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ANALYSIS OF SPECIES 



a*. No (lark nuchal collar ; body with scattered dark or dusky spots, without 

 white spots ; fins without contrasted large black blotches. 

 &\ Fins at least all with few dark spots ; dark nuchal collar not contrasted. 



ferrugineum 

 6'. Fins with but few dark spots, none on pectoral ; dark nuchal collar well 



contrasted collare 



a^ Dark nuchal collar closely spotted with white ; body clouded with brown and 

 white spots; fins with contrasted large black blotches variolatum. 



PARASCYLLIUM FERRUGINEUM McCulIoch 



ParascylUum ferrugineum McCxn.L0CH, Zool. Res. Endeavour, vol. 1, pt. 1, p. 7, 

 pi. 2, fig. 2, text fig. 2, 1911 (mouth) (type locality: Outside Port Phillip, 

 Victoria). — Waite and McCulloch, Trans. Proc. Roy. Soc. South Australia, 

 vol. 39, p. 459, 1915 (Great AustraUan Bight).— Waite, Rec. South Aus- 

 tralian Mus., vol. 2, no. 1, p. 17, 1921.— Fowlee, Proc. 4th (1929) Pacific Sci. 

 Congr., Java, p. 487, 1930 (reference).- — Whitlett, Mem. Queensland Mus., 

 vol. 10, pt, 4, p. 197, 1934 (reference). 



Depth 10^4 to subcaudal origin; head 7, much depressed. Snout 

 21/3 in head, broadly rounded; eye 5l^, 2 in snout, with prominent 

 fold below; preoral half mouth width, which l%o in snout; lower 

 labial fold half way to symphysis, extends around mouth angle ; teeth 

 alike in jaws, small, flattened, triangular, acute, rounded projections 

 on each side basally but not tricuspid; outer nasal fold with 2 or 3 

 small lobes posteriorly, outer longest and pointed ; nasal cirrus short, 

 thick, reaches lips; interorbital low, flat, depressed. Gill openings 

 graduated larger to last, which 1% in snout and last 2 over pectoral 

 base. Spiracle minute, placed half eye diameter behind eye. 



Front edge of first dorsal 1% in head ; of second dorsal l^s ; anal 

 length 11/4 ; pectoral 1, width 1% its length which reaches 1% to ven- 

 tral; ventral length ll^ in head; caudal 4i/io in rest of body, sub- 

 caudal deep as anal, with notch little behind last fifth. 



Grayish brown above, with indistinct darker crossbands; first nar- 

 row, between eyes, next broader and over gill openings, 2 more before 

 first dorsal and one before second dorsal. Entire body with evenly 

 spaced large brown spots which darkest on cross bars and become 

 elongate on caudal; 3 similar spots each side of nuchal band. Fins 

 also with similar spots, most numerous on dorsal. Length, 730 mm. 

 (McCulloch.) 



Victoria. According to McCulloch differs in its broader head, 

 more rounded snout, larger fins, and different coloration. 



PARASCYLLIUM COLLARE Ramsay and Ogilby 



ParascylUum collare Ramsay and Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, 

 ser. 2, vol. 3, p. 1310, 1888 (type locality: in deep water off Port Jackson). — 

 Waite, Prelim. Rep. Thetis Exp., p. 38, 1898 (between Broken Bay and 

 off Tuggerah Lakes, New South Wales, in 20 to 50 fathoms) ; Mem. Aus- 



