78 CTBRHITID.'K. 



3. Chironemus maciilosus. 



Threpterius maciilosus, Richarch. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 70. pi. 2. 

 f. 1, 2, and Ann. ^- Mag. Nat. Hist. 1851, vii. p. 285. 



D. j^. A. 4. L. lat. 52. 



18 7 



The length of the base of the soft dorsal is two-thirds of that of the 

 spinous. Seven simple pectoral rays. Praeorbital narrow. Mem- 

 brane between the dorsal spines deeply notched, and produced into 

 a small free lobe behind each spine. Pale brown : head, body, the 

 soft dorsal, caudal and anal fins spotted with blackish. 



King George's Sound. 



5. CHILODACTYLUS. 



Cheilodactylus, (Lacep.) Cuv. Bkgne Anhn. ; Cuv. ^' Val. v. p. 356. 



One dorsal fin, ■with sixteen to nineteen spines ; the anal fin of 

 moderate length ; the caudal forked ; one of the simple pectoral rays 

 more or less exceeding the fin in length. Teeth in villiform bands ; 

 no canines ; no teeth on the palatine bones or vomer. Praeorbital 

 and praeoperculum entire. Scales of moderate size, cycloid. Cheeks 

 scaly. Six (five) branchiostegals. Air-bladder \vith many lobes (at 

 least in some of the species) ; pyloric appendages in small number. 



Tropical parts of the Pacific ; Chinese Seas ; Cape of Good Hope. 



1. Chilodactylus carponemus. 



Spams carponemus, Parkinson. 



Chilodactvlus carponemus, Cur. ^ Val. v. p. 362. pi. 128 ; Richards, 



Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 61, and Ann. ^- Mag. Nat. Hist. 1851, \'ii. 



p. 277. 



B. 6. D. f^. A. ^. Ca3c. pylor. 2. 



Seven rays of the pectoral fin simple, the longest reaching nearly 

 to the end of the anal, and one-tliird of the total leng-th. Dorsal 

 scarcely notched. Coloration uniform ; the caudal with blackish 

 tips. 



Coasts of New Zealand and South Australia. 



2. Chilodactylus macropterus. 



Scifena macroptera, Forst. 

 Cichla macroptera, Bl. Schn. p. 342. 



Cheilodactylus macropteinis, Richards. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 62, 

 and Ann. 8f Mag. Nat. Hist. 1851, vii. p. 278. 



D. i^. A.-^. L. lat. 55. L. transv. 6/17. 



Six simple pectoral rays, the uppermost of which is very elongate, 

 and reaches to the foiu'th soft ray of the anal. Dorsal fin notched : 

 the seventh spine is the longest, higher than the soft dorsal, and 

 one-half the length of the head ; the second anal spine strong, and 



