,,j FI,ATFISHI':S (HETEROSOMATA) 



to below posterior J or J of eye, length about twice in that of liead ; lower jaw not 

 projecting, 13 to i J in head. Teeth of upper jaw rather small laterally, not close-set. 

 enlarged anteriorly ; teeth of lower jaw stronger, a single pair of enlarged teeth 

 anteriorly. Gill-rakers " palmate " (short, the margins strongly spinulate), as broad 

 as long ; 10 on lower part of anterior arch. Scales cycloid or feebly ctenoid on ocular 

 side, often more or less embedded in the skin, cycloid on blind side ; 73 to 83 scales 

 in lateral Une. Supratemporal branch of lateral line short, not reaching base of dorsal 

 tin. Dorsal 72-76 ; commencing well in front of nostrils of blind side, and at a distance 

 in front of eye equal to or greater than its diameter ; a line connecting base of first 

 rav and posterior nostril, if continued, pjisses above hinder end of maxillary. Anal 

 57 : tip of first interhimal spine generally projecting. Pectoral of ocular side with 

 10 to 12 rays, length i| to 2 in that of head. Caudal obtu.sely pointed; caudal 



H.M. (X.H.) 1025.7. 



peduncle 2J to 23 tm 



ep 



and rings, and with 3 large, conspicuous ocelli arranged thus 

 spotted and blotched with brown. 



Type. — Australian Museum. No. I 



Distribution'. — Western Australia 



Specimens Examined : 



long. Pale brownish ur greyi.-'li, witli darker siiots 

 median hns generally 



southern Queensland. 



(iqo inm.j. 



mil. 



;s off lius 

 Queenslan 

 miles X.W. c 

 Queensland, 9 



d Head I.] 

 JO fms. 

 )f Hervey 1 

 fms. 



;ht. 



sir. .\his (■■ I-nde 



Also S from southern Queensland (Austr. Mus. "Endeavour"). 



Whitley (1931) remarks that the Queensland examples differ from the types from 

 Western Au.stralia " in details of squamation ", and separates them as a distinct 

 subspecies (normani). He makes this species the type of a new genus (I shorhombus) , 

 distinguished by the convex dorsal profile of head, palmate gill-rakers, cycloid scales, 

 origin of dorsal fin in front of nostrils, and strong preanal spine. 



