RHOMBOSOLEIN^ 



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side much shorter, rounded, the first ray with a fleshy tubercle at the tip. Pelvic of 

 ocular side with 10 rays, extending forward to meet tip of rostral hook, ninth ray 

 opposite first ray of pelvic of blind side, which has 6 rays. Caudal with 18 rays (12 

 branched), rounded ; caudal peduncle about 3 times as deep as long. Intestine of 

 moderate length. Greyish-brown, with a number of small black spots on head, 

 body and fins. 



Type. — Australian Museum. No. I. 10350. 



Distribution. — Victoria ; South AustraUa ; Tasmania. 



Specimen Examined : 



I mm.}. 



Spencer Gulf, S. Australi; 



. fms 



Austr. Mus. 



4. AMMOTRETIS MACROLEPIS, McCuUoch. 



nmiitrctis macroUpis, McCulIocIi, 1914, Biol. Res. " Endeavour ' 

 1926, Biol. Res. '■ Endeavour", v, p. 271 ; McCuUorh, 10:9, \ 



. p. 125, fig. 9 ; Norman, 

 .\ust. Mus., V, p. 281. 



Fig. 309, 



Perhaps not distinct from A. tudori. Maxillary extending to beyond anterior 

 edge of eye ; a few small tubercles on lower lip of ocular side. Scales all ctenoid, 

 those of ocular side more strongly denticulated than those of blind side ; 66 scales in 

 lateral line. Dorsal 90. Anal 59. Pelvic of ocular side with 12 rays, that of blind 

 side with 5 rays. Pinkish, with numerous dark grey ocelli on head and body. Fins 

 dotted with dark grey. 



Type. — Australian Museum. No. E. 455. 



Distribution. — Flinders Island, Bass Strait. 



The unique holotype is 98 ram. in total length. 



5. AMMOTRETIS ELONGATUS, McCulloch. 



Ammnireiis clongatus, McCuUoch, 1914, Biol. Res. " Endeavour ", ii, p. 123, pi. xxvii ; Waite, 1921, 



Kec. S. Aust. Mus., ii, p. 159, fig. 260 ; Waite, 1923, Fishes S. Austral., p. 183, fig. ; Norman, 



1926, Biol. Res. " Endeavour ", v, p. 271 ; .McCuUoch, 1929, Mem. Aust. Mus., v, p. 281. 



Depth of body 2J to 2J in the length, length of head 4 to 43. Rostral hook not 



extending downwards as far as level of hinder end of maxillary of ocular side. Lower 



eye a little in advance of upper, diameter of which is 4J to 5 in length of head and 



about 4 times the interorbital width. Maxillary not reaching anterior edge of eye. 



