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cc. Teeth mostly obtuse and molariform: antericr nostiils tubular; 
dorsa] fin originating in advance ot the gill-openinga. 
seerapae Har fa) tm etser aie ges opts isy Vv. ECHIDNA 
aa. Ve:tical fins absent or confined to the end of the tail; teeth in several 
series, rather smal, pointed, and subequal, 
h Cleft of mouth short, not half the tength ot the head: snout 
moderate, about hali the gape; tail abour as long as the trunk 
So Oe eC uD SC Vi. UROPTERYGIUS,y 
The following is a list of the genera and species, with 
the original references, at present known to inhabit the seas 
of Australasia :— 
i. RaBpuLa, Jordan & Davis, Rep. U.S. Fish. Comm., viii, 1888, 
p- 589 (aque-duleis). 
1. callorhynchus, Ginther, B. M. Catal. Fish., viti, p. 122, 1870; Fre-. 
mantle. West Ausiralia. 
ii. GyMNOTHORAX, Bloch, Aus]. Fische, ix, p. 85, L735 (reticw/aris), 
. richardsonii, Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Neder]. Ind., i2:, 1852, p 296; 
Wahai, Ceram & Padang. Sumatra. Houtmans Abrolhos 
3 pictus, Ah!, in Thunberg’s Diszert. de Mur. et Oph., p 6. pi.ii, fig. 2,. 
1789; Eastern Australia 
4. flavimarginatus, Rippell, Atlas Fische Roth. Meer., p. 119, pl. xxx, 
fig. 3, 1828; Red Sea; Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands. 
5. tessellatus, Richardson, Voy. Sulphur, Ichth. p. 109, pl. Lv, figg. 5—8 
1844. Endeavour River, Queensland. 
6. makassariensis, Bleeker, Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk, i, 1863 ; Celebes; 
Cape York, Queensland. 
. nubilus, Richardson, Zool. Erebus & Terror, Ichth. p. 81, pl. x1vi, 
fige. 6—10, 1847; Norfolk Island and Houtmans Abrolhos ; 
Lord Howe Island. 
8. thyrsoides, Richardson, Voy. Sulphur,Ichth. p. 111, 1844; East Coast 
ot Australia; Lord Howe island. 
9. undulatus, Lacépéde, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, pp. 629 & 644, 1803; 
East coast of Australia. 
10. pseudothyrsoides, Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind., iii, 1852, p. 778 ;. 
Macassar, Celebes, Darnley Island. 
11. chalazius, Waite, Rec. Austr. Mus., v, 1904, p. 145, pl. xvii, fig. 25: 
Lord Howe Island. 
12. fimbriatus, Bennett, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1831, p. 168; Mauritius; 
Port Essignton, Northern Territory ; Torres Straits. 
13. melanospilos. Bleeker, Nat. T:jdschr. Nederl. Ind., ix, 1855, p. 279; 
Sibogha, Sumatra; Darnley Island. 
14. prionodon, Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. 8S. Wales, xix, 1§£5, p. 721, 
Port Jackson. 
ili. Murana, Artedi; Linneus, Syst. Nat., p. 248, 1758 (helena). 
15. vorax, Ogilby: new name proposed for the Australian form hitherto 
identified with M. helena. 
iv. RHaBDURA, Ogilby. (v. infra, p. 12). 
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