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Scales minute, rough, smoother on tail and hinder portion of body. 



First dorsal origin over last fifth of ventral base, front fin edge 1% 

 in head ; front edge of second dorsal 2 ; anal begins behind second dor- 

 sal base, front fin edge 2% in head ; pectoral 1, width 1% its length, 

 which reaches 1% to ventral; ventral length I14 in head; caudal 

 4% in rest of body, notch at last sixth its length. 



Light sandy, covered with network of dark brown rings, small on 

 head and larger on sides and tail. Each ring with more or less 

 distinct darker center, which plainest on tail. Large dark brown 

 blotches break uniformity of netAvork at regular intervals. About 

 5 inconspicuous darker cross bands on body and 4 more distinct 

 ones on tail. Fins like body, except network finer on hind borders. 

 Length, 1,210 mm. (Ogilby and McCulloch.) 



New Guinea, Queensland. 



ORECTOLOBUS TENTACULATUS (Peters) 



Crossorhinus tentaculatus Peters, Monntsb. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1864, p. 123 

 (type locality: Adelaide, South Australia). — Gunther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist, 

 ser. 3, vol. 20, p. 67, 1867 (Adelaide; Cape York). — Mact.eay, Proc. Linn. 

 See. New South Wales, vol. 6, p. 865, 1881 (Cape York).— Kent, Great 

 Barrier Reef, p. 48, fig. 5, 1893. 



Orectolohus tentaculatus Regan, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1908, p. 357, pi. 12, 

 fig. 2 (Cape York). — Ogilby and McCuixoch, Jeurn. Proc. Roy. Soc. New 

 South Wales, vol. 42, p. 278, 1909 (Port Adelaide).— Garman, Mem. Mus. 

 Comp. Zool., vol. 36, p. 51, 1913 (Queensland). — Ogilbt, Mem. Queensland 

 Mus., vol. .5, p. 76, 1916 (Queensland; note) ; vol. 6, p. 97, 1918 (Port Dar- 

 win). — Waite, Rec. South Australian Mus., vol. 2, no. 1, p. 16, fig. 17, 1921. — 

 McCulloch and Whitley, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 8, pt. 2, p. 127, 1925 

 (reference). — Fowler, Proc. 4th (1929) Pacific Sci. Congr., Java, p. 487, 

 1930 (reference). — Whitley, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 10, p. 194, 1934 

 (reference). 



Head 4 to subcaudal origin, width 1% its length. Snout 2 in head ; 

 eye 12, 4 in snout, 5l^ in interorbital, papilla above posterior part 

 of eye; on each side small, simple, dermal lobe above upper lip, 

 larger one at mouth angle and third at side of head; nasal cirrus 

 long, simple. Last 2 gill openings close together, others equidistant. 



First dorsal inserted little before hind basal ventral edge, front fin 

 edge 1% in head; front fin edge of second dorsal 2I/2; anal length 

 1%; pectoral II/2, width I14 its length which lx% to ventral; ventral 

 length 2 in head ; caudal 4^ in rest of body, notch little behind last 

 fourth in length. 



Yellowish, back grayish. On back before first dorsal fin 3 large 

 dark areas edged with white, continuous or subcontinuous with dark 

 vertical bars on sides. Tail completely circled by 3 dark vertical bands, 

 correspond to 2 dorsal and anal fins. Fins with large dark spots. 

 Length, 430 mm. (Regan.) 



Queensland, South Australia, The type was 900 mm. long. 



