Zoology.'] NATURAL HISTORY OF VICTORIA. [Fishes. 



Not very uncommon in Bass's Straits. The example on our 

 plate was obtained in blasting the rocks at the Heads. 



This species has not been figured of the natural colors before. 

 It is reputed poisonous, but many of my friends have praised it 

 highly as a table fish, and it is certainly quite wholesome. 



Explanation of Figures. 



Plate 124. — Fig. 1, side view, about two-thirds natural size. Fig. la, front view of mouth, 

 showing the teeth, twice the natural size. Fig. lb, anterior spine, side view, one and a half 

 times the natural size, showing small second spine in membrane, behind base. Fig. lc, ditto, 

 viewed in front. Fig. Id, section, three times the natural size. Fig. le, section across posterior 

 part of body to show the projection of the " tooth-brush " spines. Fig. If, side view of ventral 

 spine, three times the natural size. Fig. \g, the same, viewed from below. Fig. Ik, scales of 

 the middle of body, magnified four diameters. Fig. It, one of the scales, more highly magnified, 

 showing the top of spine without skin. Fig. Ik, side view of one of the spines of skin, fifteen 

 times larger than natural size. Fig. 1/, front view of spine without skin, magnified. Fig. Im, 

 top view of Ik. Fig. In, scales from side of tail, magnified four diameters. 



Frederick McCoy. 



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