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DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW AUSTRALIAN FISHES. 



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



[Notes from the Australian Museum). 



Opisthognathus inornatus, sp. nov. 



B. VI. : D. 12/16 : A. 2/14: V. 1/5 : P. 21 : C. 14. 



Length of head 3, of caudal fin 5, height of body 4^ in the 

 total length. Eye — diameter 3^ in length of head, ^ a diameter 

 from the end of snout, and \ of a diameter apart. Greatest 

 width of head equals I of its length. The maxilla is dilated and 

 rounded posteriorly, it does not quite reach to the preopercular 

 angle, and is j of the length of head. Opercles with two weak 

 spines. Teeth — jaws with an outer row of strong curved teeth : 

 behind these in the upper jaw is a band of similar but much 

 smaller teeth, the inner row being slightly the largest, while the 

 small teeth extend back in a gradually narrowing band as far as the 

 ■enlarged outer row : in the lower jaw the inner band only extends 

 a short way on each side of the symphysis, and its inner row is 

 almost as well developed as the outer. Fins — dorsal spines 

 weak ; the posterior rays about twice the height of the highest 

 spine. Pectoral fin 7, ventral * of the length of the head. 

 Scales — very small. The lateral line ceases beneath the ninth 

 dorsal ray. Colors — uniform brown. 



We received two examples of this species from Derby, whence 

 they were brought by Mr. C. Lees. Their respective measure- 

 ments are 9|^ and 11 inches. Register numbers, I. 841,-2. 



COSSYPHUS BELLIS, Sp. nOV. 



B. VI : D. 12/11 : A. 3/12 : V. 1/5 : P. 17 : C. 14 : L. lat. 32. 

 L. tr. 5/13. 



Length of head 3J, of caudal fin 51, height of body 3| in the 

 total length. Uye — Diameter 4^ in the length of the head, 1| in 



