424 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



270. Chilodactylus nigripes, Eichards. 



Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 1851, YoL VII., p. 381.— Gunth. Cat. 



Fishes II., p. 82. 



D. 18/26. A. 3/10. L. lat. 61. 



Five simple pectoial rays, tlie second longest, not reaching the 

 vent, and projecting about a third of its length beyond the 

 membrane. Dorsal fin notched, the fifth and longest spine is 

 more than one-third the height of the body. An eminence above 

 the upper angle of the orbit. Fins black. 



King Greorge's Sound. 



271. Chilodactylus gibbosus, Eichards. 

 Gunth. Cat. Fishes II., p. 84. 



D. 17/33. A. 3/9. L. lat. 63. 



Five simple pectoral rays of moderate length, the second and 

 third longest. Dorsal fin slightly notched, the fourth and fifth 

 spines elongate, the former equal to the length of the head, in 

 old specimens a pair of horns on the forehead, and a pair of bony 

 tubercles on the snout. A blackish longitudinal band between 

 the dorsal and the lateral line. 



West Australia, Tasmania, Port PhiUip. 



272. Chilodactylus spectabilis, Hutton. 



Fishes of New Zealand, p. 8, 1872. 



Chilodachjlus Allporti, Gunth., Ann. Nat. Hist. 1872, Vol. X., 



p. 184. 



Chilodactylus ruhrofasciatus, Casteln., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales 



Vol. III., p. 140. 



D. 17/26. A. 3/9. L. lat. 55. L. transv. 5/16. 



Total length about four and a-quarter times the length of the 

 head, and rather more than three times the height of the body. 

 Six simple pectoral rays, the upper'one the longest, not so long 



