PISHES OF THE PHH^IPPINE AND ADJACENT SEAS H 



DOIDYXODON AUSTRALIS Thominot 



Doidyxodon australis (Guichenot) Thominot, Bull. See. Philomath. Paris 

 ser. 7, vol. 5, 1881, p. 143. Australia. 



Depth 2; head 4. Snout equals mterorbital. Eye long as fourth 

 dorsal spine. Upper jaw little protractile. Scales 53 to 55 in lateral 

 line, 9 above, 20 to 22 below, and 9 rows on cheek. D. XV, 11; A. 

 Ill, 10; P. 17; V. I, 5. Brownish. Length 360 mm. (Thominot.) 



Genus ATYPICHTHYS Giinther 



Atypichthys Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 4, 1862, p. 510. Type 



Atypus sirigatus GtJNTHER, virtually (as Atypichthys Gunther proposed 



to replace Atypus GtJNTHER). 

 Atypus (not Latreille 1804) Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 2, 1860, 



p. 64. Type Atypus strigatus Giinther, monotypic. 

 Helotosoma Kaup, Nederland. Tijds. Dierk., vol. 1. 1863, p. 162. Type 



Hclotosoma servus Kaup, monotypic. 



Body compressed, oblong. Snout rather short. Mouth cleft 

 small, jaws equal. Villiform teeth in jaws and on vomer, none on 

 palatines. Preopercle denticulated. Au- bladder bifurcate anteriorly 

 and posteriorly. Pyloric appendages 11. Scales rather small, cte- 

 noid, envelop soft vertical fins. One dorsal with 11 spines anal 

 with 3. 



atypichthys strigatus (Gunther) 



Atypus strigatus Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Alus., vol. 2, 1860, p. 64. Swan 



River, Holdfast Bay, Australia, Raoul Island.— Macleay, Proc. Linn. 



Soc. New South Wales, vol. 5, 1881, p. 398 (Port Jackson and Swan 

 River). 



Atypichthys strigatus Ogilby, Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland, vol. 21, 1908, p. 

 25 (off Cape Moreton).— McCulloch, Biol. Res. Endeavour, vol. 4,'pt*. 

 4, 1916, p. 188 (oflF Sandon Bluff, New South Wales, 35 to 40 fathoms; 

 off Cape Moreton, Queensland, 49-51 fathoms); Australian Zool vol' 

 2, pt. 3, 1922, p. 90, pi. 26, fig. 228a (New South Wales). 



Readily known by the presence of 5 or 6 dark longitudinal bands, 

 especially on the back and v/ider than the interspaces. According to 

 McCulloch reaches 254 mm. Queensland, New South Wales, Raoul 

 Island. 



59981 U.S.N. M. Port Jackson. D. G. Stead. 3 examples. Length 85 to 

 128 mm. 



48809 U.S.N. M. Port Jackson. J. D. Ogilby. 3 examples. Length 107 to 

 120 mm. 



59941 U.S.N.M. Port Jackson. D. G. Stead. 3 examples. Length 121 to 



127 mm. 

 84372 U.S.N.M. Lord Howe Island. Length 350 mm. 



Genus NEATYPUS Waite 



Neatypus Waite, Rec. Australian Mus., vol. 6, pt. 2. 1905, p. 64. Type 

 Neatypus obliquus Waite, monotypic. 



Body and head compressed. Mouth small, transverse, slightly 

 protractile. Maxillary small. Palate toothless. Scales moderate, 



