DESCRIPTIONS OF NP]W AUSTRALIAN FISHES. 



By E. p. Ramsay, F.R.S.E., and J. Douglas-Ogilby. 



( Notes from the Australian Museum). 



Ch(eeops macleayi, sp. nov. 



D. 13/7: A. 3/10: Y. 1/5: P. 18: C. 14: L. lat. 29: 

 L. trans. 4/10. 



Length of head 3|, of caudal fin 5, height of body 3|^ in the 

 total length. Eye — Diameter 3§ in the length of the head, 1^ in 

 that of the snout, and | of a diameter apart. The interorlntal 

 space and upper profile of the head are convex, the cleft of the 

 mouth small, not quite reaching to the front margin of eye. 

 Preopercle minutely serrated (probably entire in large examples). 

 Teeth — Four strong curved canines in front of each jaw ; lateral 

 teeth confluent, the extreme tips only being free ; no posterior 

 canine. Fins — The dorsal commences above the opercular flap ; 

 its spines are strong, the last the longest, 5 of the length of the 

 head, but not so high as the rays ; the base of the soft dorsal is 

 I of that of the spinous. The anal commences beneath the 10th 

 dorsal spine ; its last spine is the longest, \ of the length of the 

 head. The ventral fins do not quite reach to the vent. The 

 pectorals, which are rounded posteriorly, reach to opposite the 

 11th scale of the lateral line, and are % of the length of the head. 

 Caudal rounded. Scales — Large, thin, cycloid, and adherent on 

 the body ; small and non-imbricate on the cheeks ; opercle with 

 four rows ; base of dorsal fin scaly, that of anal not so. Colors — 

 Uniform reddish-brown. 



The specimen from which the above description was taken 

 measures nearly b\ inches, and was obtained in Port Jackson, a 

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