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ClRRHITIFORMES. 



Percoid fishes which usually have some of the lower pectoral rays simple 

 and thickened. 



A. 10 dorsal spines. Fam. Cirrhitidae (cxiii). 



AA. 14-22 dorsal spines. 



B. Teeth compressed, tricuspid or lanceolate. Fam. Aplodactylidae (cxiv). 

 BB. Teeth conical, acute. 



C. Scales small, about 100; 36 or more dorsal rays Fam. Latrididae (cxvii). 

 CC. Scales larger; less than 36 dorsal rays. 



D. Vomer toothless. Fam. Cheilodactylidae (cxvi). 



DD. Vomer with teeth. Fam. Chironemidae (cxv). 



CXIII. Family Cirrhitidae. 



243. Cirrhitichthys Bleeker, Nat. Tijd. Nederl. Ind. x, 1856, p. 474 



(graphidoptertts ) . 

 243a. C APRINUS. Cirrhites aprinus Cuv. & Val., H. N. Poiss. iii, 1829, 



p. 76. Cirrhitichthys aprinus Bleeker, Atlas. Ichth. viii, 1877, p. 146. 



pi. 303, 1 (PI. xxix). 

 A single specimen taken in Port Jackson was only a straggler from tha 

 tropics. Length 5 inches. 



CXIV. Family Aplodactylidae. 



244. Crinodus Gill, P. Acad. N. Sci. Philad. 1862, p. 110 (lophodon). 

 244a. C. lophodon. Rock Cale. Haplodactylus lophodon Gunther, B.M. 



Cat. Fish, i, 1859, p. 435. H. obscurus Castelnau, F.L.S. N.S.W. iii, 

 1879, p. 374. 

 Plentiful around rocky reefs in deep water. Length 18 inches. 



CXV. Family Chironemidae. 



245. Chironejius Cuv. & Val., H. N. Poiss. iii, 1829, p. 78 (georgianus). 

 245a. C. marmoratus. Kelp Fish. Id. Gunther, B.M. Cat. Fish, ii, 



1860, p. 76; Id. Ogilby, Ed. Fish. N.S. Wales, 1893, p. 54, pi. 17 

 (PI. xxix). 

 Plentiful among weed covered rocks along the coast. Length 14 inches. 



CXVI. Family Cheilodactylidae. 



A. Anal fin almost oblong, with 12 or more rays. Dactylopagrus (246) 



AA. Anal fin with less than 12 ravs, the anterior much higher than the posterior. 



B. Cheeks naked. Dactylophora (247). 



BB. Cheeks scaly. Cheilodadylus (248). 



246. Dactylopagrus Gill, P. Ac. N. Sci. Philad. 1862, p. 114 (carponemus) . 



A. A dark nuchal band from the back to the shoulder. macropterus (246a) . 



AA. No such dark band. morwong (246b) 



246a. D. macropterus. Jackass-fish. Ciehla macro pt era Bloch & 

 Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, p. 342. Dactylosparus macroptertis 

 McCulloeh, Biol. Res. Endeavour i. 1, 1911, p. 66, pi. 12 (PI. xxix). 



A southern fish, abundant in deep water. Length 2 feet. 



246b. D. morwong. Morwong. Chilodactylus morwong Ramsay & Ogilby, 

 P.L.S. N.S.W. (2) i, 1886, p. 879. C. carponemus Ogilby, Ed. Fish. 

 N.S.W., 1893, p. 55, pi. 18— not C. carponemus Cuv. & Val. 



Commonly confused with the preceding species. Length about 2 feet. 



