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184. Urolophus cruciatus, Lacep. Stingaree. 



Yello^vish uniform, or with one or three blackish longitudinal 

 bands, crossed by others of same colour. 

 Giinth. Cat., VIII., p. 486. AUp. MS. Macl. Cat., 1121. 

 Abundant in the mud-flats of land-locked bays. 



Fam. LVI. MYLIOBATIDiE. 



(Sides of the head free from the pectoral fins ; snout with a 

 detached pair of cephalic fins.) 



185. Myliobatis aquila, L. Eagle or Whip-tail Bay, 

 Median teeth of upper jaw four to six times as broad as long. 



Gunth. Cat., VIIL, p. 489. Allp. MS. Macl. Cat, 1122. 

 Tasmania (Allport). 



SuB-cLAss <2r^tlo0tomata* 



Fam. LVII. PETROMYZONTID^. 



186. MoRDACiA MORDAX, Ricli. (A.) Common Loinprey. 

 Body eel-shaped. Sectional disc elliptic, with a free lip 



behind. The first dorsal distant from second. 

 Giinth. Cat., VIIL, p. 507. Allp. MS. Macl. Cat, 1127. 

 Abundant at certain seasons, cHnging to the sides of per- 

 pendicular rocks under mill-shoots, Cataract Gorge, 

 North Esk, Launceston. 



187. Geotria Allporti, Giinth. The Pouched Lamprey. 

 Gunth., Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 675. Allp. MS. Macl. 



Cat, 1131. 

 Not uncommon in fresh water, Derwent, North Esk, St. 

 Leonard's. 



Sub-class UrptOtattTtU 



Fam. LVIIL CIRROSTOMI. 



188. Branchiostoma lanceolatuAi, Pall. The Lanceht 

 Transparent ; slightly iridiscent. 

 Giinth. Cat, VIIL, p. 613. Allp. MS. Macl. Cat., 1133. 

 Tasmania (Allport). 



