122 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



776. Macrurus australis, Richards. 



Proc. Zool. Soc, 1839, p. 100.— Gunth., Cat. Fishes IV., p. 391. 



D. 13. 88. A. 87. V. 7. L.lat. 130. L. trans. 4/15. Vert. 14/53. 



Each scale with twelve or thirteen keels, and with the margin 

 crenulated. The second dorsal ray smooth, extending beyond 

 the origin of the second dorsal fin, if laid backwards. Vent 

 situated behind the vertical from the last ray of the first dorsal. 

 The projecting part of the snout trihedral, scarcely longer than 

 the diameter of the eye, which is rather less than one-third of the 

 length of the head. 



Port Arthur, Tasmania. Length seventeen inches. 



Genus CoRYrniENoiDES, Gunner. 



Scales of moderate size, spiny or smooth. Snout short, obtuse, 

 obliquely truncated ; cleft of mouth lateral. Head without 

 prominent ridges ; the suborbital ring is not joined to the angle 

 of the prseoperculum, nor is the latter supported by it. Prse- 

 opercular angle with a very indistinct ridge. Teeth in the upper 

 jaw in a narrow band, those of the outer series larger than the 

 others ; palate smooth. Ventrals below the pectorals. A barbel. 



Northern Atlantic. Southern Australian Seas. 



777. Coryph^enoides denticulatus, Eichards. 



Voy. Erebus and Terror, p. 53, pi. 32, f. 1-3.— Gunth., Cat. Fishes 



IV., p. 396. 



First dorsal fin of eleven rays. Ventrals eight ; other fins 

 imperfect. Five series of scales between the anterior dorsal and 

 the lateral line ; scales spiny. The first dorsal ray very slender, 

 and not serrated. Snout very short and obtuse ; head without 

 ridges. Teeth in the upper jaw in a very narrow band, those of 

 the outer series being much stronger and widely set. The vent 

 is situated vertically behind the anterior dorsal. 



South Australia. 



