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head ; head, body, and all the membranes of the fins covered 

 with very minute scales having the form of small tubercles ; 

 opercules very much prolonged over the insertion of the pect- 

 orals, and ended by two smooth points ; maxillaries not extending 

 as far as the anterior margin of the eyes ; the body concave 

 behind the first dorsal ; this fin is inserted over the eyes and is 

 formed of seven spines, of which the third and fourth are the 

 longest, the others decreasing in length ; the space between 

 the first and the second dorsal does not exceed the diameter of 

 the eyes; the length of this first fin is once and three-quarters in 

 the length of the head, and it is about as high as long ; the 

 second dorsal is formed of three spines and ten strong rays ; 

 these extend rather further than their membranes, and are higher 

 than the spinous dorsal ; this fin is about one-fifth longer than 

 the first, and has a posterior membrane which almost unites it to 

 the base of the caudal ; this latter is as long as the first dorsal 

 and formed of twelve long rays rather prolonged, the second 

 being branched, and the two lateral ones shorter than the others ; 

 it is truncated, and there is also a supplementary very short fin 

 on each side; the anal fin is similar to the second dorsal — it is 

 formed of two spines and eight rays ; the ventrals are large, 

 inserted one near the other, and formed of one spine and five 

 rays ; the pectorals are very large, nearly as long as the head, 

 with one upper branched ray and nine simple ones ; these 

 rays are thick and rather prolonged ; the lateral line is con- 

 tinuous, follows the back, and is bent downwards over the end of 

 the pectoral ; the total length of the fish is about seven and a 

 half inches long ; it is entirely of a beautiful orange colour ; the 

 external part of the fins seem to have been rather obscure. 



This specimen was found in Portland Bay, on the Western 

 Coast of the Colony of Victoria. Having received it in a dry 

 state, I put it in warm water to extend some parts of the fins ; 

 the water became almost immediately of the same beautiful 

 yellow colour as the fish. 



