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upper surface ot the head ; about 5 large pores under the 

 orbit, three under the mandible. The colour of the fish is an 

 uniform dark brown. 



It was procured by shrimp trawl off the Cape Peninsula (Cape 

 Point Light-house bearing S. 83" JK- rnag.) distant 35i- miles ; 

 depth, 360 fathoms, bottom, black specks. Only one 

 specimen has as yet been got. 



Measurements of specimen. 



Head, length 16 mm. Longest ray of dorsal 9 mm. 



„ depth II „ „ „ „ caudal 12 „ 



Body, length 85 „ „ „ „ anal 5 „ 



„ depth II „ Eye 4 „ 



PARALIPARIS AUSTRALLS. n.sp. 

 • (Plate VILj 

 D. 48. A. 43. i'. 14 + 3- C. 9. 



Height of body contained ^^ times in length without 

 caudal. I^ength of head over 4 times. Snout broad, trun- 

 cated, longer than diameter of eye, which is 3I in length of 

 head. Interocular space is greater than postorbital portion 

 of head and is 2| times the diameter of the eye. No rays in 

 space separating the two portions of the pectoral. Nostril 

 immediately in front of eye, about 6 mucous pores in a line 

 along the side of upper jaw and under eye. Two occur at 

 symphysis of lower jaw, close together, having one external 

 opening. A row of 5 extending along lower jaw and 

 opercular region to the narrow gill opening ; the last 

 opposite the gill opening, is much smaller than the others. 

 Teeth of upper and lower jaws in closely set pavemented band. 

 The origin of the dorsal is behind the base of the pectoral,, 

 and that of the anal below the 6th ray of dorsal. Length of 

 middle caudal ray 75 in length of body, the dorsal overlaps 

 the caudal more than the anal and to about | of the length of 

 the caudal. No trace of a ventral fin. The vent as seen in 

 the smaller and uninjured specimen is far forward, just behind 

 a line between the pectorals. 



Skin is very loose and scaleless. The larger specimen 

 appears to be colourless, with the exception of the eye and 

 visceral mass, which are black. Examined with a low power, 

 however, the loose skin and body under it are seen to be 

 speckled with minute black dots. In the smaller these are 

 distinctly visible to the naked eye as a somewhat dark colour- 

 ing, most marked along the whole dorsal region. 



