362 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



cirrus. Lower lip well developed. Teeth, small, lanceolate, only 

 those of the lower jaw with indistinct lateral cusps. The four 

 first gill-openings distant and much narrower than the last, 

 which is approximate to the fourth and very wide. 



Australia. 



1089. Parascyllium variolatum, Dum. 

 Dum. Elasmobr., p. 327.— Gunth., Cat. Fishes YIIL, p. 410. 



Lower lip not continuous across the symphysis of the lower 

 jaw ; mouth midway between the eye and the extremity of the 

 snout. The two dorsal fins sub-equal in size, the first very 

 distant from the root of the ventral ; anal nearly entirely in 

 advance of the second dorsal. Dark brown above with more or 

 less distinct black spots. 



Tasmania. Length from two to three feet. 



1090. Parascyllium nuchale, M'Coy. 

 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1874, XIII., p. 15, pi. 2. 

 Body and fins clouded with two shades of chocolate brown, 

 with a broad blackish brown nuchal collar extending from the 

 base of the pectoral fin to halfway between the eye and the first 

 gill-opening ; and two or three very conspicuous large spots of 

 the same dark colour on each of the fins ; the whole of the sides 

 and back covered with white spots, smaller and more crowded on 

 the dark nuchal collar ; under side of throat and abdomen pale 

 whitish-brown. Mouth nearer to the snout than to the eyes. 



Port Phillip. Length two feet nine inches. 



Genus Chiloscyllium, Mull. & Ilenle. 



Two dorsal fins without spines ; the first above or behind the 



ventrals. Anal fin placed far behind the second dorsal, and very 



close to the caudal. Spiracle very distinct, below the eye. 



Nasal and buccal cavities confluent. Nasal valve folded, with a 



