610 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



Twenty series of scales between the origin of tlie second dorsal 

 fin and the anal. Head and anterior j)art of the body broad and 

 rather depressed. The broad, rounded snout j)rojects somewhat 

 over the large mouth. The height of the body is one-fifth of the 

 length (without caudal) the length of the head nearly one-fourth. 

 Eye small, only haK the width of the interorbital space ; the 

 maxillary extends to below the hind margin of the orbit. No 

 canine teeth ; head entirely naked ; dorsal and anal fins low ; 

 caudal obtusely rounded ; ventral short, terminating a great 

 distance from the vent, its basal membrane well developed ; the 

 free portion of the tail scarcely longer than deep. Brownish, 

 with some indistinct darker spots ; the spinous dorsal fin with a 

 dark spot behind. 



Port Mackay. 



500. GOBIUS CRISTATUS, n. sp. 



D. 6/12. A. 12. 



Height of body seven times in the total length, length of head 

 four times and a-half . Head slightly depressed, body compressed ; 

 eyes nearly their diameter apart, and about the same distance 

 from the snout; mouth oblique; teeth rather strong and numeroui, 

 strong canines in the lower jaw ; cheeks swollen ; a long skinny 

 flap or crest along the nape from the eyes to the dorsal fin ; scales 

 minute. The second, third, fourth, and fifth rays of the first 

 dorsal fin much prolonged and filamentose ; caudal large, acutely 

 rounded. Colour (in spirits) brownish-black, with indistinct 

 traces of spots and other darker markings ; the fins are not quite 

 so dark ; the first rays of both dorsals with a few black spots, 

 the pectorals entirely spotted, the ventrals black and very short. 



Port Jackson. Abundant, four inches long. 



Genus Apocryptes, Cuv. & Val. 

 Body elongate, covered with small scales which become larger 

 posterisrly ; gill-openings of moderate width. Teeth in a single 



