628 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



with large, irregular, rounded, wMtish spots, each with a narrow 

 violet edge ; there are fine white dark edged lines and dots within 

 the large spots ; a narrow black, blue edged spot behind the 

 the extremity of the first dorsal spine. Caudal and pectoral fins 

 with white dots, which are mixed with brown ones on the lower 

 half of the caudal. Oblique pearl coloured lines behind each 

 anal ray. 



Melbourne. 



542. Oallionymts calcaratus, n, sp. 



D. 4/9. A. 8. C. 10. 



Branchial foramen transversely oval, about as far apart as each 

 is distant from the praeopercular spine and much in advance of 

 the first dorsal fin. Head very flat ; eyes close together ; snout 

 rather truncately pointed ; prseopercular spine longer than the 

 longest diameter of the eye, strong, flat, with a strong spur on 

 the posterior half of the outer side pointing backwards, and three 

 on the inner side pointing inwards and backwards. Lateral line 

 wavy. Last dorsal ray somewhat prolonged. Tail elongate, 

 pointed. Colour cinerous, speckled and marbled faintly with 

 reddish-brown, yellow beneath ; the first dorsal fin hyaline with 

 a large, irregular, black or cyaneous blotch in the centre, the 

 second dorsal and caudal distantly spotted with brown. Yentrals 

 and the rays of the anal blackish. Length seven inches. 



Port Jackson. 



543. Callionymtjs lateralis, n. sp. 



D. 4/8. A. 8. 



Branchial foramen small, opening over the operculum only a 

 little in advance of the first dorsal fin. Head rather flat, eyes 

 close together, their diameter rather longer than the snout, which 

 is rounded and narrowed in front. Prseopercular spine scarcely 

 as long as the diameter of the eye, strong, rather flat, curved 



