1 28 TRIGLID^. 



1. Taenianotiis triacanthus. 



Lac^p. iv. p. 306; Cur. Sf Val iv. p. .'571. pi. 89; Cm: Rhgne Anim. 

 III. Poiss. pi. 23. f. 2 ; Gueriii, Iconogr. Poiss. pi. 13. f. 3 ; Bleek. 

 Aynhoina, vi. p. 411. 



-^•12(11)- ^^- ?• 



The height of the body is 2| in the total length r the pectoral 

 reaches slightly beyond the origin of the .soft anal. 

 Sea of Amboyna. 



11. CENTROPOGON* 



Apistus, sp., Cuv. 8f Val. 



Head and bedy compressed, with distinct scales. No groove on the 

 occiput. Praeorbital and praeopereiilum spiniferous. One contiguous 

 dorsal, with fourteen or fifteen spines ; the spinous portion without 

 division. No pectoral appendages. Yilliform teeth in the jaws, on 

 the vomer and the palatine bones. No cleft behind the fourth gill. 



Australian Seas ; East Indian Archipelago. 



1. Centropogon australis. 



Cottus australis, White, Voy. N. S. Wales, p. 266. 

 Apistus australis, Cuv. 8f Val iv. p. 398. 



D.^. A.|. 



Scales very small ; the pectoral reaches to the origin of the anal. 

 The third dorsal spine is the longest, 1^ in the length of the head ; 

 the second anal spine longer than the third. The upper maxillary 

 reaches to the vertical from the anterior margin of the eye. Brown- 

 ish (in spirits), ^vith five rather irregular dark cross-bands, the first 

 from the origin of the dorsal, the fourth on the base of the caudal, 

 and the fifth across the caudal. 



Coasts of South-East Australia. 

 a. Adult. Port Jackson. From the Haslar Collection. 

 h. Adult. Sydney. Presented by Lieut. A. Smith, 

 c. Adult : bad state. From the Haslar Collection. 



2. Centropogon robustus. 

 D. -. A. -. L. lat. 85. 



9 5 



Scales small. The pectoral does not reach to the vent ; the fourth 

 and fifth dorsal spines are the longest, their length being less than 

 one-half that of the head ; the second and third anal spines are 

 equal. The upper maxillary reaches behind the vertical from the 

 centre of the eye. Brownish (in a dried state), mnrbled and varie- 

 gated with blackish. 



Australian Seas. 



a, h. Adult : stuffed. 



* Frojn Kevrpov, spine, and vwyoji', beard. 



1. Apistus hypselopterus, Bled: JBanda, i. p. 238.— Sea of Banda. 



