on the caudal. The oblique dark lines on the soft dorsal 
are less oblique and the anal membranes differ, es described 
above. Both our examples show the lower half of the caudal 
darker than the upper half, whereas McCulloch end McNeil show 
it terminally entirely dark, The writers' S, geninatus is 
possibly the male of 5S. dussumieri, though the figure given by 
Day is without a pale edge to the soft dorsal, and the same is 
not indicated in the description. The presence of canines 
is variable, though both our examples have them, 
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Records Austral. Mus.,vol,12, part #51915, 8.20,F1.4,f1¢.3., 
NAS Ene ests ateeshvustsshshenssneee-spoenn snp 
Galeries lineatus Valenciennes , ray 
Head 4 3/4; depth 5; D. XII, 23; A. 26; snout 3 in head; 
eye 4; maxillary 5; interorbitel 2 in eye. Body Slender, strongly 
Ebisu sed. Head width 1 7/8 its length, Snout obtuse, forehead 
protruding, length 3/5 its width, Eye well elevated; pointed supra- 
orbital tentacle half eye diameter. Mouth broad, Upper lip crenue 
lated marginally, lower lip bokkee. Teeth fine, movable, even, 
Slender-close-set incisors; no canines, Nostril with fringed flap 
about half length of supraorbital. Interorbital very narrow, concave, 
Rakers about 5—15?, short, weak points, 1/5 of filaments, which 1°1/5 
in eye, Lateral line incomplete, not extending to soft dorsal, end 
latter joined to caudal. Color in alcohel with back and upper surface 
somewhat fuscous. Side of body with about 6 dark narrow longitudinal 
lines, variable, paler or obsolete on costal region. Belly citrine drab 
