496 On the Sharl's of the Family Cestraciontidse. 



Cestracion pMlUpi, Cuv. Regne Anim. ii. p. 129 (1817); McCoy, 



Prodr. Zool. Vict. pi. cxiii. (1886). 

 Cestracion philippi (part.), Giinth. Cat. Fish. viii. p. 415 (1870). 



iSupraorbital ridges rather stronger, lateral teeth a little 

 larger and dorsal fins a little lower than in G. japonicus. 

 Greyish ; a dark blotch on the snout ; a blackish interorbital 

 bar as broad as the eye, continued and expanded below the 

 eye; a broad median blackish band from interorbital region 

 to first dorsal fin, dividing posteriorly and giving rise on each 

 side to a narrow vertical bar which expands on the pectoral 

 fin; a longitudinal stripe from this bar to the pelvic fin; a 

 broad median blackish band between the dorsals and from 

 second dorsal to caudal. 



Hah. New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania ; New 

 Zealand ? 



In the British Museum four specimens, 330 to 1000 mm. 

 in total length. 



2. Cestracion japonicus. 



Cestracion phillippi (non Schneid.), Miill. & Henle, Plagiost. p. 76, 



pi. xxxi. (1841) ; Sclileg. Faun. Japon., Poiss, p. 304 (1850). 

 Heterodontus zebra (non Gray), Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxvi. 1854, 



p. 127. 

 Heterodontus j}hillippi,\Sir. japonicus, Dumeril, Elasmobr. p. 424 (1865). 

 Cestracion philippi (part.), Giinth. Cat. Fish. viii. p. 415 (1870). 

 Cestracion japonicus, Macleay & Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S Wales, 



viii. 1883, p. 428, pi. xx. ' 

 Heterodontus japonicus, Jord. & Fowler, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxvi. 



1903, p. 599. 



Very close to C. phillippi, but with the coloration quite 

 different. Pale yellowish or greyish ; back with dark brown 

 cross-bars, alternately broad and narrow ; a dark blotch on 

 the snout ; an interorbital bar, broader than the eye, con- 

 tinued below the eye. 



Eah. Japan. 



In the British Museum four specimens, 390 to 680 mm. in 

 total length. 



3. Cestracion zebra. 



Cestracion zebra, Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 5 (1831). 



Hetei'odontus zebra, Macleay & Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 



X. 1885, p. 673, pi. xlv. 

 Cestracion philippi (part.), Giinth. Cat. Fish. viii. p. 415 (1870). 



Yellowish, with alternate double and single dark brown 

 tiansverse bars corresponding respectively to the broad and 

 narrow bars of C. japonicus. A V-shaped mark on the 

 snout, followed by a vertical bar on each side ; a pair of 



