I'l.ATFISIllCS (HKTEROSOMATA) 



C.enus _'4. I.OPHONECTES. 



l.oplwiu-cirs, C.unthcr, iSSo, Shore l-'isl 

 I.nphorhomhui, MKleay, 1883. Proc. Li 



p. 2i> [I.nphom-cU-s sitlluf. Gii 

 i, p. If [Luphorhombus crtaial 



Made 



Close to Arnnglossxis, but mouth smaller, the length of the maxillary 3J to nearly 

 4 in that of head : male with bony tubercles on the snout and at symphysis of lower 

 jaws, these being much smaller and blunter or absent altogether m the female ; 

 anterior rays of dorsal fm greatly prolonged in the male, slightly prolonged in the 

 female. 



A single species from Australia and Xew Zealand. 



L01>H0NECTES GAL1,US, Gunther. 

 iCrestkd Flounder. 1 



;o, pl. XV, lig. H ; .McLuIlorli, 

 I. Zool., 11, p. 45, pi. Xlll; \ 

 21., Biol. Res. ■■ lindeavom 



Inphoiuctcs g.%llus, Gimther, 1880, Shore Fishes " Challenger 



liiol. Res. " Endeavour " , 11, p. 12S ; McCulloch, 1021 



1921, Rec. S. Aust. Mus., ii, p. 156, fig. 256 ; Normal 



p. 249 ; McCulloch, 1929, Mem. Aust. Mus., v, p. 278. 

 Laops parviccps (part), Giinther, iSSo, Shore Fishes " Challenger ", p. 29. 

 l.ophorhombus cnslatus, Macleay, 1883, Proc. Linn. Sec. N.S.W., vu, p. 14 ; Maclea 



Linn. Soc. N.S.W., ix, p. 52. 

 Arno^ilossus mongonuicnsis , Regan, 1914, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (8) xiii, p. 16 ; Reg 



iirit. Antarct. {" Terra Nova ") Exped., 1910, Zool., i, i, p. 21, pi. xi, hj;. 2. 

 Lophoncctes mongonuiinsis, Phillipps, 1927, N.Z. Mar. Dept., Fish. liull., i, p. 30, 



~l..,ph<;H-clc^ Kulhis. H.M. (N.H.) 90. 



Depth of bodv about 2I in the length, length of head 4J to 3!. Snouth shorter 

 than eye, diameter of which is 3} to 4 in length of head ; eyes separated by a narrow 

 bony ridge, the lower very slightly in advance of upper, which is separated from edge 

 of head by a space equal to J to J its diameter. Maxillary extending to below anterior 

 edge of eye or a little beyond, length 3J to nearly 4 in that of head : lower jaw 2\ to 

 ->5 m head. Teeth small, scarcely enlarged anteriorly. Gill-rakers short or of 



