BY W. MACLEAY, F.L.S. 577 



the angle of the mouth, and on the belly the most conspicuous ; 

 each tentacle of the latter rooting in the centre of a round white 

 spot ; the second and third dorsal spines fringed on the top. 

 Ground colour, yellowish or reddish, largely marbled with brown ; 

 brown spots radiating from the eye ; most of the spots edged with 

 white. Eound white spots on the sides of the body, and more 

 crowded on the belly. 



Port Jackson. 



A species of wide range, very variable and with many synonyms. 



434. Antennaritjs striatus, Shaw. 



Nat. Misc. v., pi. 175.— Gunth., Journ. Mus. Godeff., Heft. XI., 



pi. 92, fig. B. 



D. 3/12. A. 7. P. 10. 



The anterior dorsal spine is as long or slightly longer than the 

 second, terminating in three long cutaneous flaps, the second and 

 third with a cluster of small cutaneous growths at their tips. Skin 

 very rough. Colour yellowish with many brown radiating streaks 

 over the head and body ; the fins are spotted besides. 



Port Jackson ; common. 



435. Antennaeius pinnioeps, Cuv. & Val. 



Gunth., Cat. Fishes in., p. 190. — Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 

 1867, XX., p. 61. 



D. 3/12. A. 7. P. 10. 



The anterior dorsal spine as long as the second, terminating in 

 three lanceolate flaps. The dorsal fin terminates at a considerable 

 distance from the caudal. Skin rough, covered with small spines 

 and small cutaneous fringes. Yellowish, irregularly spotted and 

 streaked with brown ; streaks radiating from the eye ; a series 

 of large, round, brown spots along the middle of the dorsal ; the 

 dorsal and anal with round spots. 



Sydney (Gunther). 



