BA TRACHOtDIDE OF QUEENSLAND. 
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2. BATRACHOMCEUS CCECUS. 
Thalassophryne cceca de Vis, Proe. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, ix, 1884, p. 546 : 
Coast of Queensland, 
GREATER FROG-FISH. 
D. 19 or 20 ; A. 15 or 16 ; Vert 9 + 18 = 27. Width of head 
rather more than its length, which is 3"00 of that of the body. Dia- 
meter of eye 150 of the length of the snout and much less than the 
interorbital width, which is 535 in the head. Premaxillary teeth 
biserial anteriorly ; vomerine teeth biserial, obtusely conical, the pos- 
terior row the larger. Two subopercular spines, the upper small and 
divergent. Oral tentacles moderate and fringed, largest posteriorly ; 
no frontonasal tentacle ; one or two small supraciliary tentacles ; 
axillary pore large. Posterior dorsal and anal rays not extending 
beyond the base of the caudal : caudal fin rounded, pectoral obtusely 
cuneiform, the former 5 50, the latter 6 60 in the body : outer ventral 
ray '35 longer than the pectoral, and 1*60 in the head. Above dark 
brown blotched with lighter, below pale brown blotched with bluish 
white ; branchiostegal region mottled brown and white: dorsal, anal, 
caudal, and pectoral fins brown with lighter spots and bars; outer 
ventral ray dull white, the inner violaceous, (coecus, blind). 
Type in the Queensland State Museum, Brisbane.* 
Total length 300 millimeters. 
East Coast of Queensland. (Moreton Bay and Card well). This 
is a deep water form, usually taken by hook on the offshore snapper 
banks. 
3. BATRACHOMCEUS BROADBENTI sp. nov. 
BROADBENT'S FROG-FISH. 
D. iii, 21 or 22 ; A. 18. Width of head equal to its length, 
which is 275 to 3'00 in that of the body. Diameter of eye 1*50 of the 
length of the snout and a little less than the interorbital width, 
which is 6*35 in the head. Premaxillary teeth biserial, mandibular 
teeth triserial, anteriorly; vomerine teeth uniserial, acute and coni- 
cal. Two subopercular spines, the upper small and divergent. Oral 
tentacles rather long and fringed ; a frontonasal tentacle ; three 
supraciliary tentacles, the posterior the longest, 1*50 of the diameter 
of the eye ; axillary pore minute. Posterior dorsal and anal rays 
extending well beyond the base of the caudal : caudal fin cuneiform, 
pectoral rounded, the former 1'75, the latter 6 00 in the body : outer 
ventral ray 20 longer than the pectoral and 1*75 in the head. Above 
* The type being a wretchedly mounted and distorted specimen, the description 
is taken from a very fine example in the A.F.A.Q. Museum, Brisbane, presented by 
Mr. J. Dowd : Cat. no. 170. 
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