DR. RICHARDSON'S DESCRIPTION OF AUSTRALIAN FISH. 



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The specimens have doubtless lost much of their original colour by maceration in 

 spirits, but they still retain a general pinkish or boiled-lobster red colour, most lively 

 on the fins, with dark brownish blotches on the jaws, top of the head, and dorsal fin. 

 One broad dark band descends from the spinous dorsal down the sides beneath the pec- 

 toral ; another, which is narrower and more patchy, takes in the base of the soft dorsal 

 and dips down to the anal ; and a still narrower one crosses the base of the caudal. 

 There are also many small round dots on the spinous dorsal, and some on the bases of 

 the soft dorsal and pectoral. The cornea is surrounded by a broad red ring. 



Intestines.— The descending part of the stomach is wide, with thick coats plaited in- 

 ternally in eight prominent folds with smaller ones in the intervals. The oesophagus is 

 short and wide, contracting slightly to form the commencement of the stomach. The 

 pyloric branch of the latter is comparatively small, and has an upward direction, leaving 

 one-third of the viscus as a ' cul de sac' beneath it. There are nine pyloric caeca. The 

 peritoneal lining of the abdomen is black and the inside of the mouth brownish. There 

 is no air-bladder. The vertebrae are twenty-five in number, eleven of them being ab- 

 dominal. 



Scorpcena cottoides (Forst. New Zeal. No. 190.), in the Banksian Library, has a gene- 

 ral resemblance to this Sebastes -. it is coarsely drawn in colours which have faded. The 

 figure bears the date of 1st April 1773, Dusky Bay. 



Dimensions. 



Length from interm. symphysis to end of caudal . . 

 Length from interm. symphysis to base of caudal . 

 Length from interm. symphysis to end of soft dorsal 

 Length from interm. symphysis to end of anal . . 

 Length from interm. symphysis to beginning of anal 

 Length from interm. symphysis to beginning of soft T 



dorsal J 



Length from interm. symphysis to anus 



Length from interm. symphysis to spinous dorsal 

 Length from interm. symphysis to last spine of super- "1 



ciliary ridge . . . ' J 



Length from interm. symphysis to tip of gill-flap 

 Length from interm. symphysis to posterior edge of orbit 

 Length from interm. symphysis to anterior edge of orbit 



Length of diameter of orbit 



Length of distance between orbits 



Length of spinous part of dorsal 



Length of soft part of dorsal 



1st Spec. 

 In. Lin. 



13 6 



11 7 



10 



9 7 



8 3 







7 .5 

 3 8i 







4 

 2 

 1 

 1 





 4 

 9 



6 



4 

 2 

 2 

 7 

 4 

 2 



•2nd Spec. 

 In. Lin. 



13 9 



11 10 















7 10 





 3 10 



3 4 



4 

 2 

 1 

 1 



7 

 

 •2 2 



7 

 6 

 3 

 3 



.3rd Spec. 

 In. Lin. 



16 6 

 14 6 

 12 



11 

 10 



9 6 



9 7 



4 6 



3 9i 



1 5 



1 4 

 9| 

 5 3 



2 4 



