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TRICHONOTID^E. 



"Body elongate, subcylindrical, covered with 

 cycloid scales of moderate size. Eyes directed 

 upwards. Teetli in villiform bands. The infraor- 

 bital ring does not articulate with the preeoperculum. 

 One long dorsal fin, with articulated, not branched 

 rays, and without a distinct portion; anal long; 

 ventrals jugular, with one spine and five rays. Gill- 

 opening very wide, seven branchiostegals ; pseudo- 

 branchiee. No prominent papilla near the anus. 

 Air-bladder and pyloric appendages absent. Caudal 

 vertebrae much more numerous than those of the 

 abdominal portion." 



" Carnivorous fishes, living near the shores of the 

 East Indian Archipelago and of New Zealand/' 



No sorts have yet been observed in the Victorian Sea. 



GOBIESOCIDiE. 



"Body rather elongate, anteriorly depressed, 

 naked. Teeth conical or compressed. A single 

 dorsal fin on the tail without spinous portion; anal 

 short ; ventrals widely apart from each other, with 

 one spine hidden in the skin and four (five) rays. A 

 large adhesive apparatus between them, the posterior 

 portion of which is suspended on the caracoid bones, 

 which are partly free, in the axil of the pectoral fins. 

 Three gills or three and a-half. Air-bladder absent, 



