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CRISTICEPS ARGVROPLEURA. KitT. 



(Plate x., fig. 2.) 



Cristiceps argyroplenra, Kner., Reise Novara, Zool. i., Fische, 

 p. 199, pi. vii , fig. 4. Macleay, Cat. Austr. Fishes (Proc. 

 Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, vi., 1881 ), \>. 25. Waite, Mem. Austr. 

 Mus., iv., 1, 1899, p. 113, pi. xi., f. 3. 



D. iii.,xxvii.-xxix.; 5-7. A. ii.; 22-24. V. 3. 



The first dorsal spine is placed over the anterior part of the 

 eye, and the third spine is more or less completely connected 

 with the base of the second dorsal by membrane. Dorsal rays 

 equidistant. The caudal peduncle is long and slender, the mem- 

 brane from the last dorsal ray reaching about half way along its 

 length. A branched tentacle on the snout, and a long simple 

 one over the eye. Snout short. 



The' five specimens of this species I have seen appear to differ 

 from the original description only in having two rays less in the 

 anal tin. 



(a) 1 Off Jibbon, New South Wales.— Thetis Expedition. 



(b) 2 Port Jackson, New South Wales. 



(c) 2 without locality. 



Cristiceps australis, Cut. & Vol. 

 (Plate x., fig. 3.) 



Cristiceps australis, Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., xi., 1836. 



p. 402, pi. cccxxxvi. Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus.,iii., 1861, 



p. 275. Macleay, Cat. Austr. Fishes (Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. 



Wales, vi., 1881), p. 20. Waite, Rec. Austr. Mus., iii., 1900, 



p. 209 ; and loc. cit., v., 1904, p. 224. Lucas, Proc. Roy. Soc. 



Vict., (n.s.), iii., 1891, p. 10, pi. iii., f. 3. 

 Cristiceps macleayi, Castelnau, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, iii., 



1879, p. 385. Macleay, loc. cit., p. 21. 

 Cristiceps howittii, Castelnau, Proc. Zool. Soc. Vict., ii., 1873, p. 



48; and Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, iii., 1879, p. 385. 



Macleay, loc. cit., pp. 20, 21. 

 Cristiceps pallidus, Macleay, loc. cit., p. 26. 

 ? Cristiceps splendens, Castelnau, Proc. Zool. Soc. Vict.,ii., 1S73, 



p. 66. Macleay, loc. cit., p. 22. 



D. iii., xxvi.-xxix. ; 6-8. A. ii.; 24-26. V. 3. 



First dorsal spine situated rather behind the middle of the 

 eye. The two dorsals either entirely separate, or the first just 



