54 Records of the S.A. Museum 



\ertical of tlic hinder margin of tlie pujiil. cxpandeil posteriorly: upjjer jaw with 

 a l)an(l of \ illiforni tcetli anteriorly, which heconies narrow laterally, and an outer 

 row of lart^'^er subcardiform teeth : mandibular teeth larger, the inner ones 

 strongest, and arranged in 3 or 4 rciws anteriorly. Ijecoming uniserial later- 

 ally ; a single arched row of teeth on the xcinier, the outer of which are the largest ; 

 palatines toothless: opercular lobe pointed, a little incised above. 



Neck with a well-defined series of upraised pores separating the head from 

 the back : scales large, ctenoid, commencing on the neck ; breast and abdomen 

 covered with weak cycloid scales: lateral line extending backward parallel with 

 the back to below the hinder portion of the third dorsal : a second series of 

 incised scales along the middle of the tail (these scales are mostly wanting in the 

 holotype ) : about 35 rows of scales between the shoulder and the hypural joint. 



Dorsal composed almost entirely of spines, anal with two spines and 

 numerous rays : both fins united with the caudal : pectorals present, united with the 

 of the second dorsal : spines of the second dorsal subequal, increasing slightly in 

 length to the fifth, thence decreasing backward: dorsal rays simple, highest 

 anteriorly: anal rays increasing slightly in length backward: pectoral pointed, the 

 upper rays bifurcate, the eight lower ones simple ; the middle rays reach to below 

 the tenth spine of the second dorsal : ventrals inserted a little behind the vertical 

 of the hinder orbital margin, the inner ray longest and largely united with the 

 outer bv membrane: caudal rounded, the inner rays bifurcate. 



Coloiir-iiiarkiiuis. Pink, after long preservation, with four brown cross- 

 bars descending on to the sides, where they expand and connect with one another: 

 first dorsal blackish with a light siibmarginal band: second dorsal dusky with 

 oblique bars corresponding to the body marking: soft dorsal lighter, obliquely 

 barred : pectorals, anal and caudal with narrow cross-bars. 



Described and figured from a specimen 67 mm. long, which has lost some of 

 its scales, but is otherwise fairly well preserved. 



Loc. Spencer (iulf. South Australia. Dredged by Dr. J. C. Verco. 



OPHICLINUS Castelnau. 



Of^liicliiiiis Castelnau, Proc. Zool. Soc. \'ict., i, 1S72, p. 246 (antarcticiis Cast.). 

 Opliioi-liiiiis Castelnau. Lor. cit.. ii, 1S73, p. 'n)- Waite, Rec. Aust, Mus., vi. 3, 



1906, ]). 20(). 



:'Nco(/iiiicIIiis Castelnau, Res. Fish. Aust. ( \'ict. C)ft^ic. Rec. Philad. F.xliib.), 



1S75, ]). 2/ (sill celt lis Cast.). 



Rody elongate, compressed, covered with small scales: lateral line present 

 quite anteriorlv or wholly wanting: head long, scaleless. with open pores: 

 anterior nostril tnliular: eye in the anterior ]iorlion of the head: preopercular 



