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29. Mendosoma Allporti, Johnston. The Beal Bastard 



Trumpeter** of Fishermen. 

 B. 6. D. 23 : 1-25-26. A. 3-18-19. P. 15-16. 

 L.lat. 72-74; L. tr. 5:16-17. 

 Proc. Eoy. Soc. Tas., 1880, pp. 54-55. 

 Not uncommon during the winter season. Found while 

 Trumpeter-fishing off the south-east coast. 



Fam. VII. TRIGJ^ID^. 



(Includes the Scorpanidce and CoUida, erected into independent families 

 i7i recent worlis.) 



30. Sebastes percoides, Soland. (A.Z.) Gurnet.* 



D. 11:1-12. A. 3-5. L. lat. 60 - 65. 

 Giinth. Cat., II., p. 101. Allp. MS. Macl. Cat., 282. 

 Abundant about George Town ; common round the coasts 

 on rocky bottom. S. Allporti, Cast., appears only to be a 

 variety of S. percoides. 



31. ScoRP^NA CRUENTA, Soland. (A.Z.) Gurnet. 



D. 11:1-10. A. 3-5. L.lat. 45? 

 Gunth.Cat., II.,pp. 115, 520. Allp. MS. Macl. Cat., 284. 

 Common on shallow rocky bottom all round the coasts 

 and estuaries. The species common about Hobart has only 

 25 rows of scales along lateral line. Either Solander's 

 species is wrongly described in this particular, or the Tas- 

 manian form is a distinct species. 



32. SCORP.ENA PANDA, Rich. (A.Z.) 



D. 12:1-8. A. 3-5. L.lat. 67. 

 Giinth. Cat., II., p. 117. Allp. MS. Macl. Cat., 287. 

 Not common. 



33. Glyptauchen panduratus, Rich. (A.) 



D. 17:7. A. 3-6. V. 15. 

 Giinth. Cat. IL, p. 121. Allp. MS. Macl. Cat., 291. 

 Rare. 



34. HoLOXENUS CUTANEUS, Giinth. (T.) 



D. 7:3-10. A. 9. C. 12. V. 15. 

 Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1876, vol. XVII., p. 393. 

 Allp. MS. Macl. Cat., 299. 

 I have not seen the above, but I have good reason for sup- 

 posing that the fish, not otherwise mentioned, knov/n here 

 as the Velvet Fish, is probably the same, although the 

 spinous characters are not in agreement with those of H. 

 cutaneus. They are as follows : — 



B. 5. D. 8 : 5 • 10. A. 3 • 9. C. 12 - 13. V. 1 • 5. Velvet Fish. 

 The body is compressed, covered like the fins mth loose 

 skin, which in a great measure connects and conceals 

 the minute spinous rays in the sinus between the anterior 

 and posterior dorsal Vaye. The whole of the skin on 

 body and fins is coverecl with minute glandular skinny 

 appendages, so soft to the touch as to give the notion of 

 velvet. The colour, when fresh, is a uniform deep 

 purple, sometimes more or less marbled with yellow, which 

 probably changes to white in spirits. The teeth are more 



