Zoology.} NATURAL HISTORY OF VICTORIA. [Fishes. 



much behind the pectoral in a Cornish specimen as in those from 

 Hobson's Bay ; but it is by no means so abundant here as in 

 Cornwall, where twenty thousand were counted by Couch in one 

 cast of the sea net. 



Explanation of Figures. 



Plate 75. — Fig. 1, dorsal view of male, reduced. Fig. la, side view of same specimen. 

 Fig. 16, under-side of head, to show the mouth and nostrils. Fig. \c, nostril, with valve. Fig. Id, 

 spiracle. Fig. le, eye. Fig. If, teeth of upper jaw. Fig. la, teeth of lower jaw. Fig. 1ft, posterior 

 spine, natural size. Fig. li, transverse section of spine. Fig. \j, section of body. Fig. \k, 

 section of tail. 



Frederick McCoy. 



Dec. vin. T 25 



