GO SUPPLEMENT TO CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF AUSTRALIA. 



Origin of the dorsal fin nearer to the gill-opening than to the 

 vent. Snout pointed, the greater part of the teeth biserial. The 

 cleft of the mouth extends somewhat behind the eye. Length, 

 14 inches. 



Port Phillip. (Jvlunzinger.) 



Family. SYNGNATHID^E. 

 1279. Syngnathus cinctus. Ramsay. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, Vol. VII., p. III. 

 Port Jackson, in 17 fathoms. 



1230. Syngnathus superciliaris. Gunth. 



Report Zool. Exp., Challenger, part VI., p. 



D. 23. Osseous rings. 20 x 38. 



Snout as long as the postorbital part of head, with a median 

 ridge above, terminating on the interorbital space, neck com- 

 pressed into trenchant ridge ; operculum without keel and with 

 fine radiating striae. Shields without spines ; lateral line passing 

 into the lower caudal edge ; base of the dorsal fin not elevated, 

 standing on three body and three caudal rings. Tail twice as long 

 as the trunk. A very conspicuous filament above each eye. 

 Pectoral and caudal fins well developed. Brownish-grey, with 

 indistinct darker cross-brands, and finely marbled with darker and 

 lighter spots ; snout and lower half of head with oblique vermicu- 

 lated brown lines. Length, 3 to 6f inches. 



Port Jackson. (Gunth er.) 



1281. Syngnathus caretta. Klunz. 



Sitzb. der K. Akad. der Wissensch. 1879, p. 419. 



& modestus Klunz. (nee. Gunth.) Archiv. fur Naturg., 

 XXXVIIL, 1872. 



D. 24. Osseous rings, 17 x 42-44. 



Head 81-9 in the length; snout 2\ in length of head; trunk 

 half the total length. Operculum with a short longitudinal ridge 

 in front only. Two nape shields witli a longitudinal crest in 

 middle. The lateral line is distinct as far as the anal shield. 

 On the caudal shields it is either wanting or indistinct and 

 interrupted. The dorsal fin commences on the anterior part of 



