The Victorian naturalist . Vic-toria (Lat. 38° 25 00 S., Long. 145°15 57 E.). This species has not pre-viously been recorded from was trawled on a sandy bottom withpatches of eel-grass from Fisheriesand Wildlife survey vessel specimen was preserved in asolution of ethanol : sea-water (7 : 3vol.). It is held by the NationalMuseum of Victoria (Nat. Mus. Catalogue Number A505). Meristic and morphometric observations Measurement criteria, excepting scalecounts, are those of Eschmeyer and Poss(1975). All dimensions are reported inmillimetres. Dorsal fin XIII, 7i (la
The Victorian naturalist . Vic-toria (Lat. 38° 25 00 S., Long. 145°15 57 E.). This species has not pre-viously been recorded from was trawled on a sandy bottom withpatches of eel-grass from Fisheriesand Wildlife survey vessel specimen was preserved in asolution of ethanol : sea-water (7 : 3vol.). It is held by the NationalMuseum of Victoria (Nat. Mus. Catalogue Number A505). Meristic and morphometric observations Measurement criteria, excepting scalecounts, are those of Eschmeyer and Poss(1975). All dimensions are reported inmillimetres. Dorsal fin XIII, 7i (last split to base,almost 8); Anal fin III, 51 (last split tobase, almost 6); Pectoral fin 25; Ventralfin I, 5; Caudal fin 10 branched, 12 prin-cipal; Gill rakers 4 + 9= 13, 4 + 8 =12; Nasal spines 2,3; Supraorbitalspines 12, 10; Scales in lateral line 44;Scales above lateral line 4; Scales belowlateral line 12; Standard length ; * Lecturer Zoology,Department of Applied Biology,Royal Melbourne Institute of 62 Vict. Nat. Vol. 93 Fig. 2:Head ofM. sea tricepsshowing the ribbedmaxilla charac-teristic of thegenus.
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