112 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



763. Gadopsis marmoratus, Richards. 



Voy. Erebus and Terror, p. 122, pi. 59, fig. 6-11.— Gunth., Cat. 



Fishes IV., p. 318. 



B. 6. D. 10-11/25-26. A. 3/18-19. V. 1. 



The dorsal and anal fins are enveloped in thick skin ; ventral 

 longer than pectoral. Reddish-brown, marbled with darker. 



Fresh-waters of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, and 

 South Australia. 



Family II. LYCODID^E. 



Vertical fins confluent into one, without any spines. Ventral 

 fin if present, small, attached to the humeral arch, jugular; gill 

 opening narrow ; gill-opening attached to the isthmus. 



Genus Blennodesmus, Gunth. 



Body elongate, compressed, band-like, rudimentary scales being 

 imbedded in the mucous integuments of the body. Lateral line 

 rather indistinct. Eye of moderate size. Head compressed, with 

 the snout pointed and lower jaw prominent. Small conical teeth 

 in both jaws ; palate smooth. Barbels none. Gill-opening and 

 verticals as in the other genera of the family. Ventral fins 

 reduced to two short filaments, jugular. No prominent anal 

 papilla. 



Australia. 



764. Blennodesmus scapularis, Gunth. 



Proc. Zool. Soc, 1871, p. 667, pi. 67, fig. a. 



D. 4- C. 4- A. 50 + 9 + 40. V. 1. 



The height of the body is one-twelfth of the length, exclusive 

 of the caudal fin, the length of the head one-seventh, Interorbital 

 space convex, much narrower than the eye, the diameter of which 

 is one-fifth of the length of the head ; snout pointed, compressed, 

 rather longer than the eye. The maxillary extends beyond the 



