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NANDID^. 
“ Body oblong, compressed, covered with scales. 
Lateral line interrupted. Dorsal fin formed by a 
spinous and a soft portion, the latter being the less 
developed ; anal fin with three spines, and with its 
soft portion similar to the soft dorsal. Ventral fins 
thoracic, with one spine and four or five soft rays. 
Dentition more or less complete, generally feeble. 
Live or six hranchiostegals ; gills, four or three and 
a-half ; pseudohranchise present in the marine, 
absent or hidden in the fresh-water genera. An 
air-bladder. No super branchial organ. 
“ Carnivorous fishes.” 
I have observed no sorts of these fishes in Victoria, but Flesiops 
cceruleo-lineatus and Trachimps Taeniatus are found on the Aus- 
tralian coast. 
ATHEBINIDAl. 
“ Body more or less elongate, subcylindrical, and 
covered with scales of moderate size ; lateral line 
indistinct. Cleft of the mouth of moderate width, 
with the dentition feeble. Eye lateral, well de- 
veloped. Gill-opening wide; four gills; pseudo- 
branchise ; five or six hranchiostegals. Two dorsal 
fins, the spine of the first feeble ; the second of 
moderate length ; anal like the soft dorsal, or 
rather longer. Ventral fins abdominal, with one 
spine and five rays. Vertebrae very numerous in 
the caudal and abdominal portions. 
