68 Records of the S.A. Museum 



ColoHr-markinys. A wliitc ])atcli is prcsL-nt on the interorbital space l)et\vccii 

 the bases of the second ami third spines, and a larger one below the anterior 

 dorsal rays; two more are below the middle of the dorsal, and a smaller one on 

 the caudal ])eduncle, and one abo\e the pectoral base: some darker markint,fs 

 surronnd the liijhter areas, and there is a brownish, subniarginal l)and on the 

 soft dorsal. 



Described from three specimens .^7-4''' mm. long: the larg-est is lijjured. and 

 is selected as the hol(.)tyi)e ; it is preserved in the .^onth .\ustralian Museum. 



Loc. .Spencer (lulf. South .\ustralia : holotype. Western I'ort. X'ictoria : 

 paratypes. 



TRICHOPHRYNE gen. nov. 



Skin closely covered with long, spiniform bristles, which are mostly bifur- 

 cate: teeth large, cardiform, and depressible. arranged in about two rows in each 

 jaw anteriorly ; two groups of \omerine teeth, palatine and lingual teeth also 

 present. Dorsal spines separate, the first and second free and spinate. the third 

 enveloped in skin: soft dorsal with 13-14 rays, anal opposite the end of the 

 dorsal with 8-9 rays ; caudal peduncle free : gill-opening a simple pore below the 

 middle of the pseudobrachium : mucigerous system consisting of series of 

 simple pores opening between two small spines, their course defined by arbores- 

 cent tentacles placed upon the adjacent bristles; a series extends from behind the 

 nostrils to the shoulder, and forms a lateral line on the hod}- curving downward 

 to above the anterior anal rays, and thence along the lower portion of the caudal 

 peduncle; others extend backward from each side of the mandibular symphysis, 

 and follow the curves of the opercular borders, while some are [jresent on the 

 cheek and above the maxillary. 



T\j^c. Aiifi'iinariiis uutchcUii Morton. 



This genus is closely allied to Aiitciiiiarius, but differs in having the second 

 sjiine as free as the first, and botli covered with bristles: the develoimient of the 

 dermal bristles is also greater than is usual in .liiU-imaiins. 



TRICHOPHRYNE MITCHELLH Morton. 



Aiitciiiiariiis initcluilii Morton, I^'oc. Roy. Soc. Tasm. i8(j6 ( 1897). ]>. 98. 



Plate vi. fig. 1. 



D.i, i, i, 13-14: ,\.8-',i: P. 10-1 1 : \'.5; C.(). 



Depth I -8-2 -Q in the length to the hv])Ural joint: head 30-.VS i" t'^"-' same: 

 eye shorter than the snout, wliich is 4 '0-4 '4 in the head : first dorsal spine slightly 

 shorter than the second, and 1 'S-i '(' in the head. 



