DR. RICHARDSON'S DESCRIPTION OF AUSTRALIAN FISH. 83 



Inches. Lines. 

 Length of caudal lobes 3 4 



Length of central rays of caudal 2 7 



Height of fifth and sixth dorsal spine 2 3 



Height of third or fourth soft ray of dorsal 2 6 



Height of soft anal 2 6 



Length of space between dorsal and caudal 2 9 



Length of space between anal and caudal 3 11 



Height of body 5 9 



Height of tail 2 6 



Height of head at nape 3 9 



The Chili Apl. punctatus described in the ' Histoire des Poissons ' was a foot long, 

 and the one brought home by Mr. Darwin measured eleven inches. (Zool. Beagle, Jenyns, 

 p. 15.) 



The first example of this genus was discovered by Solander on the coast of New 

 Zealand, and named by him ' Scieena meeandratus.' The following extracts respecting 

 it are from his ' Pisces Australise :' — " Piscis sesquipedalis olivaceo-fuscus rivulis anasto- 

 rnosantibus, maadisque parvis, albidis, maculosus : subtiis dilutior et sub ipso abdomine 

 albidus." " Denies numerosi, in utrdque maxilld plurinm ordinum lanceolati, compressi, 

 obtusiusculi, flexiles : in palato pauci acerosi : in lingud nulli." " Pinna pectorales ovatee, 

 obtuscB, breves, dimidiam partem abdominis non attingentes, muticce, basi extus rivulosee, 

 cinei-eeB, immaculat<e, 14-radiata; : radiis inferioribus cute crassd tectis." "Pinna analis, 

 late rivulosa, acuta, 7-radiata, radio antico simplici, postico bipartito." " Pinna caudalis 

 olivaceo-nigricans, nebulis pallidioribus." " Habitat prope Cape Kidnappers." 



Br. 6-6;D. 16|-18; P. 14; V. 1|5; A. 1|6;C. 17. 



Parkinson's figure of this species (No. G5, Banks. Lib.) is not finished, but it shows 

 distinctly the intricate patterns of the markings below the lateral line, which are very 

 different from those of punctatus or arctidens. He has noted on the sketch, that " the 

 whole back of this fish and the fins are green-gray, speckled with black, the ground- 

 colour gradually becoming paler towards the belly." The head is scarcely gibbous over 

 the orbit, the spinous dorsal is higher than the jointed one, and the caudal is truncated, 

 with the corners rounded. 



Trigla VANESSA, Spinij-sided Gurnard.— Trigla vanessa, Zoological Proceedings, June 

 25, 1839. 



Tab. V. Fig. 1. 



TVig. squamis asperis mediocribus ; lined laterali aculeatd ; fossd dorsali adfinem usque 

 pinna posteriori^ annatd ; orbitd oculi edentatd ; pinnd pectorali ampM labeculis 

 aculeis binis ornatd ; maculd nigrd inter radium pinna dorsi anterioris quintum et 

 octavum.— Radii. Br. 7 - 7 ; P. 11 - HL ; V. 1|5 ; D. 8]- 12 ; A. 12 ; C. 13|. 



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