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623. Atiiekiniciithys cephalotes, Castoln. 



Proc. Zool. Soc, Victoria, Vol. I., p. 137. 



1). 7. 1/8. A. 1/12. L. lat. 42. 



Height of body seven times and one-third in the total length, 

 the length of the head three times and two-thirds. Eye very 

 large, its diameter three times and one-third in the length of the 

 head. Lower jaw longer than upper, the teeth in the lower 

 rather longer, in both, curved and pointed. Mouth large, but the 

 cleft does not reach the orbit. The first dorsal fin commences a 

 little nearer to the snout than to the base of the tail, its first spine 

 is considerably shorter than the others ; the anal is inserted below 

 the second dorsal, but is much longer ; the ventrals are inserted 

 a little in advance of the first dorsal ; the caudal is forked. 

 Colour light green, with the belly white, a broad silvery band on 

 the side, a large round, black spot, (sometimes indistinct) on the 

 base of the caudal fin. The head has an olive tint, the dorsals 

 are greyish, the caudal and pectorals yellow, anal and ventrals 

 white. 



Hobson's Bay. Length six inches. 



024. Atiieeiniciithys obscuha, Casteln. 

 liesearches on the Fishes of Australia, p. 31. 



D. 7. 1/11. A. 1/16. 



The cleft of the mouth far in advance of the anterior margin 

 of the orbit ; body very elongate, its height being eight times 

 and a-half in the total length. Eye large, about one-third of the 

 length of the head, and equal to the length of the snout. The 

 first dorsal fin is inserted a little behind the base of the ventrals, 

 caudal very deeply forked. Colour blackish, the width of the 

 silvery band varies from one to three series of scales in different 

 specimens. 



Swan Eiver. Length one and c-half inch. 



