BY W. MACLEAY, F.L.S. 345 



with darker margins, the eye is orange, and surrounded by a blue 

 ring. Length six inches. 



Port Phillip. 



Genus Ciulomycterus, Bibr. 



Jaws without median suture. Body covered with dermal 

 ossifications, all or most of which consist of three horizontal roots 

 and a stiff erect immovable spine. Nasal tentacle simple, with a 

 pair of lateral openings. 



Tropical and Sub-tropical Seas. 



10C3. ClIILOUYCTERUS JACULIFERUS, CllV. 



Gnnth.. Cat. Pishes VIII., p. 313.— Proc. Zool. Soc, Victoria, 



Vol. I., p. 211. 



Two spines above the orbit ; none in the middle of the fore- 

 head ; no tentacle ; there are only five spines in a straight, 

 longitudinal series from the parietal spine to the side of the dorsal 

 fin. Inter-orbital space quite Hat ; nostrils in front of the orbit. 

 The roots of four spines surround the tail behind the dorsal and 

 anal fins. Spines on the lower parts rather feeble. Jaws strong. 

 P. 19. D. 16. A. 15. C. 9. Three black spots on each side 

 of the body : one in front of the gill-opening, one behind the 

 pectoral fin and a third somewhat in advance of the dorso-anal 

 interspace. 



Hobson's Bay (Castelnau). 



Genus Dicotylichthys, Kaup. 



Jaws without median suture. Body covered with dermal 

 ossifications, each of which is provided with a spine ; the anterior 

 are two-rooted and erectile, the posterior three-rooted and im- 

 moveable. Nasal tentacle with two cylindrical and tapering 

 branches ; no nostril. 



Australia ; Cape of Good Hope. 

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