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nuchal groove, wliich is rather dec]), vnnd extends outward and 1.)ack\vard to 

 above the preoijcrcuhmi : nostrils close together, the anterior with raised margins 

 and a tentacle: maxillary reaching liack nearly to lielow the middle of the eye; 

 ils upper surface covered with rough scales, its hinder margin obliquely truncate: 

 mandible proiccting l)eyond tiie upper jaw, it has three large pores on each 

 ramus, and one at each side of the symphysis; ])ands of villiform teeth in the 

 jaws, the upper of which are broader than the lower; a v-shaped patch on the 

 vomer, and an elongate band on each palatine. 



Back elexated anteriorly. Hody co\-ere(l with moderately large, ctenoid 

 scales, which do not extend on to tlie fins ; the}' are smaller on the base of the 

 ])ectoral and thorax than elsewhere; there are sixty-two rows below the lateral 

 line between its origin and the hypural joint, eight being in advance of the end 

 of the operculum ; onlv thirty-se\'en are pierced b\' the lateral line, which is 

 curved only quite anteriorly, and then runs almost straight to the base of the 

 caudal; aliout nine scales between the base of the fifth dorsal spine and the 

 lateral line. 



I'liis. Dorsal conmiencing abo\e the base of the ijreojjcrcular sjiine ; third spine 

 longest, the following decreasing e\enly to the tenth, the eleventh and twelfth 

 being abru|itly shorter; the thirteenth is about half as long as the first ray; 

 margin of the soft dorsal rounded; all the spiines of the fins are grooved; anal 

 commencing below the anterior dorsal rays, and terminating behind the posterior 

 ravs ; second spine xerv strong, more than three-fourths as long as the first ray ; 

 margin of the soft portion rf)unded ; pectoral reaching the vertical of the vent ; 

 the rounded margin is broken by the fourteenth to sixteenth rays, which project 

 a little beyond the others : the lower rays are thickened and more or less branched ; 

 ventrals reaching a little beyond the vent ; caudal rounded. 



Coloiir-iiiaikiiijis. Much bleached after long preservation, but with well- 

 defined. reddisli-l)rown areas on the body ; one forms a saddle below the fifth to 

 eighth dorsal spines, and extends to l)elow the lateral line; other markings occur 

 below the tenth to eleventh spines, the anterior, and the posterior dorsal rays; the 

 membrane between the third to eighth dorsal spines is largely black ; the second 

 dorsal has a broad dark band near ils margin, and there is also a basal spot; 

 pectoral, caudal, and ventral fins each with a broad dark band on their distal 

 halves, the two former with light margins. 



Described and figured from a specimen i88 mm. long. It is allied to 

 jV. panda Richardson, but differs in having the lateral line much less arched 

 anteriorlv. in lacking a spine on the centre of the operculum, and in having much 

 shorter pectoral fins, which are not e\enly rounded. 



I.oc. .Spencer (iulf, .South .Australia. 



