440 DESCRIPTIYE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



Genus Ageioptjs, Cuv. & Yal. 



Head and body compressed ; tlie former Tvithout or witli some 

 small spines ; pr?eorbital spineless. Cleft of the mouth, small ; 

 snout produced. Scales none. One dorsal with seventeen to 

 twenty-one spines, beginning from the head ; anal fin short ; no 

 pectoral appendages. Yilliform teeth in the jaws, generally none 

 on the vomer. Five branchiostegals. Air-bladder present ; no 

 pyloric appendages. 



Cape Seas, Chilian Seas, South and "West Australia. 



302. Agriopus LEUCO-PiECiLUS, Eichards. 



Yoy. Ereb. and Terr. Fishes, p. 60, pi. 37, f. 4-5.— Gunth. Cat. 

 Fishes II., p. 137. 



D. 17/13. A. 10. 



The fourth and fifth dorsal spines are the longest, and shorter 

 than the head. No spine before the orbit. Skin smooth. 

 Largely marbled with black ; some irregular whitish blotches 

 along the lateral line. 



South Australian Seas. King George's Sound. 



Genus Aploactis, Temm. 

 Head and body compressed, covered with small prickles or 

 filaments. Obtuse protuberances on the head. Some (from three 

 to five) of the anterior dorsal spines forming an almost distinct 

 division. No pectoral appendages. Teeth in the jaws, on the 

 vomer and sometimes on the palatine bones. Five branchiostegals. 



Seas of Japan, China, and Australia. 



303. Aploactis Milesii, Richards. 



Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 1851, Yol. YIII., p. 275.— Gunth. 



Cat. Fishes II., p. 142. 



D. 13-14/14. A. 12. C. 13. P. 11. Y. 1/2. 



