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nate; Waigeu ! ; Goram Island; Saparua Island; Aru Islands!; 

 New Guinea (Doreh). — Ceylon. 



2. Cratero cephalus 

 Mc Culloch. 



(Mc Cui.LOCH, Proc. Royal Soc. Queensland 

 XXIV. 1912, p. 48. 



Jordan & Hubbs, Stanford University Pu- 

 blications, 191 9, p. 44). 



Elongate, somewhat compres- 

 sed. Mouth very small, oblique, 

 bordered by intermaxillaries; the 

 maxillaries behind them, not rea- 

 ching frontborder of eye. Inter- 

 maxillaries very protractile, 

 straight. Very small teeth in both 

 jaws, none on palate. First dorsal 

 with 6 — S flexible spines, its origin 

 well behind that of ventrals, se- 

 cond dorsal with one spine and 

 7 — 9 rays. Anal with a weak 

 spine and 8 — -lO soft rays, its 

 origin somewhat in advance of 

 that of second dorsal. Ventrals 

 with a slender spine and 5 soft 

 rays. Pectorals inserted rather 

 high up, above the middle of the 

 height of the body. Caudal forked. 

 Scales smooth or somewhat crenu- 

 lated behind, rather large, 31 — 39 

 between head and caudal, extend- 

 ing to between eyes on the head. 

 Cheeks and operculum scaly. 

 Lateral line absent or scales 

 pierced by a simple pore. Gill- 

 rakers very short, thick, pointed, 

 about ten on lower limb of first 

 arch. Gillmembranes free from 

 isthmus and from each other. 

 Vertebrae 37. 



Distribution: Freshwater of Australia. One species in 

 Southern New Guinea. 



Fig. 71. Craterocephaltis iioulniysi 

 (M. Weber) X i-2- 



