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Records of the S.A. Museum 



l'"'i<i'. (iM. Fdli/i/iinis irifhiififrr. 



Fishes of this Family ai'(> vccordcd from coiisiileraMc depths, l)ut are believed 

 to ascend to or near the surface at nip-]it. Tlie marking's on the lower half of the 

 body are light -giving' org'aiis. 



Order I N I O M I . 



Family AULOPIDAE. 



AULOPUS Cuvier, 1S17 ( filamentosns), 



AULOPUS PURPURISSATUS Richardson (Sergeant Baker), 



Aulopus piirpiirissatus Rieh.. Icon. Pise. IH-to, p. (i, pi. ii. fig. 3; McCoy, Prod. 

 Zool. Vict., dec. vi, 1881, pi. liv. iv: Ogil.. Edib. Fish. N.S.W., 1893, p. 166, 

 pi. xl; Stead, Edib. Fish. N.S.W., 1908, p. 33, pi. ix ; Roughley, Pish. Aust., 

 1916, p. 25, pi. iii. 



