296 NEW GENERA AND SPECIES OF FISHES, 



vomer toothless. Gill-rakers 0+9, the longest about ^ of the 

 diameter of the eye. Dorsal fin originating on the under side of 

 the snout immediately above the anterior nostril; front rays not 

 produced, much shorter than those of the posterior half of the 

 tin, which are 4 of the length of the head : preanal spines two, 

 strong and compressed : ventrals with six rays, the left 2^ to 2^ 

 times as long as the right, the tifth ray the longest, reaching to 

 the third or fourth anal ray, and 2i to 2J in the head : left 

 pectoral with nine rays, the two upper, in the male, slightly 

 produced, its length, without the filament, 14 to If in the head; 

 right pectoral as long as but narrower than the left, with eight 

 rays : caudal cuneiform, i of the total length : vertical fins in 

 contact with the base of the caudal, with simple, naked ra3's. 

 Scales cycloid, finely and concentrically striated. Curved portion 

 of the lateral line more than twice as long as high, its length 5^ 

 in the straight portion. Sandy gray, with numerous small, faint, 

 darker ocelli; a narrow yellowish band, parallel with the dorsal 

 and anal profiles along the base of the interspinous rays; all the 

 fins with small darker and lighter spots. 



The description is taken from two specimens trawled in 20 

 fathoms off Caloundra Head, Moreton Bay, during last June, and 

 measuring respectively 115 and 120 millimeters. I have much 

 pleasure in naming this pretty little species for my friend Mr. 

 Cecil S. Fison, Inspector of Fisheries for Queensland, from whom I 

 received much kindness and useful information during my recent 

 visit to Brisbane. 



Paralichthys nov^-cambrle, sp.nov. 



F seudorhomhiis multiinaculatus (not Griinther), Macleay, Proc. 

 Linn. Soc. KS. Wales, vi. 1881, p. 125; Ogilby, Edib. Fish. 

 KS. Wales, p. 157, pi. xxxviii., 1893. 



D. 67-71. A. 52-53. L. lat. 66-73. Vert. 10/25. 



Depth of body If to 2, length of head 3| to 4 in the total 

 length. Upper profile of head with a deep concavity in front of 

 the eyes, its length a little less than the depth at the inferior 



