PISHES — VVAITR. 113 



K A T H E T O S T O M A, Gimther. 



KATHETOSTOMA L^VE, Jilorh. <b Schneider. 



Stone Liftee. 



UranoHcopuii Icevifi, liloch. & Schn., Syst. Iclitli., 1801, p. 47, pi. viii. 

 Cuv. ct Val., Nat. Hist. Poiss., iii., 1829, p. 319. 



Stations 9, 13, 43, 43. 



Although occasionally taken in Port Jackson, whence I have 

 seen two or three examples, this species does not appear to have 

 been previously recorded from the colony. Grunther^-' gives Port 

 Arthur (Tasmania) as a definite locality, while Castelnauf 

 describes it as being rather common on the MelJjourne Market. 



It was not obtained fai', either north or south of Port Jackson, 

 but was taken at the unexpected depth of 78 fathoms, the mini- 

 mum being 28. All the examples were small, none being more 

 than 6 inches in length. 



The fact of the trawl having freely secured fishes of such 

 burrowing habits as the Uranoscopidoe indicates how closely it 

 must have swept the ocean floor. 



Family BLENNIID^. 



CRISTICEPS, Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



CRISTICEPS ARGYROPLEURA, Kner. 



(Plate xi., fig. 3.) 



Cristiceps ao-gyrojjleura, Kner, Raise Novara, Fische, 1869, 

 p. 199, tab. vii., fig. 4. 



Station 46. 



The single example obtained is assigned to this species, but the 

 Australian members of the genus much require revision. As our 

 specimen does not wholly agree with Kner's account, the following- 

 description is furnished : — 



B. vi. D.iii./34. A. 24. V. 3. P. 11. C. 11. L. lat 49. 



The height of the body, the first dorsal spine, the pectoral and 

 the caudal each equal the length of the head, which is 4 '4 in that 

 of the body, caudal excluded. The diameter of the eye is con- 

 tained five times in the length of the head ; the snout is a third 

 less than the diameter of the eye, and is equalled by the inter- 



* Giinther— Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus., ii., 1860, p. 23.1. 

 t Castelnau— Proc, Zool, Soc, Vict,, !., 1872, p. 91. 



