Dr. A. Giinther on Australian Reptiles and Fishes. 63 
Back with seven dark cross bands, the vet below the anterior 
dorsal, subocellated. 
4 Melbourne. 5 inches long. 
_ SricHarium, gen. nov. (Blenn.). 
Body elongate, compressed, naked, or with scarcely a trace of 
rudimentary scales hidden in the skin. Anterior part of the 
lateral line distinct, near the dorsal profile. Snout short ; small 
teeth in the jaws, without canines ; ; palate apparently toothless. 
Dorsal fin long, formed by pungent spines only. Ventrals 
jugular, with two rays; caudal distinct. Gull-openings rather 
wide, the gill-membranes being broadly united below the throat 
and quite free from the isthmus. 
56. Sticharium dorsale, sp. n. 
ak A 
36° 
The height of the body is two-thirds of the length of the head, 
which is contained six times and a half in the total length (without 
caudal). Cleft of the mouth extending to below the middle of 
the eye; lower jaw slightly prominent. Length of the trunk 
not much exceeding that of the head. Dorsal and anal fins 
very low, terminating in a low fold of the skin, which is con- 
tinued to the caudal. Ventrals much longer than pectorals. 
A broad white band runs along the upper surface of the head 
and back. Sides finely marbled With brown, the markings 
radiating from the eye on the head. 
Two examples, 0™:066 long, formed part of a collection 
from Australia, containing several species known from Port 
Jackson. 
Norocraptus, gen. nov. (Blenn.). 
Body elongate, compressed, covered with minute scales. La- 
teral line complete, running along the base of the dorsal fin. 
' Head longish and rather depressed; snout of moderate extent, 
'__- somewhat pointed ; cleft of the mouth wide; a short flat barbel 
____ at the symphysis of the lower jaw. Bands of villiform teeth in 
the jaws and palatine bones, none on the vomer ; tongue narrow, 
long, free. Vertical fins confluent; dorsal and anal with nu- 
merous spines, the posterior becoming gradually stiffer and more 
pungent than the anterior. Ventrals jugular, close together, 
reduced to a single bifid ray. The gill-membrane is attached to 
the isthmus before the ventrals. Pseudobranchiz well deve- 
__ loped. Intestinal tract short, simple, without pyloric appen- 
_ . dages. Aiur-bladder none. 
