130 BULLETIN 10 0, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Sgualus (Triglochis) mulleri Gray, List fish British Museum, p. 42, 1851 

 (reference). 



Physodon milllcri Gakman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 36, p. 108, 1913 

 (China). — Ogilry, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 5, p. 79, 1916 (Cape York 

 specimen). — McOulloch and Whittjey, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 8, p. 128, 

 1925 (reference). — Fowler. Hong Kong Nat., vol. 1, p. 85, 1930 (China) ; 

 Proc. 4th (1929) Pacific Sci. Congr., Java, p. 493, 1930 (reference).— 

 Whitley, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 10, pt. 4, p. 199, 1934 (reference). 



Elongate, slender, body cavity nearly half total length; head 

 broader than deep. Snout long, broad, pointed, 3 in head to first 

 gill opening; eye small, lateral, above middle of mouth ; mouth greatly 

 arched, little wider than long, short labial fold in angle and on lower 

 jaw; teeth in 27 rows above, 28 below, edges smooth, 1 median upper 

 and 2 median lower: cusps of forward teeth long, sharp, like hurufi 

 in outline, with wide base and swollen and with deep notch behind 

 cusp; nostrils about Vg of preoral, far apart. Gill openings wider 

 than eye, equal, last above pectoral edge. 



Scales very small, with 3 strong keels, each ending in sharp point. 



First dorsal origin midway between bases of paired fins, base not 

 reaching ventral origin, hind angle acute, above middle of ventral; 

 second dorsal very small, base less i/^ of either first dorsal or anal, 

 reaches farther back than that of anal, hind angle acuminate; anal 

 base distant its length from caudal or ventral bases ; caudal moderate, 

 subcaudal medium ; pectorals subtruncate, inner angle about 90° ; ter- 

 minal end of clasper with 4 blades, third smaller, short, rounded, the 

 edge toothed. 



Back brownish, below whitish. Fins darker, except, on edges. 

 Length, 420 mm. (Garman.) 



India, China, North Australia, Queensland. The type in the Paris 

 Museum according to Dumeril is 500 mm. long. 



PHYSODON TAYLORI Ogilby 



Phijsodon taylnri Ogilbt, Mem. Queen.sland Mus., vol. 3, p. 117, 1915 (type local- 

 ity: Townsville, Queensland) ; vol. 5, p. 79, 1916 (type). — McCtjlloch and 

 Whitley, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 8, pt. 2, p. 128, 1925 (reference). — 

 FowLEE, Proc. 4th (1929) Pacific Sci. Congr., Java, p. 494, 1930 (refor- 

 ence). — Whitley, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 10, pt. 4, p. 199, 1934 

 (reference). 



Body moderately slender, compressed, upper profile convex to first 

 dorsal and vent slightly premedian; head 6i4o in total. Snout rather 

 short, obtusely pointed, depressed; eye vertically elliptical, %o nearer 

 mouth than nostril, midway between snout tip and first gill slit, 4i^ 

 in preoral length or 3% in mouth width; preoral length II/3 ramal 

 length of upper jaw, little more than mouth width and 1/10 less space 

 between eye and first gill opening; angle of upper jaw opposite an- 



