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NOTOTHEXnFORMES. 



CXXIX. Family Bovichtiidae. 



A. Head and body scaly. Pseudaphrilis (2S3). 



A A. Head and body naked. Bovrichtus (284). 



283. Pseudaphritis Castlenau. P. Zool. Soc. Vict., i., 1872, p. 92 (bassi). 

 283a. P. uryiu.ii. Aphritis urvillii Cuv. & Val., H.N. Poiss. viii., 1831, 



p. 484. pi. 243 (PI. xxxii.). 



A southern species, said to occur in both fresh and salt water. Length 12 

 inches. 



(Eleginus bursinus Cuv. & Val.. H.N. Poiss., v., 1830, p. 161, which was 

 said to have been taken in Port Jackson, has not been recognised since it was 

 first described, and its affinities are unknown). 



284. Bovichtus Cuv. & Val., H.N. Poiss., viii., 1831, p. 48G (diacanthus). 

 284a. B. VARiEiiATis. Bovichthys variegatus Richardson, Ichth. Erebus & 



Terror, 1846, p. 56, pi. 34, 1-4 (PI. xxxii.). 

 A New Zealand species, said to have been originally obtained in Port 

 Jackson, but which lias not since been taken in N.S. Wales. 



Caluoxymiformes. 

 CXXX. Family Callioxymidae. 



285. Callioxtmus Linne, Syst. Nat. 10th. ed. 1758, p. 249 (lyra). 



A. Preopercular spine with a basal antrorse barb below; dorsal rays mostly 



simple. calcaratus (285a). 

 AA. Preopercular spine without a basal antrorse barb below; dorsal rays mostly 

 branched. 

 B. Preopercular spine with 2 terminal hooks. 



C. 7-8 anal rays. calauropomus (285b). 



CC. 6 anal rays. papilio (285d). 



B. Preopercular spine with 3 hooks above. phasis (285c). 



285a. C calcaratus. Stixk-fish. Id. Macleay, P.L.S. N.S.W., v., 1881, 

 p. 628. 



Not rare in Port Jackson, and remarkable for its power of producing an 

 offensive odour. Length 10 inches. This species has been confused with C. 

 reevesii Richardson, and C. curvicornis Cuv. & Val., in other lists. 



285b. C. calauropomus. Dragonet. Id. Richardson, Ichth. Erebus & 



Terror, 1844, p. 10, pi. 7, 4-5 (PI. xxxii.). 

 Generally taken in nets in Port Jackson. Length 10 inches. 



285c. C. phasis. Id. Gunther, Challenger Zool. i, 1880, p. 28, pi. 15, c. 



(PI. xxxii.). 

 Restricted to deep water, and so far, known from but few specimens. 

 Length 4 inches. 



285d. C. papilio. Paixted Dragoxet. Id. Gunther, A.M.N.H. (3) xiv., 

 1864, p. 197. 



A small and richly coloured species. C. lateralis Macleay, is merely the 

 young of C. papilio. Length 5 inches. 



(C lunatus Schlegel, has been recorded from Port Jackson by Gunther, 

 Challenger Zool. i., 1880, p. 28, but the identification was probably incorrect). 



