STUDIES IN AUSTRALIAN FISHES— McCULLOCH 43 



Petraites phillipi, Lucas. 



(Plate xi., fig. 3.) 



Cristiceps phillipi, Lucas. Proc. Roy. Soc. Vict., (n.s.), iii., p. 11, 

 pi. iii, f. 2. 



D. iii., xxx.-xxxii.; 2-3. A. ii.; 22-25. V. 2. 



First dorsal spine placed over the margin of the preopercle. 

 The membrane from the third extending on to the base of the first 

 of the second dorsal. The rays are widely spaced, the last being 

 joined to the base of the caudal. Caudal peduncle short and broad. 

 Rostral and supraorbital tentacles very small and simple. Ven- 

 trals long and slender. 



Five specimens are in the collection from Mr. J. Gabriel, who 

 dredged them at Western Port, Victoria. They differ from the 

 description only in the depth of the body, but this character 

 varies according to the age and sex of the individual. 



(a) 5 Western Port, Victoria. 



Clinus perspicillatus, Cuv. & Val. 



(Plate xi, fig. 4.) 



Clinus perspicillatus, Cuv. & Val, Hist. Nat. Poiss, xi, 1836, 

 p. 372. 



Clinus despicillatus, Richardson, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1839, p. 90, and 

 Trans. Zool. Soc, iii, 1849, p. 128. pi. vi, fig. 2. Giinther, 

 Cat. Fish. Brit, Mus, iii, 1861, p. 271. Macleay, Cat, Austr. 

 Fishes (Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, vi, 1881), p. 14. 



D. iii, xxxii.-xxxiv.; 3-5. A. ii, 24-26. V. 3. 



Fiist dorsal spine placed above the preopercular margin. The 

 three anterior spines are sub-equal and joined to those following 

 them by membrane. The dorsal rays are not spaced. Caudal 

 peduncle short and broad, the dorval membrane extending on to 

 the base of the caudal. A slender branched tentacle on the 

 snout and another large one over the eye. 



It seems to me that Richardson's species is without doubt 

 identical with C. perspicillatus, the distinguishing characters 

 mentioned by him being of but little value, and dependent largely 

 upon the method and condition of preservation. 



(a) 2 Tasmania. 



(b) 1 Western Port, Victoria. 



(c) 8 Launceston, Tasmania. 



