2^28 triglid.t;. 



1. Tsenianotiis triacanthus. 

 Lacfy. iv. p. 306; Cur. Sf Val iv. p. 371. pi. 89; Cm: Regne Anim. 

 III. Poiss. pi. 23. f. 2 ; Guerin, Iconogr. Puiss. pi. 13. f. 3 ; Bleek. 

 Amboina, vi. p. 411. 



The height of the body is 2| in the total length ; the pectoral 

 reaches slightly beyond the origin of the soft anal. 

 Sea of Amboyna. 



11. CENTROPOGON*. 



Apistus, sp., Cm: Sf Val. 



Head and body compressed, with distinct scales. No gToove on the 

 occiput. Prgeorbital and praeopercnlnm spiniferous. One contiguous 

 dorsal, with fourteen or fifteen spines ; the spinous portion without 

 division. No pectoral appendages. Tilliform teeth in the jaws, on 

 the vomer and the palatine bones. No cleft behind the fourth giU. 



Australian Seas ; East Indian Archipelago. 



1. Centropogon australis. 



Cottus australis, WJiite, Voy. N. S. Wales, p. 266. 

 Apistus australis, Cm: ^- Val. iv. p. 398. 



Scales very small ; the pectoral reaches to the origin of the anal. 

 The thii-d dorsal spine is the longest, 1^ in the leng-th of the head ; 

 the second anal spine longer than the tliii'd. The upper maxillaiy 

 reaches to the vertical from the anterior margin of the eye. Brown- 

 ish (in spirits), with five rather irregular dark cross-bands, the first 

 from the origin of the dorsal, the fourth on the base of the caudal, 

 and the fifth across the caudal. 



Coasts of South-East Australia. 



a. Adidt. Port Jackson. From the Haslar Collection. 



b. Adult. Sydney. Presented by Lieut. A. Smith. 



c. Adult : bad state. From the Haslar Collection. 



2. Centropogon robustus. 

 D. 'A A. ^. L. lat. 85. 



9 5 



Scales small. The pectoral does not reach to the vent ; the fourth 

 and fifth dorsal spines are the longest, their length being less than 

 one-half that of the head ; the second and third anal spines are 

 equal. The upper maxillary reaches behind the vertical from the 

 centre of the eye. Brownish (in a dried state), marbled and varie- 

 gated with blackish. 



AustraUan Seas. 



a, h. Adult : stufi'ed, 



* From KevTpov, spine, and Troiyo)?', beard. 



1. Apistus hypselopterus, BJeck. Banda, i. p. 238. — Sea of Banda. 



