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Patjecus maculatus. 



Patcscus maculatus, Gunth. Catal., vol. III., p. 292. 



I believe this sort to be Dr. Gunther's species, but it presents 

 some slight differences. 



The general form seems exactly the same, but the dorsal is 

 not perfectly continuous, there being a rather strong notch at 

 the insertion of the caudal ; there are a few very small scattered 

 tubercles on the cheeks and opercules, and a series of flat warts 

 forming a line on the lower part of the body ; the body is flesh 

 colour with the head yellow — the latter in its greater part 

 covered with irregular brown marmorated spots ; on the body 

 these spots are rounded and not so numerous ; the fins are dark 

 brown with a few transverse flesh colour narrow lines especially 

 on the dorsal ; pectoral in great part brown, spotted and bordered 

 with flesh colour. 



Total length of specimen, three and a half inches. 



This most interesting fish was sent to me by Mr. Yagoe from 

 St. Vincent's Gulf. Dr. Gunther, who has only seen one single 

 specimen says first, that it came from North Australia, and after- 

 wards from Fremantle. It is probable the last locality is the 

 correct one. 



Periopthalmus koelreuteri ? 



Ventrals united ; height of body contained five times and one- 

 third in the total length without the caudal, head three and two- 

 thirds in the same ; first dorsal with thirteen rays, none pro- 

 duced ; colour, in liquor, very dark ; sides of the head with white 

 dots, which may have been blue on the living specimen ; four 

 rather broad black bands on the body which do not generally 

 extend below the lateral line ; fins marmorated with black and 

 yellow. 



The specimen is only a little over two inches long, and comes 

 from the sea at the entrance of the Brisbane River. 



Dr. Gunther unites many of the author's sorts under this 

 name, but I believe he goes too far in this way. The present 

 specimen would, I believe, belong to Dr. Bleecker's Periopthalmus 

 dip us. 



