MCCULLOCH. 97 



357a. A. striatus. Striped Angler. Lophius striatus Shaw. Nat. Miscel. 



v., 1794, pi. 175. A. striatus Guntber, Fiscbe Sudsee v., 187(5, p. 162, 



pi. 99, b (PI. xli.). 



A. pinniceps Cuv. & Val. which occurs in New South Wales, appears to be 



merely a colour-variation of A. striatus in which the stripes and spots on the 



body and fins are not so well developed as in the typical form. Length 7 inches. 



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357b. A. cOMMERSONir. Black Angler. Chironectes commersonii Cuvier, 



Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. iii., 1817, p. 431. A. commersonii Bleeker, Atl. 

 Ichth. v., 1865, p. 20, pi. 197, 3. 

 Occasionally captured on muddy ground where it lies in wait for the prey 

 attracted by its flesh-coloured bait. Length 5 inches. 



357c. A. nummifer. Scarlet Angler. Chironectes nummifer Cuvier, 

 Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. iii., 1817, p. 430. A. nummifer Bleeker, Atlas 

 Ichth. v., 1865, p. 18, pi. 198, 2. 

 A tropical species, occasionally extending southward to Port Jackson. Length 

 6 inches. 



CLV. Family Brachionichthyidae. 



358. Brachionichthys Bleeker, Nat. Tijd. Ned. Ind. vii., 1854, p. 121 

 (hirsutus) . 

 358a. B. hirsutus. Hand-fish. Lophius hirsutus Lacep., Ann. Mus. 



Hist. Nat. iv., 1804, pp. 202, 210, pi. 55, 3. 

 A southern species, which is only taken in deep water on the New South 

 Wales coast. Length about 3 inches. 



CLVI. Family Ogcocephalidae. 



359. Halieutaea Cuvier & Valenciennes, H.N. Poiss. xii., 1837, p. 455 

 (stellata). 



359a. H. brevicauda. Id, Ogilby, New Fish. Qld. Coast, 1911, p. 138; 

 Id, McCulloch, Biol. Res. Endeavour ii. 3, 1914, p. 163, pi. xxxiii. (PI. 

 xli.). 



Specimens are captured by trawlers in deep water. Length 6 inches. 



Order PLECTOGNATHI. 



A. Spinous dorsal represented by one or more spines above the head. 



B. Body covered with large bony plates. Fam. Balistidae (clvii.). 

 BB. Body covered with minute scales which may be rough or velvety. 



Fam. Monacanthidae (clviii.). 

 AA. No anterior spinous dorsal. 



C. Body encased in an immovable carapace of hexagonal plates. 



Fam. Ostraciidae (clix.). 

 CC. Body covered with spines or prickles, or naked. 

 D. Caudal region normal, with a caudal peduncle. 



E. Each jaw divided by a median suture; body naked or with small 



prickles. Fam. Tetraodontidae (clx.). 



EE. Both jaws undivided by a median suture; body with strong 



spines. Fam. Diodontidae (clxi.). 



DD. Body subcircular. compressed, truncated behind dorsal and anal 



fins. Fam. Molidae (clxii.). 



