Triglidæ.

Form of the body oblong, compressed or subcylindrical; eyes generally lateral, the cleft of the mouth extending on the sides of the muzzle; sometimes of hideous aspect—eyes directed upwards and the cleft of the mouth subvertical. Dentition feeble; teeth page 70 in villiform bands; generally without canines. Some bones of the head armed; suborbital ring articulated with the præoperculum. Epidermoid productions very variable. Two separate dorsal fins, or two distinct portions of the dorsal fin^*. Anal fin similarly developed as the soft dorsal. Ventrals thoracic, often with less than five soft rays. Five to seven branchiostegals; pseudobranchiæ; air-bladder often absent.

Carnivorous fishes, found in all seas,—a few only entering fresh waters. Some inhabit exclusively the fresh waters of both the Arctic regions. All live at the bottom of the water, being bad smimmers; a few are able to raise themselves into the air.

Scorpæna cruenta. Tasmanian coast.

——bynoensis. North-west coast.

——cardinalis. Australian seas.

——panda. West coast.

Glyptauchen panduratus. South-west coast.

Pterois volitans. Port Jackson.

——Kodipungi. Coast of Australia.

Centropogon australis. Fresh water and Australian coast.

——robustus. Ditto.

Pentaroge marmorata. Tasmanian coast.

Prosopodasys cottoides. Coast of New Zealand.

Aploactis Milesii. South-west coast.

Synancidium horridum. North coast.

Platycephalus insidiator. North coast. "Flathead."

——tasmanius. Port Jackson.

——lævigatus. Western part Port Jackson.

——inops. King George's Sound.

——nematophthalmus. Victoria. (Port Essington Settlement.)

——cirronasus. Botany Bay and Port Jackson.

Trigla kumu. Australian coast.

——polyommata. Tasmanian coast.