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TRICHONOTID^. 
“ Body elongate, subcylindrical, covered with 
cycloid scales of moderate size. Eyes directed 
upwards. Teeth in villiform hands. The infraor- 
bital ring does not articulate with the praaoperculum. 
One long dorsal fin, with articulated, not branched 
rays, and without a distinct portion ; anal long ; 
ventrals jugular, with one spine and five rays. Gill- 
opening very wide, seven branchiostegals ; pseudo- 
branchige. No prominent papilla near the anus. 
Air-bladder and pyloric appendages absent. Caudal 
vertebrae much more numerous than those of the 
abdominal portion.” 
“ Carnivorous fishes, living near the shores of the 
East Indian Archipelago and of New Zealand.” 
No sorts have yet been observed in the Victorian Sea. 
GOBIESOCID^. 
“ Body rather elongate, anteriorly depressed, 
naked. Teeth conical or compressed. A single 
dorsal fin on the tail without spinous portion; anal 
short ; ventrals widely apart from each other, with 
one spine hidden in the skin and four (five) rays. A 
large adhesive apparatus between them, the posterior 
portion of which is suspended on the caracoid bones, 
which are partly free, in the axil of the pectoral fins. 
Three gills or three and a-half. Air-bladder absent. 
