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61. PISTULARIA SERRATA. Cuv. CM. 



F. serrata, Glintli., III., 533. 



D. 13-15; A. 13-15; P. 13; V. G; C. 8|2|8. 



Length two and three-fifths that of the head ; length of the head more 

 than ten times its greatest breadth ; snout equals three-fourths of the 

 length of the head ; eye oval, its horizontal diameter being two and 

 a half times the vertical ; outer edge of the tube serrated ; operculum 

 striated, rounded below. 



Brownish, paler below (dried). 



Two dried specimens are in the Museum ; they belonged to the New 

 Zealand Society's collection. 



China, Austi*alia, and Andaman Islands. 



NOTACANTHI. 



Body elongate, with small scales ; snout produced beyond the mouth ; 

 eyes lateral, of moderate size ; dentition feeble ; dorsal Jin composed of 

 short free spines ; anal very long, anteriorly with many spines ; ventrals 

 abdominal, composed of more than five soft rays. 



Seas of the arctic and temperate regions of both hemispheres. 



NOTACANTHUS. 



Characters the same as of the family. 

 Arctic Seas, Mediteri'anean, and Australia. 



62. NOTACANTHUS SEXSPINIS. Rich. CM. 



N. seocspinis, Rich., p. 54, pi. 32. Giinth., III., 545. 



D. 6-8|l; A. ^-If ; P. 12 ; V. |. 



Length seven times that of the head, or ten times the height of the body 

 at the ventrals ; snout soft, about one-fourth of the length of the head ; 

 eye very variable in size ; tail j^ointed ; no caudal ; ventrals completely 

 united, placed in front of the first dorsal sjiine ; jiectorals small, pointed, 

 less than half the length of the head ; vent under the third and fourth 

 dorsal spines ; a single series of small cardiform teeth on each jaw, and 

 on the vomer ; gill membranes united under the throat. 



Pale pink above, whitish below ; inside of the mouth black ; anal fin 

 black. 



Thrown up on the shore in considerable numbers after heavy gales. 



Australia. 



