BY W. MACLEAY, F.L.S. 575 



opening reduced to a small foramen, situated in or near the axil ; 

 gills two and a-half to tliree and a-half. No pseudobrancliise. 



Q-enus BiiACHioiacHTHYs, Bleek. 



Head large, liigh, compressed ; cleft of mouth, directed forwards ; 

 jaws with cardiform teeth ; palate smooth. Body smooth, or 

 covered with minute spines. Three slender dorsal spines, the 

 two posterior connected by a membrane with each other, and with 

 the soft portion ; the anterior modified into a tentacle, situated 

 above the snout. The soft dorsal is longer than the anal. Stomach 

 of moderate size ; no air-bladder or xoyloric appendages. 



Tasmanian Seas. 



430. Brachionichthys niRsiJTus, Lacep. 



Gunth., Cat. Fishes III., p. 182. 



D. 1. 2/19. A. 9. P. 7. Y. 1/4. Yert. 12/10. 



The height of the body is one-fourth of the total length. Skin 

 rough. The anterior dorsal spine is free, terminating in a small 

 lobe ; the two others are joined into one fin, separate from the 

 soft dorsal. Brownish-grey, with brown dots ; a black spot on 

 the second, third, and fourth dorsal rays 



Tasmania. 



431. Brachionichthys l.evis, Lacep. 



Cuv., Mem. Mus., p. 435, ^l. 18, f. 3.— Gunth., Cat. Fishes III., 



p. 182. 

 D. 3/16. A. 9. P.7. Y. 1/4. 



Height of body one-fourth of total length ; skin nearly smooth, 

 covered with minute spines. The dorsal spines are connected 

 with one another and with the soft dorsal by a membrane, which 

 however is notched between the first and second spines, and 

 between the third and the soft dorsal. Peddish-brown. 



Tasmania ? 



