592 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



Genus Berldia, Castelnau. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, Vol. II., p. 229. 



466. Beridia flaya, Casteln. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, Vol. II., p. 229, pi. 2. 

 Portland Bay, Victoria. 



Family XXVI. CATAPHRAOTI. 

 Triglidce with, the body completely cuirassed with bony keeled 

 scales or plates. Pyloric appendages in small or moderate 

 number. 



Genus Dactylopterus, Lacep. 



Head parallelopiped, with the upper surface and sides entirely 

 bony ; scapula and angle of the pra)operculum produced into long 

 spines ; body with scales strongly keeled and of moderate size • 

 lateral line none. Two dorsal fins ; pectoral very long with the 

 lower portion detached and shorter. Granular teeth in the jaws, 

 none on the palate. 



Nearly all Seas. 



467. Dactylopterus oriextalis, Cuv. and Val. 



Gunth., Cat. Pishes IL, p. 222. 



D. 1/1/5/8. A. 6. Ctec. pylor. 19. 



A long isolated ray-like filament behind the occiput, another 

 shorter one half way between the former and the dorsal fin, the 

 first dorsal spine detached from the others. The distance between 

 the eyes is one-third of the length of the head, and nearly equal 

 to that of the praeopereular spine ; the distance between the 

 two scapular spines is rather less than the depth of the notch 

 between. Pectoral fins spotted with brown and dotted with 

 bluish- white. 



Port Jackson. Endeavour Eiver. 



