STDPIES IN AUSTRALIAN FISHES McCULLOCH. 179 



Scorpis rich((rils()iiii, Steiiidacbner, Sitzb. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 

 liii. i., 1866, p. 437, pi. v., fig. i. 



Ayenor niodestus, Castehia-u, Proc. Liim. Soc. N.S.Wales, iii., 

 1879, pp. 350, 371. Id., Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 N.S.Wales, v., 1881, p. 368. Id., Ogilbj, Cat. Fisb. 

 N.S.Wales, 1886, p. 12. Id., Vaillant, Bull. Mus. Hist. 

 Nat., iii., 1897, p. 86. 



D. x/25-27. A. iii/27-29. P. 18. V. i/5. C. 17. Pro- 

 portions of a specimen 257 mm. long from tbe snout to tbe 

 end of tbe middle caudal rays : — depth at tbe ventrals 2.2 

 in tbe lengtb to tbe bj^pural joint, bead 3.7 in tbe same ; 

 eye 3.7, second dorsal ray 2.1, and second anal ray 1.9 in the 

 bead. Upper and lower profiles subequal, that above the 

 ej^es not evenly convex, but oblique on the snout, and convex 

 on tbe nape. Mandible shorter and broader tban in S. 

 cequipinnis, not reaching to below tbe pupil, its width much 

 greater than its distance from the eye. Outer series of teeth 

 not so sti'ong as in 8. cequipinvis. Scales larger, in about 

 ninety series above the lateral line between its origin and 

 tbe bypural joint ; about fifteen between the base of the 

 anterior dorsal rays and tbe lateral line, and about thirteen 

 between tbe base of tbe pectoial and tbe ventral spine. 

 Doi'sal and anal fins not produced anteriorly, tbe anal with 

 moie rays tban tbe dorsal. Colouration uniform. 



Tbis definition is based on four adult specimens from 

 New South Wales. . 



This species has been confused with »S'. cequipinnis but may 

 be readily distinguished by its much larger scales on the 

 breast, and the broader maxillary. The profile of tbe snout 

 is also different in tbe two species, and tbe dorsal and anal 

 fins are diffei'ently formed. 



Distrihntiou. — New South Wales and Southern Queensland. 



Scorpis violaceus, Hutton, 



Ditreiini violacea, Hutton, Trans. N. Zeal. Inst., v., 1873, 

 p. 261, pi. viii., fig. 31 h. 



