PISHR8 — VVAITE. 



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Family TRIGLID^. 



LEPIDOTRIGLA, G anther. 



Three species of the genus were obtained, one of which proves 

 to be new. I regret that I am unable to supply the stations 

 exactly for each species. It was 

 quite impossible for me, working 

 as I was, unaided, to pass under 

 hand every specimen obtained. I 

 can, therefore, only give a general 

 list of the stations whence mem- 

 bers of the genus were taken, 

 together with one or two exact refe- 

 rences where notes were made. 



As the net neared the surface 

 large numbers of dead Gurnards 

 rose to the top and floated belly 

 upwards, with their pectoral fins 

 extended ; they were taken at almost 

 every haul, sometimes in extremely 

 large numbers, forming an immense 

 heap on the deck. They were also 

 taken in the tangles (fig. 7), their 

 spiny armaments rendering them 

 particularly liable to be so caught. 



The list of stations is as fol- 

 lows : — 



Stations 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 



11, 12, 13, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 



32, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 



44, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 56, 57, 

 58, 59. 



Fig. 7. 



LEPIDOTRIGLA MULHALLI, Macleay. 



(Plate xxii.) 



Lepidotrigla vnulhalli, Macl., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., viii., 1884, 

 p. 460. 



Stations 13, 46 ; also see note above. 



Macleay described this species as being abundant in 40 fathoms 

 of water outside Port Jackson Heads. We found it to extend 



