OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 271 



24. DlAGRAMMA CRASSILABRE. 



Plate V. Fig. 5. 

 D. 14, A. f, P. 17, L. kt., about 60. 



Height two and a half times in the total length. Length of 

 head three and one-third times in the same. Profile convex. Eye 

 large, and of a deep yellow. Space between the eyes more than 

 the diameter of the orbit. Mouth small. Lips very fleshy. Posterior 

 limb of praeoperculum straight and deeply serrated. Operculum 

 with two rather blunt points. Scales small, ctenoid. Dorsal fin 

 deeply notched, the spinous portion partially received into a 

 groove on the back, the spines strong — the fourth longest, the 

 thirteenth and fourteenth short and equal. The middle rays of the 

 soft dorsal longest, giving a rounded appearance to the fin pos- 

 teriorly. Anal fin similarly shaped, but small, the second spine 

 long and very strong. Both soft dorsal and anal fins seal} 7 at the 

 base. Pectorals small, not reaching to the extremity of the ventrals. 

 caudal fin truncate. Colour entirely of a dark silvery grey, getting 

 lighter on the belly, with the fins, front of the head before the 

 eyes, and all parts not clothed with scales, of a blackish hue. 



This fish seems to be very distinct from anything hitherto 

 described, unless it may be the Pristipoma nigrum of Cuv. and 

 Val. 5, p. 258, which is so imperfectly described as to be 

 unrecognizable. 



Two specimens, twelve inches and twenty inches long respec- 

 tively, were taken at Hall Sound, New Guinea. 



25. — SCOLOPSIS MARGARITIFER. 



Cuv. and Val. 5, p. 337 ; Bleek., Verh. Batav. Genootsch. 23, 

 Scisen., p. 30. 



One specimen, about ten inches long, was taken at Cape Grenville. 



26. — Synagris furcosus. 



Dentex furcosus, Cuv. and Yal. 6, p. 244. 



This species was found everywhere along the coast from the 

 Palm Islands to Cape Grenville. 



