76 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



.Lateral line continuous. Base of the soft dorsal not scaly. Both 

 jaws with four canine teeth anteriorly ; lateral teeth distinct ; a 

 posterior canine tooth. 



Indian and Australian Seas. 



689. Trociiocopus uxicolor, Gunth. 



Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1876, Vol. XVII., p. 398. 



D. 11/11. A. 3/11. L. lat. 45. 



Eight longitudinal series of scales between the lateral line and 



spinous dorsal fin. Snout rather obtuse ; the small eye nearly in 



the middle of the length of the head. The height of the body is 



little more than the length of the head, and one-third of the 



total length, exclusive of the caudal fin. The membrane behind 



each dorsal spine deeply excised. Dorsal spines short and stout. 



Coloration uniform brownish black. 



Port Jackson. (Darnel.) 



690. Trociiocopus rufus, Macl. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, Vol. III., p. 35, pl.5, fig. 3. 

 King George's Sound. 



Genus Cossyphus, Gunth. 



Body compressed, oblong, with scales of moderate size ; snout 

 more or less pointed ; imbricate scales on the cheeks and opercles ; 

 vertical fins scaly on their basal portion. Lateral line not 

 interrupted. Teeth in the jaws in a single series ; four canine 

 teeth in each -jaw anteriorly ; generally a posterior canine tooth. 

 Formula of fins D. 11-12-13/9-11. A. 3/10-12-14. 



Tropical and semitropical seas. 



691. CossYnius vulpinus, Eichards. 



Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1851, Vol. VIE, p. 287. 



Br. 4. D. 12/11. A. 3/12. C. 14. 2/2. P. 1G. V. 1/5. 



