FISHES.^ — MCCULLOCH. 167 



together. Anal situated below the end of the dorsal ; its 

 third ray is the longest, and some of the posterior ones are 

 divided. Pectoral small, with simple rays, of which the fifth 

 is the longest. Ventrals each composed of four simple rays, 

 the ends of which are curled upwards ; they can be entirely 

 withdra^\"n into the skin at will. Caudal rounded ; its rays 

 are thick, spinulose, and more or less divided. 



Colour. — Yellowish in formalin, probably pink in life ; the 

 back and sides are closely mottled with round greyish spots. 

 Eye opalescent. Fimbriae of first dorsal spine blackish in 

 larger specimens. 



Described from four specimens, 120-215 mm. long ; the 

 figure is prepared from a well-preserved example, 132 mm. 

 long. I have compared these specimens with a Japanese 

 example of C. fimbriatus. which Dr. C. H. Gilbert very kindly 

 forwarded to this museum, and have found them identical 

 in all details. Giinther regarded C. fimbriatus as synonymous 

 with C. pictiis, Lowe, but my specimens differ from his figure 

 of that speciesi in the relative lengths of the body and tail, 

 as well as in the positions of the gill-opening, dorsal and 

 pectoral fins. 



Logs. — East of Flinders Island, Bass Strait, 70-100 fathoms ; 

 4th December. 1913. 



South of Gabo Island, Victoria, 100-150 fathoms ; 16th 

 December. 1912. 



South of Cape Everard, Victoria, 90-150 fathoms ; 9th 

 April, 1914. 



Chaunax penicillatus, sp. nov. 



(Plate xxxiii., fig. 2.) 



Two specimens, 74 and 112 mm. long, only differ from C. 

 fimbriatus, as described above, in the structure of their rostral 

 tentacles. These have short thick peduncles, which are 

 densely fiml:»riated, and they almost completely fill the cavity 

 into which they are received. The upper surface of the 

 tentacles and the hinder margin of the cavity are black ; the 

 under surfaces of the fimbriae are white. The dift'erei ces in 

 the tentacles of the two species are illustrated on plate xxxiii. 

 Both specimens of the new species have fewer dermal filaments 

 than the examples of C. fimbriatus, they being developed orly 

 on the anterior portion of the head, but this character appears 

 to be variable in the other species. D. 12 ; A. 6-7 ; P. 13 ; 

 C. 8 + 1 ; V. 4. 



1. Giinther — "Challenger" Rept., Zool., xxii., 1887, p. 58, pi. x., fig. a. 



