66 Records of the S.A. Museum 



Family GOBIESOCIDAE. 

 DIPLOCREPIS COSTATUS Ogilby. 



Diplocrcpis costatiis ( )oilbv. Proc. Pinn. Soc. N.S. Wales x.. 1885. p. 270. 



\N'aite. Rec. Austr. Mus. \. i<)04. ]>. 179. pi. xxiv, tis^. i. 



Several specimens from St. \'i'ncLiil ( iulf and Spencer (lulf, Sciuth .\ustralia. 

 do not differ from the types in the Australian ^Museum, \\ith which they have 

 been compared. 



The number of fin-rays varies considerably in tins species: in nine specimens 

 obtained near Sydney we find D.7-10: A.fi-S : C. 11-13: \'.4: P. about 22. 



Family ANTENNARIIDAE. 



This family is represented in southern Australian waters by several aberrant 

 species, which appear to differ from the typical -liitcuiiarius sufliciently. in their 

 dermal armature and fin-structures, to demand the erection of new genera for 

 their reception. Their principal characters are tabulated in the following key 

 to the .-\ustralian genera of the subfamily Antennariinae : 



a. Gill-openings pore-like, anal opposite the end of the dorsal. 



b. Dorsal and anal separated from the caudal, the peduncle free. 

 '..■■> ; . c. Skin granular or bristly. 



■ •• d. Second spine en\eloped in skin. 



e. First spine smooth, rod-like; 11-13 rays Aiitcuuariiis 

 ee. First spine bristly, thick; 15 rays ... Ecliiiiop/nync 

 dd. Second spine free, bristly like the first; 13-14 



rays ... ... ... ... Trichopliryiic 



cc. Skin smooth, with cutaneous appendages. 



f. First spine long, placed on the snout ... Rhyclienis 



ff. First spine short, placed on the base of the 



second ... ... ... ... Ptcrophryiie 



bb. Dorsal and anal united with the caudal peduncle and 

 bases of the rays, 

 g. Skin smooth or spiculate; first spine smooth, rod-like Histiopliryiic 

 aa. Gill-openings tubular: anal behind the dorsal ... ... Tatliicarpits 



ECHINOPHRYNE gen. nov. 



An Antennariid with fifteen dorsal rays, and the skin thickly beset with 

 large, upstanding, bifurcate spinules: depressible. cardiform teeth are arranged 

 in several rows in the anterior portion of each jaw, which become uniserial 

 laterally; similar teeth in se\eral rows form an oblique group on each side of the 

 vomer; anterior portion of palatines with smaller teeth, which are also present 



