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SOUTHERN BULLHEAD. 



Cottus Australis. C. albidus, capite aculeate, corpore fasciis 

 transversisfuscis. 

 , Whitish Bullhead, with aculeated head, and body marked 

 with transverse livid bands. 

 Southern Cottus. Whites Journ. Bot. Bay, p. 266. 



A doubtful species; described by myself in Mr. 

 White's Voyage to Botany Bay. Length about 

 three inches and a half : colour yellowish white* 

 tinged with brown on the upper parts, and varie- 

 gated by three or four transverse blackish bands : 

 head armed with pretty numerous, strong spines 

 both in front and on the gill-covers : eyes large : 

 body covered with minute scales. 



MAILED BULLHEAD, 



Cottus Cataphractus. C. fuscus subtus albidus, corpore loricato, 

 rostro verrucis duobus bjfidis, capite subtus cirroso. 



Brown Bullhead, whitish beneath, with the body mailed, the 

 snout furnished with two bifid warts, and the head cirrated 

 beneath. 



Cottus cataphractus. Lin. C. corpore octogono, Bloch. t. 38. 

 Armed Bullhead. Penn. brit. zooL 3. 



The general length of this species is about five 

 inches ; the head is large, bony, and very rugged : 

 the end of the nose is armed with four upright, 

 short spines, and on the throat are a number of 

 short white beards : the teeth are very small ; the 



