FISHES OP THE PHILIPPINE AND ADJACENT SEAS 9 



SCORPIS VIOLACEUS (Hutton) 



Ditrema violacea Hutton, Trans. New Zealand Inst., vol 5 1873 n ''fil 

 pi. 8, fig. 316. Wellington. ' ' ^ ' ' 



Neptotichthys violaccus Hutton, Trans. New Zealand Inst., vol. 22 1889 

 (1890), p. 278 (note).— Waite, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales vol 22 

 1897 (1898), p. 685 (Sydney, Port Jackson). ' ' 



Scorpis violaceus Waite, Mem. New South Vy^ales Nat. Club, 1904, p. 35 — 

 McCuLLocH, Rec. Australian Mus., vol. 11, No. 7, 1917, p. 179* (Norfolk 

 and Lord Howe Islands). 



Scales about 89 along lateral line. Dorsal rays 27 to 29, anal 25 

 to 27. According to McCiilloch, it is further separated from Scorpis 

 hneolatus in the much more convex profile of the head. Keaches 

 230 mm. New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island New 

 South Wales. ' 



SCORPIS OBLUNGUS Canestrini 



Scorpis oblungus Canestrini, Arch. Zool. Anat. FisioL, ser. 2, vol. 1, 1869, 

 p. 153. Australia.— McCuLLOCH, Rec. Australian Mus., vol. 11 No 7 

 1917, p. 180 (copied). ' ' ' 



Depth 3; head 4. Eye 3H m head. D. IX, 30; A. Ill, 23. Dor- 

 (Canestrfnil ''''^ ""^^^^^^^ anteriorly. Back brown, silvery below. 



SCORPIS GEORGIANUS Valenciennes 



Scorpis gcorgianus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 8, 1831, p. 503, pi. 

 2*5. Port King George, Australia.— Richardson, Voy. Erebus and Terror' 

 Ichth.. 1844-48, p. 121 (copied).— GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol! 

 2, 1860, p. 64 (Australia).— Klunzinger, SitE. Ber. Akad Wiss Wien 

 vol. 80, Heft 1, 1879, p. 364 (King George's Sound).-MACLEAY, Proc' 

 Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 5, 1881, p. 397 (King George's Sound) — 

 Johnston, Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasmania, 1882 (1883), p. Ill; and 1890 

 (1891), p. 30.— Waite, Rec. Australian Mus., vol. 6, pt. 2, 1905, p. 64 

 (Mandurah).— McCuLLocH, Rec. Australian Mus., vol. 11, No. 7, 1917, 

 p. 176 (Albany and Freemantle, southwest Australia). 



Scales about 85 along lateral line. Dorsal spines rather short, well 

 graduated up to last. Soft dorsal and anal with rather high anterior 

 lobes, at least 3^ base of either fin. Brown, with 2 dark broad diffuse 

 cross bands on back. Reaches 277 mm., according to McCuUoch. 

 South-western Australia, Tasmania? 



Genus TILODON Thominot 



Tilodon (Guichenot) Thominot, Bull. Soc. Philomath. Paris, ser. 7, vol. 5, 

 1881, p. 140. Type Tilodon mistralis (Guichenot) Thominot, monotypic! 

 Body elongate, elevated, compressed. Front profile concave 

 Snout obtuse. Teeth long and fine in both jaws. Preopercle den- 

 ticulate, not spinous. Scales small, finely ciliated. Dorsals contin- 

 uous, first 6 spines free and remaining 3 joined. Soft and vertical 

 fins scaled nearly to edges. 



