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that we cannot extend its known rani,'(^ furtli(;r llian tlie INIannin;^ 

 River in that direction. Sou I li ward, howcv(M', it was taken 

 moi'c freely, ])cing espiicially plentiful in the Shualliaven llii^flit 

 and ol)tained at our most southerly Station {i>\), namely, wif liin 

 Jervis Bay. As before intimated, the list of stations is inconi- 

 plete and uncertain. The specimens examined revealed the fact 

 that they were in spawn, about half 

 developed, so that approximately the 

 breeding season may be fixed about 

 June. This species was taken more 

 abundantly than F. arsius, and was 

 secured more commonly in shallow 

 Avater. 



The gill-rakers are stout, broad at Fig. 9. 



the base and Avidely set ; seven on 



the posterior and nine on the lower limb of tlie first arch ; they 

 are almost smooth (fig. 9). 



A scale taken from behind the curve of the lateral line has a 

 single row of teeth which is marainal. 



PARALICHTHYS TENUIRASTRUM, sp. nov. 



(Plate xxviii. and fig. 10.) 



Stations 19, 26, 39. 



D. 75. A. 60. V. 6. P. 12. C. 15. L.lat. 91. 



Length of head 4-3, height of body 2-2 in the total length, 

 (caudal excluded). Upper eye very slightly in advance of the 

 lower, its diameter 5 in the length of the head ; interorbital 

 space a narrow bony ridge. Anterior sinistral nostril with a 

 cutaneous margin produced into a tentacle behind ; posterior 

 nostril simple ; the dextral nostrils are respectively similar but 

 rather smaller. Jaws equal : cleft of mouth oblique, not very 

 large ; the maxilla extends to beneath the centre of the orbit, its 

 length 2 6 in that of the head. 



Teeth in a single series in each jaw, those of the upper symphysis 

 scarcely enlarged ; twenty-seven in each side of the upper and 

 twenty- two in the lower jaw. 



The dorsal fin commences over the anterior margin of the upper 

 eye : the longest rays are 2-3 in the length of the head ; all the 

 tips of the rays are free. Ventral fins equal, reaching to the 

 second anal ray ; the second of the sinistral and the third of the 

 dextral fin the longest, their length 3-1 in that of the head. 

 The pectoral does not extend beyond the curve of the lateral line, 



