586 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGTTE OF ATJSTEALIAN FISHES, 



The first dorsal spine rather long and slender ; the praeopercular 

 spines short and nearly equal ; sjpines on the crown of the head 

 and the orbit ; a pair of turbinal spines ; lateral line smooth ; 

 no tentacle above the orbit. Bro-^n, with obsolete cross-bands ; 

 all the fins dotted with brown. 



Port Darwin, Palm Islands, CapeGrenville. 



454. Platycephalus nematophthalmtjs, Gunth. 



Gunth. Cat. Fishes II., p. 184. 



D. 1. 8/11 A. 11. L, lat. 105. 



The length of the head is three times and a-half in the total 

 length ; the ridges of the head with some small spines. A tentacle 

 of moderate length above the orbit ; a single flat one below the 

 angle of the praeoperculum, none at the nostril. Praeopercular 

 spines rather short, of nearly equal size. Lateral line smooth. 

 Brownish with seven darker cross-bands on the back ; fins spotted 

 with brownish ; the spines and rays of the dorsal and caudal fins 

 crossed by fine black lines. 



Port Essington. Port Darwin. 



455. Platycephalus cirronasus, Eichards. 



Voy. Erebus and Terror, p. 114, pi. 51, f. 7-10.— Gunth., Cat. 

 Fishes 11., p. 186. 



D. 1. 8/12. A. 11. L. lat. 60. 



Each nostril with a cirrus of moderate length. The length of 

 the head is one-third of the total, and its width between the prae- 

 opercular spines once and five-sixths of its length. The space 

 between the eyes is very concave, and four times and a-half in 

 the length of the snout. Prominent spines on the upper side of 

 the head, but none on the infraorbital ring. Two small spines 

 at the angle of the praeoperculum. Lateral line smooth. Pose- 

 coloured, with some violet spots along the base of the dorsal fin, 



