32 FISH AND FISH-LIKE ANIMALS OP N.S.W., 



111. Lotella Kaup, Arch. Naturg xxiv. i, 1858, p. 88 (phycis). 



Ilia. L. callarias. Beaedie. Id. Gthr., A.M.N.H. (3) xi, 1863, p. 116. L. 

 schuettei Steindaehner, Sb. Akad. Wiss. Wien liii, 1866, p. 466, pi. 3, 1 

 (PL xi). 

 Not uncommon near rocky reefs on the coast, and regarded as of some value 

 as a food-fish. Length 20 inches. 



L. fuliginosa Gthr., has been included in New South Wales lists on the very 

 unreliable authority of Castelnau, who called it rubiginosa, but there is no reason 

 to suppose the species occurs here. 



112. Physiculus Kaup, Arch. Naturg. xxiv. i, 1858, p. 88 (dalwigkii). 



A. Ventrals narrow at base; snout shorter than eye. bachus (112a). 



AA. Ventrals broader at base; snout longer than eye. barbatus (112b). 



112a. P. bachus. Red Cod. Enchelyopus bachus (Forster) Bloch & Schnei- 

 der, Syst. Ichth. 1801 ; p. 53. Lota breviuscula Rich., Ichth. Erebus & 

 Terror, 1846, p. 61, pi.' 38, 1-2 (PI. xi). 

 Rare in New South Wales. Length about 15 inches. 



112b. P. barbatus. Rock Cod. Pseudophycis barbatus Gthr., A.M.N.H. 

 (3) xi, 1863, p. 116; Id. McCoy, Prodr. Zool. Vict. dec. ii, 1878, pi. 20. 

 A southern species, extending into the waters of this State in the cooler 

 months. Length 17 inches. I have examined the specimen figured by Stead, Ed. 

 Fish. N.S. Wales, 1908, pi. 16, as P. bachus, and identify it as P. barbatus; it 

 is from Merimbula. 



113. Austrophycis Ogilby, P.L.S.N.S.W. xxii, 1897, p. 90 (megalops). 

 113a. A. megalops. Id. Ogilby, Tom. cit., p. 91. 



This species is only known from the typical example which is in a very im- 

 perfect state of preservation. Length 3 inches. 



LXII Family Coryphaenoididae. 



A. Dorsal spine serrated; 7 branchiostegal rays; snout obtuse. Lionunis (114). 

 AA. Dorsal spine smooth; 6 branchiostegal rays. 

 B. Snout produced, pointed; teeth small. 



Coelorhyvc/ws ( 1 1 .5 ) . 

 BB. Snout short, obtuse: some premaxillary teeth enlarged. Opionurus (116). 



114. Lionurus Gthr., Challenger Zool. xxii, 1887, pp. 124, 141 (filicauda). 

 114a. L. Nir,ROM4CULATUS. Rat-tail. Macrourus nigromaculatus McCulloch, 



Rec. Austr. Mus. vi. 5, 1907, p. 346, pi. 03, 1 (PI. xi). 

 Four specimens dredged in deep water off Sydney. Length 9 inches. 



115. Coelorhynchus Giorna, Mem. Acad. Eci. Torino xvi, 1805, p. 178 (Cdelor- 



hiinche la ville) . 

 A. Snout greatly produced, longer than the eye. itnwtabilis (115a). 



AA. Snout shorter than the eye. fascial™ (115b). 



115a. C. innotabilis. Id. McCulloch, Rec. Austr. Mus. vi. 5, 1907, p. 348. pi. 

 63,2 (PI. xi). 

 Known only from the typical specimens from deep water. Length 5A inches. 

 115b. C. fasciatus. Id. Gthr.. Challenger Zool. xxii, 1887, p. 129, pi. 28, a 

 (PI. xi). 

 Widely distributed in deep water between South America and Australia. 

 Length 8 inches. 



