. The Australian zoologist. Zoology; Zoology; Zoology. 260 NEW SHARKS AND FISHES FROM WESTERN Fig. 5. Whiskery Shark, Fur ventralis Whitley. Holotype female from Bun- bury, Western Australia. Lateral view, upper and lower teeth, upper and lower surfaces of head. —G. P. Whitley del. dorsal, 334-355 mm.; upper caudal lobe, 222-250 mm. Dental formula: 37 42. Family Plotosidae. Tandanus bostocki, sp. nov. Flotosus unicolor Castelnau, Proc. Zool. Acclim. Soc. Vict., ii., May 10, 1873, p. 141. Preocc. by P. unicolor Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xv., 1840,
. The Australian zoologist. Zoology; Zoology; Zoology. 260 NEW SHARKS AND FISHES FROM WESTERN Fig. 5. Whiskery Shark, Fur ventralis Whitley. Holotype female from Bun- bury, Western Australia. Lateral view, upper and lower teeth, upper and lower surfaces of head. —G. P. Whitley del. dorsal, 334-355 mm.; upper caudal lobe, 222-250 mm. Dental formula: 37 42. Family Plotosidae. Tandanus bostocki, sp. nov. Flotosus unicolor Castelnau, Proc. Zool. Acclim. Soc. Vict., ii., May 10, 1873, p. 141. Preocc. by P. unicolor Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xv., 1840, p. 426; ed. 2, p. 316. Castelnau's species requires a new name. It was described as having been "found by Mr. Bostock in the small water-holes of the interior of Western Australia," but the "interior," in Bostock's time was probably not many miles from the coast. I re-name the species after the Rev. Bostock. The Museum has specimens of this species from Serpentine which show that it is referable to Tandanus, having the ventral fins far forward of the caudo-dorsal fin and lacking the dendritic appendage on the vent. The barbels are slightly shorter than the "barbs" mentioned by Castelnau, and the eye is one-third of the snout in the largest specimen (holotype of the new species), 370 mm. in total length ( Mus. Regd. No. ), but this is due to growth, small ones being as described by Castelnau. , 6. A. about 68 + caudal, and approximately 50 caudo-dorsal rays visible posteriorly before being covered by adipose tissue anteriorly. Thus D. + C. + A. = about 123 minimum. , 14. , 14. Length of head, 65 mm.; its height, 40, and width, 51. Depth below. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales; Royal Zoologi
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