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P< traites. 

 D. Body deep. 



E. Dorsal spines of moderate length ; the rays 



though spaced, not distinctly divided into two 



parts roseus. 



EE. Dorsal spines short ; the rays divided into two 



parts by a transparent interspace heptceolw. 



DD. Body slender. 



F. Spines of first dorsal sub-equal fasciattis. 



FF. Third spine of first dorsal much shorter than 



the first phillipi. 



Clinus. 



G. First dorsal connected to the upper half of the 



anterior spine of the second ; spines sub-equal .. perspicillatu*. 



Cristiceps aurantiacus, Castelnau. 

 (Plate x., fig. 1.) 



Cristiceps aurantiacus, Castelnau, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 

 iii., 1879, p. 386. Macleay, Cat. Austr. Fishes (Proc. Linn. 

 Soc. N. S. Wales, vi., 1881), p. 22. Stead, Fish. Austr., 1906, 

 frontispiece. 



Cristiceps pictus, Macleay, loc. cit., p. 25. 



D. iii., xxviii.-xxx.; 4-5 + 2. A. ii.; 23-25. V. 3. 



First dorsal spine placed just before the front margin of the 

 eye. The two dorsals not connected by membrane. Generally 

 the two posterior rays of the second dorsal are separated from 

 the others by an interspace. Caudal pedunde very long and 

 slender, the membrane from the posterior dorsal ray reaching 

 half-way along its length. A branched tentacle on the snout, 

 and another long simple one over the eye. Vertebra? 14 + 32. 



This is a common species along the coast of New Smith Wales. 

 An examination of the type of C. pictus, Macl., shows that it is 

 identical with Castelnau's species. 



Specimens examined : — 



(a) 1 Port Jackson, New South Wales. — Type C. pictus, 



(b) 4 Port Jackson, New South Wales. 



(c) 3 New South Wales Coast. 



(d) 2 Lord Howe Island. 



(e) 7 without locality. 



