STUDIES IN ADSTEALIAN FISHES McCULLOCH. 177 



base of the anterior dorsal rays and the lateral line, and about 

 the same number between the base of the pectoral and the 

 ventral spine. Dorsal and anal fins strongly produced 

 anteriorly. Brown with two broad darker cross-bands, the 

 first below the spinous dorsal and the second between the 

 anterior portions of the soft dorsal and anal. 



Thi« definition is based upon two specimens 187 and 277 

 mm. long from the snout to the end of the middle caudal 

 rays. One is from Albany, and tbe other from Fremantle, 

 soutli -western Australia. 



Distribntiou. — South-western Australia. Johnston doubtfully 

 records the species from Tasmania. 



ScORPIS ^QUIPINNIS, Bichardson. 

 (Fig. 2.) 



Scorpis fpqnipiiini)!, Richardson, Ichth. " Erebus and Terror," 

 1848, p. 121. 1(7., Giintlier (part), Brit. Mus. Cat. Fish., 

 ii., 1860, pp. 64, 518, and Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3), xx., 

 1867, p. 58. 



D. ix-x/25 (-27). A. iii/25-26. P. 18. V. i/5. C. 17. 

 Depth at the ventrals 2.1 in the length to the hypural joint; 

 head 3.5 in the same. Eye 4, second dorsal ray and second 

 anal ray 1.6 in the head. Upper and lower profiles subequal, 

 tliat above the eye evenly convex. Mandible long and ratlier 

 narrow, reaching to below the anterior border of the pupil, 

 its width subequal to its distance from the eye. Outer row 

 of teeth in each jaw considei'ably larger than the others. 

 Scales small ; more than one hundred series above the 

 lateral line between its origin and the hypural joint ; about 

 eighteen between the base of the second dorsal ray and the 

 lateral line, and more than 20 between the base of the 

 pectoral and the ventral spine. Dorsal and anal fins pro- 

 duced anteriorly. Colouration uniform. 



