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351e. P. longispinis. Loxg-spixed Flathead. Id. Maeleav, P.L.S. 



N.S.W. ix., 1884, p. 170. 

 Captured by line fishermen on the coast. Length 12 inches. 



351f. P. laeyigatus. Smooth Flathead. Id. Cuvier & Valenciennes, 

 H.N. Poiss. iv., 1829, p. 248; Id. Quoy & Gaiinard, Zool. Astrolabe iii., 

 1835, p. 684, pi. 10, 4. 



A southern species, forwarded to Sydney from the south coast of the State. 



Subgenus Neoplatycephalus Castlenau, F. Zool. Soe. Vict, i., 1872, p. 87 

 (grandis). 



351g. P. neoplatycephalus macrodon. Tiger Flathead. Id. Ogilby, 



P.L.S. N.S.W. x., 1885, p. 220. 

 A deeper -water species, captured in abundance by trawlers. Length 14 

 inches. 



352. Insidiator Jordan & Snyder, P.U.S. Nat. Mus. xxiii., 1900, p. 368 



(rudis). 

 A. Anterior third of lateral line with distinct upstanding spines. jitgosus (352a). 

 AA. Only a few anterior scales of lateral line with spines. 



B. Teeth of palate enlarged, cardiform. diversidens (352b). 



BB. Teeth villiform. nematophthalmus (352c) . 



352a. I. jugosus. Id. McCulloch, Biol. Res. Endeavour ii. 3, 1914, p. 144, 



pi. 30, 2 (PI. xl.). 

 A northern species, which occasionally extends southward to Port Jackson. 

 Length 8 inches. 



352b. I. diversidens. Id. McCulloch, Biol. Res. Endeavour, ii. 3, 1914, 



p. 148, pi. 31, 1. 

 Three specimens were trawled in 48 fathoms off Port Stephens. Length 11 

 inches. 



352c. I. nematophthalmus. Platyceph-alus nematophthalmus Gunther, 

 Brit. Mus. Cat. Fish, ii., 1860, p. 184, and Fische Sudsee v., 1876, p. 

 166, pi. 107, c. 



A common species in Queensland. Two specimens are in the Australian 

 Museum from Wallis Lake, New South Wales. Length 12 inches. 



353. Thysanophrys Ogilby, P.L.S. N.S.W. xxiii., 1898, p. 40 (cirronasus). 

 353a. T. cirronasus. Rock Flathead. Platycephalus cirronasus Rich- 

 ardson, Ichth. Erebus & Terror, 1848, p. 114, pi. 51, 7-10 (PI. xl.). 



An ornate species, variegated with many tints to harmonise with the colours 

 •f the weed-covered rocks among which this species lives. Length 15 inches. 



Order XENOPTERL 

 Small fishes which cling to stones by means of an adhesive disc between and 

 behind the ventral fins. 



CLII. Cling-fishes. Family Gobiesocidae. 



354. Diplocrepis Gunther, Brit. Mus. Cat. Fish, iii., 1861, p. 506 (puniceus). 

 A. Bases of dorsal and anal fins longer than caudal peduncle; 7-10 dorsal and 6-8 



anal rays. costatus (354a) . 



A A. Bases of dorsal and anal fins shorter than caudal peduncle; 5 dorsal and 



5 anal rays. parvipinnis (354b). 



