FISHES. MCCTJLLOCH. 133 



Height before the second dorsal 2-7 in the length from the 

 premaxillary symphysis to the end of the middle caudal 

 rays ; head 3.8, pectoral 2-9, fifth dorsal ray 2-7, and fifth 

 anal ray 3-3 in the same. Eye about 4, third dorsal spine 

 almost 2, and ventral fin 1-4 in the head. 



Body ovate, the dorsal and ventral profiles evenly curved. 

 Snout rather short, obtuse. Maxillary reaching to below the 

 end of the anterior third of the eye. Adipose eyelid well 

 developed, largely covering the eye. Scales are present on 

 the cheek and upper portion of the operculum, and there is 

 a small rounded patch above and behind the eye. A single 

 series of short, cardiform teeth in each jaw ; the premaxil- 

 laries have also a band of villiform teeth behind these, those 

 near the symphysis being somewhat enlarged. Microscopic 

 granular teeth are present on the vomer, palatines and 

 tongue. 



Vent midway between the ventral spine and the second 

 anal spine. 



Body covered with moderately large, adherent cycloid 

 scales, which also extend over the breast, leaving only a 

 minute patch on the lower surface bare. Lateral line strongly 

 arched anteriorly, the curve being about half as long as the 

 straight portion. There are thirty-eight to forty-five keeled 

 scales which extend along the whole length of the straight 

 portion of the lateral line ; they are broadest a little before 

 the end of the dorsal fin, their breadth being equal to a little 

 more than half the length of the eye. 



No procumbent dorsal spine ; third spine longest, reaching 

 the first ray. All but the last dorsal and anal rays are greatly 

 elongate, and their greater portion is free from the membrane ; 

 they are divided to their tips, and can be concealed in a very 

 broad scaly sheath. Caudal forked. Pectoral falcate, ex- 

 tending to about the ninth plate of the lateral line. Second 

 and third ventral rays elongate, reaching the anal spines. 



Colour. Olive green above, silvery below, with or without 

 six or more dark vertical bands extending from the back to 

 the middle of the sides. A large black opercular blotch. 

 Tips of anterior dorsal rays blackish. End of upper caudal 

 lobe black. 



Described and figured from a specimen 203 mm. long from 

 the premaxillary symphysis to the end of the middle caudal 

 rays. I have compared it with the type of the species in the 

 Macleay Museum and find the two to be quite similar. 



