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margin of the fin forming a gentle curve : the anal commences 
beneath the sixteenth dorsal ray, its origin being a little nearer 
to the tip of the snout than to the middle of the base of the 
caudal, and ends a trifle further back than the dorsal ; its spines 
are stronger than those of that fin, the third the highest, two thirds 
of the dorsal spine : ventral well developed, inserted beneath the 
base of the pectoral, the second ray the longest, five sevenths of 
the distance between its origin and the vent, and five ninths of 
the length of the head ; the spine is strong, equal in length to 
the third anal spine : pectoral rounded posteriorly, two thirds of 
the length of the head : the least height of the caudal peduncle 
is three fourths of its length. Scales small, eyelid, concentrically 
striated: cheeks, opercles, and occiput scaly ; rest of head covered 
with a thick skin ; a series of small pores surrounding the eye : 
bases of all the fins deeply scaly. Lateral line gently curved to 
beneath the posterior fourth of the dorsal fin, thence straight. 
Colors . — Ground color pale yellowish brown, so densely covered 
with deep reddish brown blotches and bands, as to appear only as 
short, oblique or longitudinal stripes ; dorsal fin with seven, anal 
with four blackish basal spots, which in the former are continued 
on to the rays above the basal sheath ; in the latter are connected 
by a narrow band running along the outer margin of the sheath ; 
caudal yellowish, with two large basal and three larger median 
dark brown spots. 
Habitat . — Chinese Seas ; South Seas ; Coast of New South 
Wales. 
The specimen from which the above description was taken, was 
obtained some years ago on Manly Beach by Mr. Henry Prince, 
and was, with his usual generosity, presented by him to the 
Australian Museum. Though washed ashore, it was in good con- 
dition, the only injury being a slight one to the tips of the caudal 
rays. 
The length to the broken rays is three inches and a half. 
SCHEDOPHILUS LOCKINGTONI. 
Icichthys * lockinqtoni , Jordan & Gilbert, Synops. Fish. N. Am. 
p. 621, 1882. 
Schedophilus loclcingtoniy Gntli. Yoy. Challenger, xxii. p. 46, 1887. 
B. vii. D. 40. A, 28. Y. 1/5. L, lat. 120. Ccec. pyl. 6. 
Length of head 5*00, height of body 4'00 in the total length. 
Eye moderate, longer than the snout, its diameter 4- 00 in the 
length of the head. Lower jaw prominent : cleft of mouth 
* Derived from clkoi to yield, and a fish, in allusion to the 
flexible skeleton. 
