122 FISH AND FISH-LIKE ANIMALS OF N.S.W., 



354a. D. costatus. Cling-fish. Id. Ogilby, P.L.S. N.S.W. x., 1885, p. 

 270; Id. Waite, Rec. Austr. Mus. v., 1904, p. 179, pi. 34, 1 (PI. xxxvii.). 

 Common in rock-pools, and of a pale flesh-colour. Length 24 inches. 



354b. D. paryipinnis. Little Cling-fish. Id. Waite, Rec. Austr. Mus. 

 vi. 3, 1906, p. 202, pi. 36, 3 (PI. xxxvii.). 



Attaches itself to weeds in rock-pools on the coast. Length 1 inch. 



(Crepidogaster tasmaniensis Gunther, is recorded from Sydney by Kner, 

 Novara Zool. i., 1867, p. 277, but as it has not been since obtained here, the 

 record is regarded as incorrect). 



Order PEDICULATI. 



A. Gill-openings wide, vertical, in front of base of pectorals. 



Suborder Batrachoidea (cliii.). 

 AA. Gill-openings smaller, above, behind, or below base of pectorals. 



Suborder Lophioidea (cliv.-clvi.). 



Suborder BATRACHOIDEA. 

 CLIII. Family Batrachoididae. 



355. Pseudobatrachds Castlenau, Res. Fish. Austr. (Vict. Offie. Rec. Philad. 

 Exhib.), 1875, p. 24 (striatus). 

 355a. P. dubius. Frog-fish. Lophius dubius Shaw, White's Voy. N.S. 

 Wales, 1790, p. 265, and figure. P. dubius McCulloeh, Rec. W. Austr. 

 Mus. i. 3, 1914, p. 224, tig. 1 (PI. xli.). 

 Common in muddy places in estuaries. Length 12 inches. 

 The specimen recorded from Sydney by Kner, Novara Zool. i., 1865, p. 189, 

 as Batrachus trispinosus is apparently referable to P. dubius. 



Suborder LOPHIOIDEA. 

 A. Body not flattened, more or less compressed. 



B. Spinous dorsal represented by three separate rays, the first being above 

 the snout. Fam. Antennariidae (cliv.). 



BB. Second and third rays of spinous dorsal united by membrane. 



Fam. Brachionichthyidae (civ.). 

 AA. Body flattened forming a rounded disc. Fam. Ogcocephalidae (clvi.). 



CLIV. Angler-fishes. — Family Antennariidae. 



A. Skin naked. Histrio (356). 



AA. Skin beset with bristles or spines. Antennarius (357). 



356. Histrio Fischer, Zoog. Tab. Synop. Illustr. 3rd. ed., i., 1813, p. 70, 78 



(histrio) — vide Jordan, Gen. Fish, i., 1917, p. 84. A name of un- 

 certain status. 



356a. H. histrio. Marbled Angler. Lophius histrio Linne, Syst. Nat. 

 10th. ed., 1758, p. 327. Antennarius marmoratus Gunther, Fische Sud- 

 see v., 1876, p. 162, pi. 100, a (PI. xli.). 

 A widely distributed species in temperate and tropical seas, which lives 

 among seaweeds. Length 5 inches. 



357. Antennarius Cuvier, Reg. Anim. 1st ed., ii., 1817, p. 310 (chironectes) . 

 A. Body marked with blackish stripes. striatus (357a). 

 AA. Body not striped. 



B. Body and fins almost black. commersonii (357b). 



BB. Body reddish with darker markings. nummifer (357c). 



