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those of head and neck not enlarged, and only about half the number of lateral line 
scales which commersonU has. Other minor differences will be apparent from the 
subjoined description made from freshly caught Queensland specimens. 
Named in honour of Professor Embrik Strand, of Riga, in appreciation of his 
great labours in the field of systematic zoology. 
STRANDICHTHYS MUELLERI (Steindachner). 
Synaptura muelleri SteindacJiiicr, I)<!iik. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien, xli, 1879, p. 4, Cleveland Bay, 
Townsville, Queensland (I^aron von Muller). Type in the Natural History Museum, Stuttgart. Id. 
Klunzingor, Sitzb. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien. Ixxx, 1, 1879, p. 408. Ex. Steindachner. Id. McCulloch, 
Austr. Mus. Mem. v, 1929, p. 285. 
Syrmptura arajurmsis Gunther, Kept. Voy. Challenger. Zook i, 6, 1880, p. 49, Arafura Sea 
(“ Challenger ” Kxpod.). Type in the British Museiun. 
Synaptura mulleri McCulloch and Whitley, Mem. Qld. Mus. viii, 2, 1925, p. 162. Id. Weber 
and Beaufort, Fish. Indo-Austr. Archip. v, 1929, p. 172. 
Brachiv'us arafurensis Fowler, Mem. Bish. Mus. x, 1928, p. 95. 
Brachirus muel/eri Norman, Biol. Res. Endeavour, v, 5, 1926, p. 295. Id. Fowler, Mem, 
Bish. Mus. xi, 1931, p. 321. Id. Chabanaud, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, Ivi, 1931, p. 294, 
D. 64, A. 50, P. 6, V. 4 and 5. C. 15. 
Straight portion of L. lat., left (blind) side, circa 78, but anterior scales obscured 
by cirrhi. 
Straight portion of L. lat. right (eyed) side, circa 77. 
About 25 to 35 rows of scales on body above and beloAv 1. lat. on each side. 
Head (46 mm.) 4-4, depth of body (93) 2-18 in standard length (203). Eye (7) 
half the length of the mouth (14). Right pectoral fin (6) longer than left (4). Snout 
(10) 4*6 in head. 
Habit deep, compressed. Upper profile of head steeper than lower ; upper 
jaw easily overtopj^ing the lower. Lips arcuate, smooth whei;e they meet, but fimbriate 
externally. Teeth small, acute, muitiserial, on the blind side. Nostrils tubelike, 
adorned with a few cirrhi. Eyes small, raised, contiguous, the anterior margin of the 
upper eye in advance of that of the lower. Maxillary reaching to below anterior 
l^ortion of lower eye. Some cirrhi around eyes and in the scaleless interorbital 
depression, also on chin and snout. Other cirrhi along posterior margin of gill-opening 
on the eyed side and the anterior margin of same on the blind side, the latter having a 
large opercular flajn Gill membranes united across isthmus. 
Head and body of eyed side covered with strongly ctenoid scales, which extend 
on to bases of the fins ; some of these scales, clustered in patches, support long hair-like 
processes. The blind side of the head is covered by a network of sensory meshes, 
mostly cirrhated, gi\'ing a honeycomb effect. 
