121- RF.coKDs OF TiiF ArsTRAT.TAx '\rr>;FrM. 



A small ijronp nf six or seven stout conical teeth on each side of the 

 premaxillaty symphysis, the aiitet-ior of which are laro;est. A low of 

 sti^ong conical teeth aromul the mandible followed by a l)and of smaller 

 ones. A wide and somewhat crescentic band of moUu'ifonii teeth on the 

 vomer. 



Dorsal spine inserted a short distance beliind the head, its hinder 

 edge serrated ; the tin is about half as long as high and somewiiat pointed, 

 and almost reaches tlie origin of the second di)rsal when laid back. 

 Second dorsal less than half as high as the tii'st, decreasing backwaids, 

 and united with the tail. Anal similar to the second dorsal. Ventrals 

 originating a tiifle behind the veitical of the commencement of the second 

 dorsal ; their margins are rounded, and they reach the anal origin wlien 

 laid back. Pectorals rounded, a little longer than the first dorsal ; the 

 spine is feebly serrated. 



Lateral line commencing in a group of pores on the shoulder ami 

 forming a curve above the pectoral, after which it extends along the middle 

 of the body and tail. ,\xillary pore minute, opening at the anterioi- end 

 of a glandular area above the base of the pectoral fin. A hirge dendi-itic 

 appendage is present behind the vent. 



Colour. — Brown above, lighter below, and obscurely mottled with 

 ligliter areas on the tail. Soft dorsal and anal tins with darker boi-ders. 



Described and figured fiom a s[»ecimen 1563 nun. long fi'om the 

 estuary of the Hawkesbury Kivei-, New South Wales, which was cauglit 

 and presented to the Australian Museum bv Dr. Mark C. Lidwill. (Others 

 are in the collection from the Parramatta River estuary. 



Family MONOC KXT H 1 1 )A\. 



Genus CLEinoprs, ]>>■ ['/>■. 



('hiijnpini, De Vis, Pi-oc. liinn. Soc. N.S.Wales, vii., 188'2, j). 'Ml (ijluriti 

 ))i((ri.<). 



This genus differs from HfotKn-enfris, Bloch & Schneidei', in having a 

 f)af('li of vomerine teeth, a luminous organ on each side of the mandible, 

 and the suborbital l)one linear instead ol i)r(>ad. 



Cl.EinoPl^-^ Ol.nlMA-MAKlS, I h^ ]!$. 



(Plate xxiii.. tig. 1). 



('leiilopKX (lUnlii-iinirls, De Vis, i'roc. Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales, vii., 1SS"2, 

 p. '^lo^. 



'Miiinicpiiti-ia iiliiilii-iiiiiri.<, Ogilbv, I'roc. Lmn. Soc. N'.S. Wales, xxiv., 1S91*, 

 p. 163. /./ , Waite, Mem. AwsW. Mii.^., iv,l, 1 S99, p. f.T, pi viii., 

 figs. 1-2. 



This sjiecies has l)een described in detail hv Ogilhy.and fuithei' 

 considered by Waite in the papei's quoted above. It is not uncommon in 

 tlepth.s of about forty fathoms off the coast near Port .lacksoii, where it is 

 taken by trawlers. Specimens placed in a tul) of water by tlii' tisherinen 



