BY W. MACLEAY, F.L.S. 431 



orbital tentacles moderate. The tMrd dorsal spine equals the 

 second anal, and is more than half the length of the head. Of a 

 beautiful scarlet colour, sometimes marbled with grey, belly 

 whitish ; sides with rounded dark blotches ; fins reddish-pink, 

 variegated with white; the spinous dorsal has a large black 

 blotch covering the upper half of its ^Dosterior portion, the soft 

 dorsal is thinly spotted, and transversely marked with white and 

 red ; the ventrals are pink ; the pectorals marbled with pink, 

 white, and brown. 



Tasmania, Port Phillip, Port Jackson. 



285, ScoRP^NA BYNiENSis, Eichards. 



Voy. Erebus and Terror, Fishes, p. 22, ^\. 14, f. 3-4.— Gunth. Cat. 



Fishes, II., p. 113. 



D. 11. 1/8-11. A. 3/5. L. lat. 45. 



The height of the body is three times and a-half in the total 

 length, the length of the head three and a-quarter. Head without 

 scales except on the upper parts of the cheek and operculum. 

 The length of the snout is one-fourth, and the space between the 

 eyes one-sixth of the length of the head. The space between the 

 eyes is deeply concave, but the ridges are inconspicuous and do 

 not terminate in a spine posteriorly. The groove on the vertex 

 shallow, quadrangular, broader than long, and surrounded by 

 very prominent spines ; orbital tentacles moderate. The fourth 

 and fifth dorsal spines longest, half the length of the head, and 

 shorter than the strong second anal spine. Body and fins 

 variegated with brownish and white. 



Port Darwin, Darnley Island, Port Jackson. 



286. ScoRP^NA CARDiNALis, Eichards. 



Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 1842, Vol. IX., p. 212.— Gunth. Cat. 

 Fishes II., p. 116. 



D. 11. 1/9. A. 3/5. L. lat. 55. 

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