PARALICHTHIN/E 



"5 



posterior edge, length 2 J to 2 J in that of head ; lower jaw scarcely projecting, if to 

 2 in head. Teeth of upper jaw small and rather close-set laterally, becoming somewhat 

 larger and wider apart anteriorly ; teeth of lower jaw a little stronger ; no prominent 

 canines in either jaw. Gill-rakers pointed, generally rather short and broad, sometimes 

 more elongate ; (6) 8 to 10 on lower part of anterior arch. Scales ctenoid on ocular 

 side, cycloid on blind side ; 68 to 75 in lateral line. Supratemporal branch of lateral 

 line extending to base of sixth or seventh (occasionally eighth) ray of dorsal fin. 

 Dorsal 67-74 ■ commencing just behind posterior nostril of blind side and above or 

 a httle in advance of anterior edge of eye. Anal 51-60 ; tip of first interhaemal spine 

 feeble, not projecting. Pectoral of ocular side with n or 12 rays, length i^ to i§ in 

 that of head. Caudal pointed ; caudal peduncle about 3 times as deep as long. 

 Brownish or greyish, with darker spots and markings, of which 5 ocelli arranged 

 thus, : : • are most prominent : these ocelli usually provided with a number of small 

 white dots and surrounded by a dark ring ; median fins with brown spots ; a series of 

 larger and more distinct dark spots on basal parts of dorsal and anal fins. 



Fig. 73. — Fseitdorhombus jenynsii 



Type. — British Museum (Nat. Hist.). Reg. No. 1933.2.28.5. 

 Distribution. — Coasts of Australia, from Fremantle, Western Australia, to 

 southern Queensland. 



Specimens Examined : 



). [Var. dubiiis 



King George Sound, W. Australia. 



St. Vincent Gulf, S. Australia. 



New South Wales. 



Port Jackson, N.S.Wales. 



Port Hacking, N.S.Wales. 

 Port Bowen, Queensland. 

 3 to 7 miles N.W. of Harvey 

 Queensland. 9-ri fms. 



S. Austr. Mu 

 .\ustr. .Mus. 

 Imp. Inst. 



.\ustr. Mus. 

 Godetiroy. 

 .\ustr. Mus. 



(" Endeavour "). 



