22 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



584. Cristiceps splexdexs, Casteln. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. Victoria, Yol. IT., p. 66. 



D. 3/28/6. A. 2/23. Y. 1/4. 



Head very convex above and in front. Height of body 

 contained a little over four times in the total length, the length 

 of the head three times and two-thirds, eye five times in the 

 length of the head ; snout longer than the diameter of the eye, 

 which is equal to the width of the interorbital space. A long 

 quadridigitate tentacle on the nostril ; another, stronger and rather 

 longer, above the orbit, compressed and simple, excepting a small 

 angle anteriorly. Teeth numerous and sharp in the jaws, with 

 in the lower jaw an external series of larger and more conical 

 ones, the teeth on the vomer more blunt. Scales small, round, 

 deciduous ; lateral line continuous, formed of a succession of 

 little ridges not contiguous. The first dorsal fin is placed over 

 the orbit, the first spine as high as the body, the second shorter, 

 the third half the length of the first, the second dorsal begins over 

 the end of the operculum, and increases gradually in height to 

 its posterior extremity, the last ray is attached by a membrane to 

 the tail at some distance from the commencement of the caudal 

 fin ; the caudal is long, of nine rays, which extend beyond the 

 uniting membrane, the ventrals are formed of two short and two 

 long rays. Colour (in spirits) uniform carmine with the head 

 and fins orange. 



South Australia. length seven inches. 



*B ' 



585. Cristiceps auraxtl^cus, Casteln. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, Yol. III., p. 386. 

 Port Jackson. 



586. Cristiceps multifexestratus, Casteln. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. Yictoria, Yol. I., p. 131, and Yol. II., p. 48 note. 

 D. 3/30/4. A. 2/23, Y. 1/3. 



