366 DESCBIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



1097. Heterodoxtus Piiillipii, Lacep. 



Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S. Wales, Vol. III., p. 309-313, pi. 22, 23, 24. 

 Port Jackson, Port Phillip. 



1098. Heterodontus galeatus, Gunth. 



Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S. Wales, Vol. III., p. 313, pi. 25. 

 Port Jackson. 



Family VI. SPINACIDiE. 



Two dorsal fins ; no anal fin. Mouth but slightly arched ; a 

 long, deep, straight, oblique groove on each side of the mouth. 

 Spiracles present; gill-openings narrow. Pectoral fins not 

 notched at their origin. 



Genus Acanthias, Muller & Henle. 



IVo dorsal fins, each with a spine ; no anal fin. Mouth but 

 slightly arched ; a long, deep, straight, oblique groove on each 

 side of the mouth ; no labial fold along the margin of the mouth. 

 Teeth equal in both jaws, rather small, their point so much 

 turned aside that the inner margin of the tooth forms the cutting 

 edge. No nictitating membrane. Spiracle rather wide, im- 

 mediately behind the eye. Gill-openings narrow. 



Temperate Seas. 



1099. Acanthias vulgaris, Eisso. 

 Mull. & Henle, p. 83'.— Dum., Elasmobr., p. 437.— Gunth., Cat. 



Pishes VIIL, p. 418. 

 Origin of the dorsal fin opposite to or behind the inner posterior 

 angle of the pectoral. Dorsal spines without groove. Snout 

 produced. Colour bluish-grey, with white spots in young 

 specimens. 



New Ilolland (Gunther). 



