146 " ENDEAVOUR " SCIENTIFIC RESULTS. 



a large tubercle from which striae radiate over the frontal 

 bones, and there is also a group of small spinules in front of 

 it ; the median posterior scute on the nape also bears a central 

 tubercle, as does the post-temporal bone ; the lower margin 

 of the preoperculum is intensely spiny, the spines forming a 

 prominent' group on the lowermost portion (PI. xxvi., 

 fig. 2). All the scales of the head and body are very thick, 

 ti^bercular, and coarsely sculptured ; those of the breast and 

 abdomen are greatly enlarged, and have deep grooves be- 

 tween them. The lower surface of the breast is flat and 

 triangular, its breadth being equal to its length (PI. xxvi., 

 fig. 3). 



Logs. — Eight specimens were preserved from the following 

 localities : — 



Thirty-three miles S. by W. of Cape Everard, Victoria, 

 160-20(V fathoms ; 19th September, 1914. 



S.S.E. of Gabo Island, Victoria, 176-200 fathoms ; 15th 

 September, 1914. 



Great Australian Bight, Long. 130°50' E., 230-300 fathoms ; 

 6th May, 1913. 



Family LATRIDID^. 



Genus Latridopsis, Gill. 



Latridopsis, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliilad., 1862, p. 115 

 (Latris ciliaris, Forster). 



This genus differs from Latris in having no vomerine teeth. 

 The pectoral fin is also differently formed, the upper rays 

 being longest, instead of the median ones, as in Latris. 



Latridopsis eorsteri, Castelnav. 



Red, White, and Silver Bastard Trumpeter. 

 (Plate xxvii.) 



Latris forsteri, Castelnau, Proc. Zool. Soc. Vict., i., 1872, 

 p. 77. Id., Johnston. Proc. Rov. Soc. Tasm., 1882 

 (1883), pp. 72-76, 113. Id., Stead, Ed. Fish. N.S. 

 Wales, 1908, p. 70. 



Latris bilineata, Castelnau, Loc. cit., p. 79. Id.. Jolmston, 

 Log. eit. 



Latris inornata. Castlenau, Loc. eit.. p. 79. Id., Johnston, 

 Loc. cit. 



? Latris ramsayi. Ogill^y. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales, x., 

 1885, p. 229, and Cat. Fish. N.S.Wales, 1886, p. 20. 



