lower side of the head and breast 

 with deep brown dots. 



Freycinet's Harbour (Herald). 



957. ICHTHYOCAMPUS FILUM, Gunth. 



Gunth., Cat. Fishes VIII. , p. 178. 

 D. 14. Osseous rings 16 -f- 47-48. 



Head and snout very short, the length of the former being 

 two-fifths of its distance from the vent. Snout turned upwards, 

 one-third of the length of the head. Head and body compressed, 

 without ridges. The length of the body (head included) is 

 contained twice and two-thirds in that of the tail ; pouch as long- 

 as the trunk, lined with soft membrane. Vent opposite to the 

 middle of the dorsal fin. Pectoral fin short and narrow ; caudal 

 well developed. Narrow brownish black cross bars, corres- 

 ponding to the sutures between the body rings. 



Freycinet's Harbour. 



958. ICHTHYOCAMPUS MACULATUS, All. & Mad. 



Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, Vol. I., p. 353, pi. 17 fig 2. 

 Larnley Island (Chevcrt Exp.) 



