BY W. MACLEAY, F.L.S. 579 



Skin very rough, covered with small spines. The anterior 

 dorsal spine much longer than the second, terminating in a fringed 

 lobe. The dorsal fin terminates near the caudal, the last rays 

 extending to the caudal fin. Nearly uniform black or brownish- 

 black, with some white spots ; pectorals and ventral fins white- 

 edged. 



Port Darwin ; many varieties. 



439. Antennarius tbisignattjs, Eichards. 

 Voy. Erebus and Terror, Fishes, p. 15, pi. 9, fig. 1. 



D. 3/13. A. 7. C. 9. P. 9. V. 5. 



The first dorsal spine is long, slender, and terminates in a 

 single cutaneous flap, the third is enveloped in the skin. Skin 

 rough. Colour greyish, with a purplish reflection, and a minute 

 reticulation of lighter lines. A round black spot at the base of 

 the dorsal fin near its middle, another above the anus, and a third 

 above the pectoral arm ; an irregular whitish mottled band extends 

 from the commencement of the soft dorsal to the rays of the 

 pectoral. A similar band encircles the root of the tail, on the 

 tail itself there are a number of transparent spots. 



King George's Sound (Eichards.). 



440. ANTENNARins FiLAMENTOSUS, Casteln. 

 Proc. Zool. Soc, Victoria, Vol. II., p. 65. 



D. 3/13. A.8 P. 11. 



The first dorsal spine is long, slender, and terminates in six or 

 seven long tentacles, with, on each side of it, another slender 

 filiform tentacle. Skin not spiny, but covered with large fringes, 

 the mouth is broad, the lips tuberculose. Colour light brown, 

 with several very large, black blotches on the body, but none on 

 the fins, nor on the lower parts of the body ; some silvery- white, 

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