92 FISH AND FISH-LIKE ANIMALS OF N.8.W., 



342a. P. volitans. Red Fire-fish. Gasterosteus volitans Linne, Syst. 

 Nat. 10th ed., 1758, p. 296. Pseudomonopterus volitans Bleeker, Atlas 

 Ichth. ix., 1878, p. 412, 3 (PL xxxviii.). 

 A widely distributed species in the tropics, which occasionally wanders 

 southward along the north coast of this State. Length 12 inches. 



342b. P. zebra. Fire-fish. Id, Cuv. & Val., H.N. Poiss. iv., 1829, p. 

 367. Pseudomonopterus zebra Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. ix., 1878, pi. 411, 1. 



Another occasional straggler from the tropics into our waters. Length 8 

 inches. 



(Gymnapistes marm-oratus Cuv. & Val., was incorrectly recorded from Port 

 Jackson — vide McCulloch, Biol. Res. Endeavour, iii. 3, 1915, p. 161, pi. 36, 2. 

 The record of Synanceja horrid-a Linne, from Port Jackson, is likewise incorrect 

 —vide Ogilby, Cat. Fish. N.S. Wales, 1886, p. 22). 



CXLVI. Family Aploactidae. 



343. Aploactis Schlegel, Faun. Japon. Pise, 1843, p. 51 (aspera). 



343a. A. milesii. Velvet-fish. Id. Richardson, P. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 



60, pi. 1, 1-2 (PI. xl.). 

 A curious little fish which is not often captured. Length about 7 inches. 



CXLVII. Family Pataecidae. 



344. Pataecus Richardson, A.M.N.H. xiv., 1844, p. 280 (fronto). 

 344a. P. fronto. Red-Indian Fish. Forehead-fish. Id, Richardson, 



Ibid,, and Ichth. Erebus & Terror, 1845, p. 20, pi. 13, 1-2 (PL xl.). 

 A remarkable species of grotesque form, and scarlet in colour. Length 9 

 inches. 



(P. maculatus Gunther, has been wrongly recorded from Port Jackson — 

 Ogilby, Cat. Fish. N.S. Wales, 1886, p. 39). 



CXLVIII. Family Cephalacanthidae. 



345. Dactyloptena Jordan & Richardson, P.U.S. Nat. Mus. xxxiii., 1908, p. 

 665 (orientalis). 

 345a. D. orientalis. Flying Gurnard. Dactylopterus orientalis Cuv. & 

 Val., H.N. Poiss. iv., 1829, p. 134, pi. 76. Cephalacanthus orientalis 

 Jordan & Evermann, Bull. U.S. Fish. Comm. xxiii. i., 1905, p. 473, 

 fig. 208 (PL xxxix.). 

 A tropical fish which sometimes extends southward to this coast. Its 

 enlarged pectoral fins enable it to fly short distances through the air. Length 

 12 inches. 



CXLIX. Family Triglidae. 



A. A row of spinigerous bucklers along bases of both dorsal fins. 

 B. Scales larger, 50-60 on lateral line. 



C. Lateral line not armed with spinigerous plates. Lepidotrigla (3461. 



CC. Lateral line armed with spinigerous plates. Paratrigla (347). 



BB. Scales smaller, 100 or more on lateral line. Chelidonichthys (348). 



AA. Large bucklers along base of spinous dorsal only. Pterygotrigla (349), 



