PISHES — WAITR. 77 



C A P R () 1 ) ( ) N, Temminck & Schlegel. 

 CAPRODON L0NGIMANU8, Gunther. 



LONGPIN. 



Anthias lom/imainis, (liiiith., Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., 1859, i., p. 94. 

 Caprodon lonyimanus, Boul., Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., (2nd Ed.), i., 

 1895, p. 315, pi. xii. 



Stations 15, 42, 48, 56, 57. 



On the Australian coast this species has been recorded only 

 from Port Jackson, and our observations extend its range but 

 slightly. Bungaree Norah (Station 15), between Broken Bay and 

 Newcastle, marks its northern limit, while the southern range is 

 extended to Wollongong (Station 48). It occurred in rather- deep 

 water, being taken between 32 and 80 fathoms, on sand, mud, or 

 rock. 



ANT HI AS, Block. 



ANTHIAS PULCHELLUS, sp. nov. 



(Plate xii.) 



Stations 15, 42, 48, 49. 



B.vii. D.x. 16-17. A. iii. 8. V. i. 5. P. 16. C. 17. L. lat. 44. 



L. tr. 5/14. 



Length of head 2-8, height of body 2*47 in the length of body 

 (caudal excluded). Snout scaly, shorter than the eye and 4-6 in 

 the length of the head. Eye 3-6 in the same. Interorbital space 

 scaly, flat, 1-2 in the diameter of the eye and 3-75 in the length of 

 the head. 



The upper profile of the head is slightly concave ; the first 

 dorsal spine marks the highest point, whence the descent is a 

 gentle curve to the caudal pedicel; the ventral profile is less 

 convex. The lower jaw projects beyond the upper and the cleft 

 of the mouth is very oblique. Maxillary scaly, reaching to below 

 the first fourth of the orbit, its distal breadth slightly more than 

 half the diameter of the eye. The anterior nostril has a skinny 

 rim ; the posterior one is a simple opening and situated midway 

 between the orbit and the anterior nostril. Opercle armed with 

 three spines, of which the middle is the longest. Both limbs of 

 preopercle finely serrated, those at the angle not enlarged. 



