I So 



Southern Cross, 



5. Teematomus hansoni, sp. n, 

 (Plate XIII.) 



Depth of body 3^ to 4|- times in total length, length of head 31 

 to 4 times. Diameter of eye 3f to 4 times in length of head, 

 interorbital width 4t to 5 times ; maxillary extending to below- 

 anterior third or centre of eye ; lower jaw not projecting beyond the 

 upper; cheek, opercle, occiput, and interorbital region densely 

 scaled ; openings of sensory canals on head large. Gill-rakers short, 

 13 to 15 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal V-VII,^ 38-41 ; 

 longest rays about ^ length of head. Anal 34-35 ; longest rays 

 about ^ length of head. Pectoral rounded, a little shorter than head, 

 reaching beyond origin of anal. Ventral f to f length of head. 

 Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales 

 65-75 2^ ; upper lateral line 38-44, lower usually formed of a 

 series of pits, or reduced to a few tubular scales. Brownish, 

 lighter beneath, with large dark spots or marblings or more or less 

 regular cross-bands ; fins greyish, dorsals, pectorals, and caudal usually 

 with more or less distinct darker bars. 



Total length, 280 mm. 



Seventeen specimens from Cape Adare, 4 to 8 fathoms, and 1 

 from Duke of York Island, 3 to 4 fathoms. 



Measurements and numbers of fin-rays and scales of some of the 

 specimens : — 



Cape Adare 



Duke of York Island 



280 

 270 

 265 

 250 

 250 

 220 

 210 

 205 

 205 

 195 

 190 

 190 

 165 

 160 

 175 



VI 

 VI 

 VI 

 VII 

 VI 

 VI 

 V 

 VI 

 VI 

 VI 

 VI 

 VI 

 VI 

 VI 

 VI 



70 

 75 

 67 

 65 

 71 

 73 

 70 

 65 

 65 

 70 

 68 

 68 

 65 



m 



70 



10 11 



40 

 43 

 41 

 42 

 39 

 45 

 39 

 40 

 38 

 44 

 40 

 39 

 42 

 40 

 42 



^ Usually VI ; of the 18 specimens examined, only one has five rays, and one 

 seven. 



