578 DESCRrPTTVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



436. Antennarius coccineus, Less. & Garn. 



Voy. Coq., Poiss., p. 143, pi. 16, f. 1.— Guntli., Cat. Fishes III., 



p. 191. 



D. 3/12. A. 7. 



Tlie head and snout are so short, that the cleft of the mouth 

 ascends in an oblique line, which is somewhat directed backwards. 

 The anterior dorsal spine is short, stiff, terminating in a small 

 simple tentacle, situated between the eyes. Skin rough, covered 

 vvith small spines without cutaneous fringes ; the third dorsal 

 spine nearly hidden in the skin. Red, clouded with blackish 

 and greyish ; region above the pectoral blackish. 



Port Jackson (Macl. Mus.) 



437. Antennarius urophthalmus, Bleek. 



G-unth., Cat. Fishes III., p. 192. 



Chironectes caudimaculatus, Eich., Voy. Erebus and Terror, p. 125, 

 pi. 60, f. 8-9. 



D. 3/13. A. 8. P. 9. 



Anterior dorsal spine rather short, terminating in a ciliated 

 flap ; the third dorsal spine is connected by a membrane with the 

 base of the soft dorsal. The dorsal and anal fins extend to the 

 root of the caudal. Skin rough, covered with small spines and 

 scattered cutaneous fringes, two at the chin being the longest. 

 Orange-coloured, densely spotted and reticulated with black, the 

 membrane between the caudal rays with transparent ocelli, 

 edged with black. 



Port Darwin. 



438. Antennarius Commersonii, Lacep. 



Gunth., Cat. Fishes HI., p. 192.— Journ. Mus. Godeff ., Heft. XI., 

 plates 100—106. 



D, 3/13-14. A, 7-8. P. 9-11, 



