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STIGMATOPORA NIGRA Kaup. 



Stiyuiatopora nigra Kaup, Arch. f. Naturg., xix, 1853, p. 233? 



Stigiiiutopliora nigra Kaup, Cat, Lophob,. 1856, p, 53; Dum,, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 

 ii, 1S7(), 1). 5.S3: Guiiili., Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., viii, 1870, p, lyO; Cast, P.Z.S., 

 \'ict., i, 1872, p. 201 and ii, 1873, p. 3^ and Res, Fish, .\ust,, 1875, p, 48, 

 and P,L..S., N.S,W„ iii, \^y.j. p, 355: AlacL, P.L,.S., N,S,W,, vi, 1881. p. 

 297: Dunck,, Fauna Sudwest AusL, 11, 1909, p, 239; (Jgil., Mem. Old, Mus,, 

 i. igi2, 1). 36; McCulL, .\usl, Zool,, i, 1914, p. 2y, text fig, i, 2, 3 (incom- 

 plete), 



Stigmatophora hoops Cast.. P,Z,S,, \'ict„ i, 1872, p. 203; Mad, P.L.S., N.S.W.. 

 vi, 1881, p, 298, 



Synginitliits priagicus Zietz, T.R,S., S,.\.. xxxii, 1908. p, 298 (not of Linn.), 



Fig, 49. 



D.35-41 (43): Annuh 17-18 (lb) + 7n (58-72): sub-dorsal annuli 10-12 + 6-7: 

 brood anindi ()-f 14, 



Head 1 -6 in the trunk and 5-4 to 6:8 in the ti)tal length: snout I -6 to I ■" 

 in the head: eye 5-0 to 6-3 in the smiut and 8 -o to 10 -o in the head. Trunk i -6 

 to 2 '2 in the tail and 3 '2 to 4 2 in the total. 



Snout long and slender, twice as long as the postorbital portion of the head, 

 with a low median crest and other ridges similar to those of S. aryits : head finely 

 pitted: opercles with radiating striae lielow the well defined keel. Body a little 



Fig. 49. Stif;iiiiitopnra nigra, female and male. 



