4 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISTIES, 



and is united to the second by a lo>v membrane, and that by a 

 similar membrane to the caudal. Colour (in spirits) greyish- 

 yellow, with faint marmorated brown spots ; the fin membranes 

 are obscure, with oblique transverse white lines ; the caudal is 

 covered with very small white spots, as is also the anal, which is 

 black edged ; pectorals and ventrals yellow. Length five inches. 



Dampier's Archipelago. "West Coast. 



547. Blennius cinereus, Casteln. 

 Researches on the Fishes of Australia, p. 26. 



D. 12/19. A. 21. 



ITeight of body five times and a half in the length, (without 

 caudal), length of head four times and a-half ; diameter of eye 

 four and a-half times in the length of the head ; anterior profile 

 of head very oblique, almost straight ; no curved tooth in the 

 jaws ; orbital tentacles long, not divided, pointed ; interorbital 

 space very narrow, with a transverse ridge over the eyes in front 

 of the tentacles ; head rugose, with a compressed, rounded crest 

 on the posterior pari. Caudal fin rounded. Body granular, 

 entirely of a dark blackish-grey ; dorsal fins with oblique stripes 

 of black and whitish-grey ; anal dark, with three series of white 

 spots ; the other fins dark and immaculate. 



Queensland (Castelnau). Three and a-half inches in length. 



548. Blennius pardalis, Casteln. 



Researches on the Fishes of Australia, p. 26. 



No tentacles over the e} - es. Height of body four times and 

 one-fourth in the length (without caudal), length of head the 

 same ; eye very large, one-third of the length of the head, which 

 is rounded and vertical in front ; the dorsal fin increases slightly 

 in height posteriorly. Colour brown, grey on the throat ; the 

 back on its anterior half, is marked with narrow longitudinal 

 black lines ; the body is entirely covered with oblong whitish 



