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Melanichthys simplex Castelnatt, Proc. Zool. Aeclimat. Soc. Victoria, vol. 1, 



p. 68, 1872 (Melbourne); vol. 2, p. 41, 1873 (Victoria); Proc. Linn. Soc. New 



South Wales, vol. 3, pp. 350, 363, 1879. 

 Incisidens simplex Gill, Mem. Nat. Acad. Sci. Washington, vol. 6, p. 116, 1893 



(compilation). — Ogilby, Handbook of Sydney, p. 130, 1898. 

 Melanichthys blackii Castelnau, Proc. Zool. Aeclimat. Soc. Victoria, vol. 2, p. 41, 



1873 (type locality: Melbourne). 

 Girella blackii Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 5, p. 408, 1881 



(Port Philip). 

 Ctenolabrus ? knoxi Hutton, Trans. New Zealand Inst., vol. 5, p. 265, pi. 10, 1873 



(type locality: Cook Strait, New Zealand). — Knox, Trans. New Zealand 



Inst., vol. 5, p. 308, 1873. — Hector, Trans. New Zealand Inst., vol. 7, 



p. 249, 1875. 

 Girella percoides Hector, Trans. New Zealand Inst., vol. 7, p. 243, pi. 10, fig. 



6D, 1875 (type locality: Nelson, New Zealand). 

 Girella ramsayi Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 5, pt. 3, p. 



409, 1881 (type locality: Port Jackson). — Lucas, Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria, 



ser. 2, vol. 2, p. 20, 1890. 

 Aplodon margaritiferum (Auguste Dumi^ril) Thominot, Bull. Soc. Philom. 



Paris, ser. 7, vol. 7, p. 142, 1883 (type locality: Port Phillip, Melbourne). 

 Aplodon castelnaui Thominot, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, ser. 7,^ vol. 7, p. 142, 



1883 (type locality: Australia). 

 Aplodon sulcatus (Guichenot) Thominot, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, ser. 7, vol. 7, 



p. 143, 1883 (type locality: Port Phillip). (Misprint.) 

 "iGirella carbonaria de Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 8, pt. 2, p. 



283, 1883 (type locahty: Moreton Bay, Queensland). 

 Girella mentalis de Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 8, pt. 2, p. 284, 



1883 (type locality: Moreton Bay). 

 Cfirella multilineata Clarke, Trans. New Zealand Inst., vol. 31, p. 98, pi. 7, 1899 



(type locality: Moturoa Island, New Zealand). — Waite, Rec. Canterbury 



Mus., vol. 1, p. 21, 1907. 



Depth 2% to 2}^; head 3 to Sji, width 1% to 2. Snout 2% to 3% in 

 head; eye 4 to 4%, 1% to Iji in snout, 1% to Iji in interorbital; maxillary 

 reaches % to % to eye, length 3% to 4 in head; teeth as outer row of 

 truncate expanded incisors with entire edges, followed by inner band 

 of fine ones; interorbital 3% to S%, convex; preopercle edge minutely 

 denticulate. Gill rakers 13 + 22, lanceolate, 1% in gill filaments, 

 which 1 % in eye. 



Scales 57 or 58 along lateral line to caudal base; 46 or 47 tubular 

 scales in lateral line to caudal base; 13 scales above, 20 or 21 below, 

 20 to 22 predorsal forward opposite eye center, 11 rows on cheek to 

 preopercle ridge. Scales with 15 to 17 basal radiating striae; 9 to 19 

 apical denticles, with 7 or 8 transverse series of basal elements; 

 circuli fine. 



D. XV, 12, I, last spine 2% to 2^ in head, first ray 1% to 1%; A. 

 Ill, 11, I or 12, I, third spine 2}(o to 2^, first ray 1% to 1%; caudal iKo 

 to 1%, slightly emarginate behind; least depth of caudal peduncle 2 

 to 2K; pectoral 1% to VA; ventral IK to 1%. 



Uniform dusky brow^n. Iris gray. Fins all more or less dusky 

 gray, especially terminally; membranes darker than rays. 



