. The Australian zoologist. Zoology; Zoology; Zoology. 238 BIOLOGY OF NORTH-WEST ISLET. Family Congrogadidae. CONGROGADUS. Congrogadns Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., iv., 1862, 388 {suhducens). This name has been mis-spelled Conyrodus by Lydekker, Roy. Nat. Hist., v., 1896, 439. Lydekker's name appears to have been overlooked. CONGROGADUS Text-flg. 1. Congrogadus subducens Richardson. Larva, 23 mm. long, from North-west Islet, Capricorn Group, Queensland. G. P. Whitley, del. Machaerium subducens Richardson, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., xii., September, 1843, 175, pi. vi. Port Essington.
. The Australian zoologist. Zoology; Zoology; Zoology. 238 BIOLOGY OF NORTH-WEST ISLET. Family Congrogadidae. CONGROGADUS. Congrogadns Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., iv., 1862, 388 {suhducens). This name has been mis-spelled Conyrodus by Lydekker, Roy. Nat. Hist., v., 1896, 439. Lydekker's name appears to have been overlooked. CONGROGADUS Text-flg. 1. Congrogadus subducens Richardson. Larva, 23 mm. long, from North-west Islet, Capricorn Group, Queensland. G. P. Whitley, del. Machaerium subducens Richardson, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., xii., September, 1843, 175, pi. vi. Port Essington. Id: Rept. 12th meet. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. (1842; 1843, Trans. Zool. Sect., 69. Id. Ichth. Erebus & Terror, 1846, 72, pi. xliv., f. 1-6. Congrogadus subducens Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., iv., 1862, 388. A larva, 23 mm. long, has the following characters: D. 69; A. 58; P. 10; Body naked. Origin of dorsal over pectoral fin. No lateral line dis- cernible on body. When alive, it was green with transparent fins. Head crossed by radiating silvery bars edged superiorly with blackish. Eye golden. Loc.—North-west Islet, Capricorn Group, Queensland; rock-pool, 12th De- cember, 1925, coll. G. P. Whitley. A larger larva, 46 mm. long, was collected by Hedley and McCulloch at Murray Island, Torres Strait, in August or September, 1907. It has minute scales, and the anterior part of the lateral line is clearly discernible under a lens. Blbnnodbsmus scafularis. Blennodesmus scapnlaris Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1871, 667, pi. Ixvii., f. a. Port Mackay, Queensland. Id. McCulloch, Mem. Q'ld. Mus., iii., 1915, 55. Three specimens, 16-88 mm. long. Family Brotulidak. ;? MIZOLBPIS. Dinematichthys mizolepis Giinther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3), xx., 1867, 66. Cape York. Three specimens from North-west Islet. Colour in life: pinkish, the fins redder. The largest specimen in the Australian Museum is 80 mm. long, from Port Denison, Queensland; coll. E. H. Rainford.
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