512 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



316. TRAcniCHTHYS ELONGATus, Gunth. 



Guiitli. Cat. Fislies I., ]). 10, -pi. I, fig. a. 



D. 4/11. A. 3/9. V. 1/6. L. lat. about 65. 



Scales rough, those of the lateral line not larger ; the serrated 

 ventral keel composed of eleven or twelve scales. The lielght of 

 the body one-third of the length between the snout and the base 

 of the caudal. 



Australia, (young specimen, Gunth.) New Zealand. 



Genus Beryx. 



Muzzle short. Mouth very oblique. Eye large. Yilliform 

 teeth in the jaws and on the vomer and palatine bones. Opercles 

 serrated, praeoperculum without spine. Scales rather large. One 

 dorsal fin ; ventrals with seven or more rays ; caudal forked ; anal 

 with four spines. Air-bladder simple; pyloric appendages in 

 increased number (20-30). 



Sea of Madeira, Indian and Australian Seas. 



317. Beryx affinis, Gunth. 



Gunth. Cat. Fishes I., p. 13, pi. 2. — Casteln., Proc. Linn. Soc, 

 N. S. Wales, Vol. II., p. 225. 



Nannegai of the Sydney aborigines. 



D. 7/12. A. 4/12-13. V. 1/7. L. lat. 41-43. L. transv. 6/12. 



(For full description see Castelnau, he. cit.) 



East Coast of New South Wales. 



Genus Myripristis, Cuv. 



Muzzle short, cleft of mouth oblique. Eye generally large. 

 Villiform teeth in the jaws and on the vomer and palatine bones. 

 Eight branchiostegals. Opercular bones serrated. Operculum 

 with a sx^iue, prteoperculum without. Scales large, ctenoid. Two 

 dorsal fins, scarcely united ; ventrals with seven rays ; caudal 



