. The Australian zoologist. Zoology; Zoology; Zoology. 416 ILLUSTRATIONS OF SOME AUSTRALIAN FISHES. from lower jaw, 155 mm. Snout to ventral fin, circa 310; to origin of anal, 395; to end of anal, 484. Standard length, 534. Total length, over 583 mm. Depth of body, 36? Depth of head, 30. Eye, 16. Pectoral, 44, slightly longer than ventrals. Depth of caudal peduncle, 12. Tip of lower jaw to eye, 99. Gape of lower jaw, 90; of upper, 84. Interorbital, 24. Dorsal origin little behind anal. D. 21? and rays. Radiating striae on each side of sunken naked interorbital area, rugose. Some scales fo
. The Australian zoologist. Zoology; Zoology; Zoology. 416 ILLUSTRATIONS OF SOME AUSTRALIAN FISHES. from lower jaw, 155 mm. Snout to ventral fin, circa 310; to origin of anal, 395; to end of anal, 484. Standard length, 534. Total length, over 583 mm. Depth of body, 36? Depth of head, 30. Eye, 16. Pectoral, 44, slightly longer than ventrals. Depth of caudal peduncle, 12. Tip of lower jaw to eye, 99. Gape of lower jaw, 90; of upper, 84. Interorbital, 24. Dorsal origin little behind anal. D. 21? and rays. Radiating striae on each side of sunken naked interorbital area, rugose. Some scales forward of interorbital region. Teeth erect or sloping slightly forwards. About 17 rows of cheek-scales. Opercles naked. No gill-rakers, the anterior surface of the branchial arch villose to touch. Body-scales very small and numerous; those of lateral line scarcely forming a keel. Caudal peduncle compressed. Belone gavialoides Castelnau, 1873, from near Fremantle, Western Australia, may be conspecific, but is described as having eye 2 in interorbital and 23 anal rays. Family Exocoetidae. Exonautes robustus (Gunther, 1866). (Fig. 27.) The accompanying figure was prepared from the holotype of Exocoetus robustus in the British Museum (Natural History), from "Australia". D., 14; A., 10; P., 15; V., 6 (first 2 modified); C, 15. Predorsal scales probably less than thirty. About 50 lateral line scales of which more than thirty are post-ventral. Pectoral fin (216 mm.) in standard length (313), not quite reaching root of tail; dusky with median light area; 2nd ray branched. Fifteen gill- rakers on lower half of first branchial arch. Jaws toothed. Ventrals reaching beyond first few anal rays, plain in colour; their origin is nearer nostril than base of tail; first two rays flattened anteriorly. The specimen. QPW. Fig. 27. Flying Fish, Exonautes robustus'. Holotype. Also front view of face. is very old and bent so as to make measurement difficult. The total length is over 15 i
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