64 Records or the S.A. Museum 



it'^ distance from tlie \eiit ; \L'ntrals filifdini. inserted ;i little behind the \ertieal 

 of the preopercular margin ; caudal rounded. 



Colours. In alcohol greyish-hro^vn on the hack, lighter on the sides, and 

 white below. Fins lighter than the liodw 



Described from two males and two females, 7'i-!^3 mm. Imig. the largest of 

 which is figured and selected as the holotype. 



.\ female JJ mm. long contained three perfectly-formed emljryos. each 28 

 mni. in length, which occupied the greater portion of the abdoniin:d cavii\-. Two 

 faced forward and one backward, and their tails were curved round at about 

 two-thirds of their length in eacii case: tliey showed distinct pigmentation along 

 the back: similarly large emiiryos of an allied form, Liirifui/a siihtrr'-aiim Poev, 

 are illustrated Iiy Jordan (4). 



Affinities. This species is very similar in its major structures to Dcnnatop- 

 sis niacrodoii ( )gilby. but difl'ers in ha\ing a much larger number of dursal and 

 atial rays. The maxilla is broader posteriorly, and the dentition weaker than in 

 that s])ecies. 



/,()(". Kangaroo Island. C'oll. Waite. nji/. 



Family SCORPAENIDAE. 

 NEOSEBASTES PANTICA sp. nov. 



Plate i\-, fig. I. 



D.xii. i, 8: A.iii. 5: \".i, 5: P.20-21 : C.15: L.lat.^": Sc.62. 



Head 2-6 in the length to the hypura! joint, height 2-3 in the same: eye 3-05 

 in the head: snout t -6, interorbital space 2-^ in the eve: third dorsal spine i '2, 

 anterior dorsal ray i 1"^, thinl anal s])ine 1 -(i. anterior anal rays i -5 in the head. 



Cephalic spines. .\ large nasal s])ine above the anterior nostril : a small 

 antero-suiierior orl)ital spine ; four over the posterior portion of the orbit increas- 

 ing in size liackward ; one small jjosterior spine and several spinules : a large 

 nuchal spine extending ohli(|uelv backward on each side, and a smaller one on 

 the suprascapular : a large s])ine above the suspension of the preoperculum. which 

 may be bilobed : preorbital with two strong marginal spines, and two on its upper 

 surface: suborbital stay with three or four spines: a long preopercular spine, 

 with another surmounting its base: inferior preopercular margin quadrispinate : 

 two opercular spines, one near the uj)jier angle, and one projecting backward: no 

 median opercular spine. 



Head covered with rough scales, leaving only the snout, interorbital groo\c, 

 nuchal groove, and mandible naked : interorbital space deeply concave, with two 

 bony ridges diverging backward : some rough scales separate this area from the 



(■)) Jordan, Guide to the Study of Fishes ii, 1905, p. 524, fig. 47'J. 



