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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 6

Cirhitidæ

Cirhitidæ.

Body compressed and oblong, covered with cycloid scales; lateral line continuous. Mouth in front of the snout, with lateral cleft. Eye lateral, of moderate size. Cheeks not cuirassed. Generally six, sometimes five, in one genus three branchiostegals. Dentition more or less complete, composed of small pointed teeth, sometimes with the addition of canines. One dorsal fin, formed by a spinous and soft portion of nearly equal development. Anal with three spines, generally less developed than the soft dorsal*. The lower rays of the pectoral fins simple and generally stout; ventrals thoracic, but remote from the root of the pectorals, with one spine and five rays.

Carnivorous fishes, inhabiting the seas of the tropical regions and the southern temperate parts of the Pacific.

Chironemus georgianus. King George's Sound.

——marmoratus. West coast.

——maculosus. King George's Sound.

Chilodactylus carponemus. South coast.

——macropterus. North coast of Tasmania.

——aspersus. Tasmanian coast.

——nigricans. King George's Sound.

——gibbosus. West Australian coast.

Nemadactylus concinnus. Tasmanian coast.

Latris hecateia, Tasmanian coast.

——ciliaris. New Zealand coast.

* Cfr. the genus Latris.