FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 93 

 Subgenus Orectolobus Bonaparte 



ORECTOLOBUS ORNATUS (De Vis) 



Crossorhinus omatus De Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 7, p. 289, 

 1883 (type locality: Queensland coast). — Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New 

 South Wales, vol. 9, p. 63, 1884 (compiled). 



Orectoloius omatus Regan, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1908, p. 356, pi. 11, fig. 2 

 (young) (Australia). — Ogilby and McCitlloch, Proc. Journ. Roy. Soc. 

 New South Wales, vol. 42, p. 276, pi. 42, fig. 1, 1909 (type; Woody Point, 

 Moreton Bay). — Gakman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 36, p. 49, 1913 

 (Queensland).— Fowler. Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 11, No. 6, p. 385, 1934 (Port 

 Moresby, New Guinea material). — Whitley, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 10, 

 pt. 4, p. 198, 1934 (reference). 



Crossorhinus barbatus (not Gmelin) McCoy, Prodromus Zool. Victoria, dec. 

 5, pi. 43, fig. 1, 1880 (part). Maoleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, 

 vol. 7, p. 597, 1883 (New Guinea). 



Orectolobus devisi Ogilby, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 5, p. 75, 1916 (type lo- 

 cality: Moreton Bay, p. 181) (on De Vis specimen) ; Commerc. Fish. Fisher. 

 Queensland, p. 45, 1915 (Moreton Bay; no description). — Waite, Rec. South 

 Australian Mus., vol. 2, p. 16, fig. 16, 1921 (St. Vincent Gulf, South Aus- 

 tralia).— McCxjlloch and Whitley, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 8, pt. 2, p. 

 127, 1925 (reference). — McCxjlloch, Fishes New South Wales, ed. 2, p. 7, 

 pi. 1, fig. 15b, 1927.— Fowler, Proc. 4th (1929) Pacific Sci. Congr., Java, p. 

 486, 1930 (compiled). 



Head 4 to subcaudal origin, width l^^r ^^ its length. Snout 2% 

 in head; eye 10%, 4i/^ in snout, 3I/3 in interorbital ; mouth width 1% 

 in head, long lower labial folds not crossing mandibular symphysis ; 

 nasal cirrus short, simple lobe with shorter outer each side, also 2 

 above each mouth angle and 2 each side of head; interorbital 2% in 

 head. Gill openings equidistant, last 3 above pectoral base. Spir- 

 acle nearly twice eye diameter. 



First dorsal origin over last third in depressed ventral length, 

 front edge two in head ; front edge of second dorsal 2^4 ; anal length 

 2l^ ; pectoral 1%, width half its length which 1^ to ventral ; ventral 

 length 1% in head; caudal SYg in rest of body, notch about last %. 



Grayish, back with obscurely defined dark brown crossbars ; one be- 

 hind head before gill openings; one opposite pectoral base, one be- 

 fore ventrals, one from each dorsal and 2 or 3 on caudal; pectoral 

 bar and predorsal bar with irregular edges, each encloses pair of 

 ocelli; posterior bars nearly meet in mid- ventral line. Fins with 

 large dark spots. Length, 180 mm. (Regan.) 



Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia. Speci- 

 mens in the Queensland Museum from Moreton Bay and Woody 

 Point. 



ORECTOLOBUS JAPONICUS Regan 



Orectolobus japonicus Regan, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, vol. 18, p. 435, 1906 

 (type locality: Japan and China); Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1908, p. 356 

 (type). — Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1908, p. 53 (no data). — 



