312 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF ATJSTR.VLIAX FISTIES, 



Ccesioperca rasor, Oasteln., Proc. Zool. Soc, Victoria, I., p. 49. 



D. 10/21. A. 3/9. L.lat. 51. L. transv. 4/18. Ca?c. pylor. G. 



Caudal fin forked, but none of tlie fins elongate, the pectoral, 

 one fourth of the total length ; the lower portions of the fins 

 densely covered with scales ; the height of the body forming one 

 third of the total length ; the head short forming one fourth of 

 it. Shining reddish brown, with a bluish stripe from beneath 

 the eye along the lateral line, and a subvertical oval, blackish 

 spot below the lateral line, 02)posite the commencement of the 

 soft dorsal. 



Victorian and Tasmanian seas. 



The generic name Cmsioperca was given to this species by Count 

 Castelnau, on account of a slight departure from the more typical 

 form of Anthias. There is scarcely sufficient reason I think for 

 the establishment of a new genus. 



17. Anthias Eichardsoxii, Gunth. 



Proc. Zool. Soc, 1869, p. 429. 



D. 10/20. A. 3/9. L. lat. 60. 



Difiters only from the preceding species, A. rasor, in having 

 the blackish spot on the side below the lateral line, of a horizontally 

 ovate shape, and under the fifth to ninth dorsal rays. 



Tasmania. 



18. Anthias longimanijs, Gunth. 

 Cat. Fishes I., p. 94, pi. 7, fig. b. 



D. 10/20. A. 3/8. L. lat. 65. 



The height of the body is four times and three-fourths in the 

 total length. Caudal fin forked ; the pectoral elongate, reaching 

 to the vertical from the soft portion of the dorsal fin, and one 

 fourth of the total length ; head entirely scaly ; fins covered for 



