AL'SIKALIAN <;()l;lll>.K Mc (T 1,1,0011 ANH (iCll.in. 20^ 



nq. Scales smallor, iikhi' than ;{6 in a|longitiidinal row. 



It". Moiitli very larj:fe, nia.\illa iJiodiicecl liackward toward tlie preojior- 



ciiliiiu Waitca, sp. 



WW. Mouth normal, maxilla nut specially produced. 



X. About 15 dorsal and anal rays, snout tumid, caudal mundi'd 



Ainhlyijnbins, spp. 



XX. 13 or less dorsal and anal rays, snout nui'Mial. 



y. Scales minuto, ahout 00 in a longitudinal row Cnjidocoitnis, sp. 



yy. Scales larger. 



;. Nape scaly (.)xyu richtit t/s, spj). 



22. Nape naked (Gobius) eremins. 



Genus Lkme, iJe Vis. 



Leme, De Vis, Proc. Liuu. Soc. N.S.Wales, viii., 188;], p. 28(5 (L. munhi.i', 

 De Vis). 



Body elongate, sabcylindrical anteriorly, compressed posteriorly. It 

 is wholly naked ; lateral line defined b}^ a groove along which are fleshy 

 swellings on the tail portion. Head subquadrilateial, with raised ridges 

 of papilh« radiating from the eye, on the cheeks, opercles and mandible. 

 Eye obsolete. Mouth very oblique, with broad lobulate lips ; mandible 

 with barbies. An outer row of subulate teeth in each jaw, followed by a 

 narrow band of villiform ones ; no teeth on the palate. Tongue thick, 

 rounded anteriorly, largely adnate to the floor of the mouth. Gill- 

 openings broad, lateral, separated by a wide interspace ; exposed edge of 

 shoulder-girdle smooth. Four branchoiostegals. One long dorsal fin, 

 with six spines and about 38-48 branched rays, the last united with the 

 caudal base. Anal similar to the soft dorsal. Pectoi'als well developed, 

 with bifurcate rays. Ventrals united into a large disc, with one spine 

 and five rays. Caudal well developed, pointed. 



This genus is very near Tae)iioides, Lacepede, but differs in having 

 prominent ridges of papillae on the head. 



a. About 48 dorsal rays ; head about 9 J in total length mordax. 



aa. About 37 dorsal rays ; head about 7 in total length purpuvascetis. 



Leme mokdax, De Vis. 



(Plate xxxi., fig. 4.) 



Leme morda,c, De Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales, viii., 1883, p. 286. 



D. vi/48; A. 46; P. 16; V. i/5 ; C. 15. Length to tlie vent 2-4 in 

 the tail. Head, measured from the premaxillary symphysis to the upper 

 angle of the gill-opening, 9-4 in the total length, and 1-8 in its distance 

 from the vent. Depth befoi^e the ventrals 1-7, pectoral 3*2, and ventrals 

 1"2 in the head. 



Head subquadrilatei^al, with raised ridges of papilla^ which are 

 disposed as in the accompanying illustration of L. pnrpurasreiis. Anterior 

 nostril opening in a fleshy lobe behind the upper lip, the posterior a larger 



