Page:Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia, Volume 2.djvu/460

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BT JOHN RDWARD.O!tAY 0 ]b,.? There are two other species of this genre i n Capto. in Kin?s collection, which appear to be new. 8. BALISTB8 AUST. RALIS. ]?to?an, ,A?'?t#rt?ft. Repel. xxvJ. ?. TaUTHIS AUSTRALIa, (U. JBODY brown, pale? beneath, with six transverse blackish*' brown bends ;'the firut placed across. the e? end front engre' ?F the ?11 fi?p; the second oblique]), ec?'o?s' the' pectot'el fin, end the three next, n?erl? ?u?d?stent, struigh t ect'o?s; the body, the last bend placed between the 'Spine end the: bede oFthe re?s of the tail; end with a black longitudinal line between't?e. ?eL-' ?eet(? fi?, .rhth?r at the end, en?l denticulated. The gills fiat, unarmed? i?ec- torel tin sub,cute, trien?lar; ventred fin tr!.en?l? ported b! a ver? stron? fire? ?: dorsal sad anal tins rounded. Tell truncated, spine on'the side oF the tail ver? distinct,' imbedded in a sheath.