76 FISH AND FISH-LIKE ANIMALS OF N.S.W., 



CXXVI. Family Limnichthyidae. 



A. Vomer toothless; pectoral rays uniform. Limnichthys (276). 



AA. Vomer with teeth; lower pectoral rays thickened and modified. 



Schizochirus (277). 



276. Limnichthys Waite, Rec. Austr. Mus. v. 3, 1904, p. 178 (fasciatus). 

 276a. L. fasciatus. Id. Waite, Ibid, pi. 23, 4 (PI. xxxi.). 



A minute fish not uncommon in sandy pools along the coast. Length under 

 two inches. 



277. Schizochirus Waite, Rec. Austr. Mus. v. 4, 1904, p. 241 (insolens). 

 277a. S. INSOLENS. Id. Waite, Ibid, p. 242, pi. 26, 3 (PI. xxxi.). 

 Known only from two specimens about 2\ inches long. 



CXXVII. Family Leptoscopidae. 



A. Scales larger, about five between lateral line and back. Crapalalus (278). 



AA. Scales smaller, more than 5 between lateral line and back. Leptoscopus (279). 



278. Crapatalus Gunther, A.M.N.H. (3) vii., 1861, p. 86 (novae-zelandiae) . 

 278a. C. arenarius. Sand-fish. Id. MeCulloch, P.L.S. N.S.W., xl., 2, 



1915, p. 269, pi. 37, 1 (PI. xxxii.). 

 A small species 3i inches long, which burrows in the sand of our coastal 

 beaches. 



279. Leptoscopus Gill, P. Acad. X. Sci. Philad. 1859, p. 133 (macropygus). 

 279a. L. macropygus. Uranoscopus macropygus Richardson, Ichth. Erebus 



& Terror, 1846. p. 55, pi. 33, 4-6 (PI. xxxii.). 

 Though the type specimen was said to have been obtained in Port Jackson, 

 the species has not since been recognised from Australian waters. It reaches a 

 length of 2 feet in New Zealand. 



CXXVIII. Family Uranoscopidae. 



A. Humeral region with a fringed appendage; body scaly. Ichthyuopus (280). 



AA. Humeral region without a fringed appendage. 



B. Chin with free dilatations of the mandible; body minutely scaly. 



Gnathagnus (281). 

 BB. Chin without free dilatations of the mandible; body naked. 



Kathetostoma (282). 



280. Ichthyscopus Swainson, Nat. Hist. Fish. Amph. Rept. ii., 1839, p. 269 



(inerme). 

 280a. I. lebeck. Stargazer. Uranoscopus Le B,eck, Bloeh & Schneider, 



Syst. Ichth., 1801, p. 47. U. inermis Valenciennes, Illustr. Poiss. Cuv. 



R - . Anim. 1843, p. 52, pi. 17, 3 (PI. xxxii.). 

 Not uncommon, but not generally captured on account of its habit of bury- 

 ing itself iu sand or mud. Length 15 inches. 



281. Gnathagnus Gill, P. Acad. N. Sci. Philad. 1861, p. 115 (elongatus). 

 281a. G. ixnotabilis. Id. .. Waite, Rec. Austr. Mus. v., 1904, p. 238, pi. 



26, 1 (PL xxxii.). 

 Not uncommon in moderately deep water, where it is captured by the 

 trawlers. Length 14 inches. 



282. Kathetostoma Gunther, Brit. Mus. Cat. Fish, ii., 1860, p. 231 (laeve). 

 282a. K. laeve. Stonelifter. Uranoscopus laevis Bl. Schn., Syst. Ichth., 



1801, p. 47, pi. 8. K. laeve Waite & MeCulloch, Tr. Rov. Soc. S. Austr. 

 xxxix.. 1915, p. 471, pi. 13, 3. 

 A southern species, which burrows in mud or sand. Length 20 inches. 



