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NOTES ON, AND DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN 



FISHES.* 



By Allan R. McCulloch, Zoologist, Australian Museum. 



(Plates xxxv.-xxxvii.) 



The following notes and descriptions are based on specimens 

 which have been forwarded 'to the Australian Museum from 

 various sources. 



Family APLOCHITONIDiE. 

 Genus L o v r t t i a, gen.nov. 



Body elongate, naked. Dorsal with 8-9 rays, placed a little 

 behind the ventrals, which are submedian in position and are 

 composed of seven rays. Adipose fin large, longer than high. 

 Anal rather long, with 19-20 rays. Pectorals elongate, rounded, 

 with 11-12 rays. Caudal forked. Nostrils large, remote from 

 one another. Eye of moderate size. Teeth comparatively large, 

 in single rows on the jaws and palatines, and on each side of the 

 tongue. Gill-openings wide, the membranes not attached to the 

 isthmus; gill-rakers of the first arch long and slender. Pseudo- 

 branchise present. Urinogenital orifice produced into a large 

 fleshy papilla which lies in a deep groove behind the vent. 



This genus apparently only differs from Aplochiton Jenyns, in 

 being much more slender, and in having the dorsal, anal, pec- 

 toral, and ventral fins differently shaped. The adipose fin is 

 also much larger. 



I associate with this genus the name of Mr. E. F, Lovett, of 

 Hobart, to whom I am indebted for the beautifully preserved 

 specimens described below, as well as many other interesting 

 Tasmanian fishes. 



* Contributions from the Australian Museum. 



